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Terram non vis malam, malam segetem, sed bonam arborem, equum bonum, &c.
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To see so many lawyers, advocates, so many tribunals, so little justice; so many magistrates, so little care of common good; so many laws, yet never more disorders; Tribunal litium segetem, the Tribunal a labyrinth, so many thousand suits in one court sometimes, so violently followed?
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Probae etsi in segetem sunt deteriorem datae fruges, tamen ipsae suapte natura enitent. iii
Shorter Fragments 1912
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Hae sunt enim quae infructuosis affectuum spinis uberem fructibus rationis segetem necant hominumque mentes assuefaciunt morbo, non liberant.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Nullam, attamen, ex agro illo meo parvulo segetem demessui præter gaudium vacuum bene de Republica merendi.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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Nullam, attamen, ex agro illo meo parvulo segetem demessui, præter gaudium vacuum bene de
The Biglow Papers James Russell Lowell 1855
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Quando videris, inquit, segetem campis inhorrescere, ferreum Padum et Ticinum marinis fluctibus ferro nigrantibus muros civitatis inundantes, tunc est spes Caroli venientis.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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Id ttnum ex capitis cultn CoIIigi potest, in hoc tractu barbaram hanc segetem pul -
Doctrina nvmorvm vetervm conscripta a Josepho Eckhel .. 1792
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“Calamitas” was originally a word used in husbandry, which signified the destruction of growing corn; because, as Donatus says, “Comminuit {calamum} et segetem;” -- “it strikes down the blades and standing corn.”] [Footnote 32: _Approach this fire_) -- Ver.
The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes Terence 1847
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