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Spaniard, when his friend [5921] Crassus, that rich Roman gallant, lay hid in the cave, ut voluptatis quam aetas illa desiderat copiam faceret, to gratify him the more, send two [5922] lusty lasses to accompany him all that while he was there imprisoned, And
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Plus capio voluptatis inde, quam spectandis in theatro ludis.
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How far this is attributable to the alleged repugnance of the Britons to use the hare for the table, as Caesar apprises us that they kept it only voluptatis causâ, it is hard to say; but the way in which the author of the
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Cunctarum quippe nationum res gestas cognosse, memoriæque mandare, voluptatis loco reputant non minoris gloriæ iudicantes, alienas virtutes disserere, quam proprias exhibere.
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Cunctarum quippe nationum res gestas cognosse, memori鎞ue mandare, voluptatis loco reputant non minoris glori� iudicantes, alienas virtutes disserere, quam proprias exhibere.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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[120] "Plantaverat autem Dominus Deus Paradisum voluptatis a principio."
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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_Comple et amur illam et amemus: plena est voluptatis si illâ scias uti_.
The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various
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"Fecisti quod quædam mulieres solent, quoddam molimen, aut machinamentum in modum virilis membri ad mensuram tuæ voluptatis, et illud loco verendorum tuorum aut alterius cum aliquibus ligaturis, ut fornicationem faceres cum aliis mulieribus, vel alia eodem instrumento, sive alio tecum?"
The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional Father Chiniquy
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The different kinds of need which may be felt for goods must also be considered, _indigentice naturæ_, _status_, _voluptatis_, and
An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching George O'Brien
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By this very same act he popularized a number of Hebraisms and modes of speech -- vir desideriorum, filii iniquitatis, hortus voluptatis, inferioris a Daniele, inferior to
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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