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  • Nec quisquam tam lapis aut frutex, quem non titillat amoena illa, variaque spectio locorum, urbium, gentium, &c. 3194.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Adeo ubique (as [6408] Scaliger writes of the Mahometan priests), tum gentium tum locorum, gens ista sacrorum ministra, vulgi secat spes, ad ea quae ipsi fingunt somnia, so cunningly can they gull the commons in all places and countries.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Quo minus autem fructus in commune conferrentur, primum obstitit locorum, in quae homines discesserunt, distantia, deinde justitiae et amoris defectus, per quem fiebat, ut nee in labore, nee in consumtione fructuum, quae debebat, aequalitas servaretur.

    An Enquiry into the Principles of Morals 2006

  • My wife discovered Edmund Hogan's 1910 Onomasticon Goedelicum: locorum et tribuum Hiberniae et Scotiae: an index, with identifications, to the Gaelic names of places and tribes online and of course shared it with me; I poked around and discovered it was posted by the Locus project, which aims "to produce a new Historical Dictionary of Irish placenames and tribal names to replace Fr Edmund Hogan's Onomasticon Goedelicum."

    languagehat.com: ONOMASTICON. 2005

  • Ego autem habui in recessu meo, in quibus etiam continebatur ad omnes sibi subiectos speciale mandatum, vt me permitterent intrare, et respicere singula loca, pro meæ placito voluntatis, et mihi exponerent quorumcunque locorum mysteria distinctè et absque vllo velamine veritatis, ac me cum omni sodalitate mea benignè reciperent, et in cunctis rationalibus audirent, requisiti autem si necesse foret de ciuitate conducerent in ciuitatem.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Orda lingua corum, quod sonat medium, quia semper est in media hominum suorum: hoc excepto quod rectè ad meridiem nullus se collocat, quia ad pattem illam aperiuntur portæ Curiæ: Sed à dextris et à sinistris extendunt se quantum volunt secundum exigentiam locorum: dummodo rectè ante curiam, vel ex opposito curiæ non descendunt.

    The iournal of frier William de Rubruquis a French man of the order of the minorite friers, vnto the East parts of the worlde. An. Dom. 1253. 2004

  • Orda lingua corum, quod sonat medium, quia semper est in media hominum suorum: hoc excepto quod rect� ad meridiem nullus se collocat, quia ad pattem illam aperiuntur port� Curi� Sed � dextris et � sinistris extendunt se quantum volunt secundum exigentiam locorum: dummodo rect� ante curiam, vel ex opposito curi� non descendunt.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Gratissimum ergo nobis excellentia vestra facerit, si portuum omnium, alior鷐que locorum, qui vestr� iurisdictioni parent, custodibus, item classium et nauium pr鎓ectis omnibus mandare velit, vt Guilielmus iste, ali韖ue Angli subditi nostri cum in illorum erunt potestate, amic� et humaniter tractarentur.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Cui muneri Baldwinus sollicit� inuigilans, egregium se pastorem exhibuit, dominicum semen, quantum patiebatur eius temporis, iniquitas, vbique locorum spargens.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Aquitani�, Tholosani�, Caturluni, Flandri�, Brabanti�, & omnium aliarum terrarum & locorum extraneorum, quocunque nomine censeantur, venientium in regnum nostrum Angli� & ibidem conuersantium nos pr鎐ipua cura sollicitat, qualiter sub nostro dominio tranquillitatis & plen� securitatis immunitas eisdem mercatoribus futuris temporibus pr鎝aretur.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

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