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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Great things; mighty works.
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Sunt enim hic velut quædam Dei magnalia quæ spargi expedit humano generi, et in omnium linguis exaudiri: id pro mea facultate curavi, ut si non sensa tanti authoris ornatè, at perspicuè et fidè traderem, imo nec ab ipsa dictione et phrasi (quantum Latini idiomatis ratio permittit) vel minimum recederem.
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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Having maintained the probability of the Rosicrucian pretensions on the ground that such _magnalia Dei_ had from the creation downwards been confided to the keeping of a few individuals -- agreeably to which he affirms that Adam was the first
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918
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Tertullian's vocabulary, we find in his writings not more than sixty new words, a few Hellenisms -- apostata, gazophylacium -- a few popular words or phrases - magnalia, mammona -- or a few words formed by added inflections -- apostatare, clarificatio.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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I could never pass that sentence of Paracelsus without an asterisk or annotation; Ascendens constellatum multa revelat quærentibus magnalia naturæ, (i.e. opera DEI.) 8 [The ascending constellation reveals to inquirers many of natures great things.]
Paras 36-70 1909
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I could never pass that sentence of Paracelsus, without an asterisk, or annotation; _Ascendens constellatum multa revelat, quaerentibus magnalia naturae_, i.e. _opera Dei_.
Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation Alexander Whyte 1878
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I could never pass that sentence of Paracelsus without an asterisk or annotation: "Ascendens astrum multa revelat quærentibus magnalia naturæ, i.e., opera Dei."
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
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Howbeit we must still acknowledge thus much, that wheresoever such mighty changes are found, they are (as I may so express it) the very trophies and magnalia of grace, the peculiar triumphs of the Spirit over the corruption of nature, and the grand instances of its invincible, controlling power over the hearts of men.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. IV. 1634-1716 1823
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The things of God's law are magnalia Dei -- the great things of God.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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I could never pass that sentence of Paracelsus without an asterisk, or annotation: "ascendens [I. i] constellatum multa revelat quaerentibus magnalia naturae, i.e. opera Dei."
Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend 1643
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Qulsfufficit cnarrare opc - ra illius? quis enim invc - ftigabit magnalia ejus? vz, br, Scitote * Quo - niam D6minus ipfe cft Deus. ir.
Diurnale Noviomense. ad usum regalis ecclesiæ S. Quintini accommodatum. Pars hiemalis (æstiva). 1774
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