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_M. _ rufo-testacea, lævis, tota nitidissima nuda; mandibulis, antennis, pedum articulationibus tarsisque palles-centibus; metathoracis spinis minutissimis.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Nam si aliqua contempsisset; si parum concupisset, si non omnia sua amasset; si rerum pondera minutissimis sententiis non fregisset, consensu potius eruditorum, quàm puerorum amore comprobaretur.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Caudex filiformis repens paleis minutissimis nigro-fuscis tomentosus.
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T. testa suborbiculata, striis transversis minutissimis ob -
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What Quintilian most discreetly says of Seneca's handling philosophy, that he did rerum pondera minutissimis sententiis frangere, break, and, as it were, emasculate the weight of his subject by little affected sentences, the same may with much more reason be applied to the practice of those, who detract from the excellency of things sacred by a comical lightness of expression: as when their prayers shall be set out in such a dress, as if they did not supplicate, but compliment
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. III. 1634-1716 1823
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* rerum pondera minutissimis sententiis frangere: [399] 1
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. III. 1634-1716 1823
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MSS.); ramosissima ramulis gracillimis copiose excavatis e foliis delapsis, foliis rameis remotis parvis ovatis acuminatis appressis, ramulinis minutissimis squamaeformibus convexis obtusis imbricatis immersis, capsulis circa ramos spicatis parvis globosis. —
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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MSS.); ramosissima ramulis gracillimis copiose excavatis e foliis delapsis, foliis rameis remotis parvis ovatis acuminatis appressis, ramulinis minutissimis squamaeformibus convexis obtusis imbricatis immersis, capsulis circa ramos spicatis parvis globosis.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Thomas Mitchell 1823
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