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Clames licet et mare coelo — — — Confundas, surdo narras, [416] demonstrate as Ulysses did to [417] Elpenor and Gryllus, and the rest of his companions those swinish men, he is irrefragable in his humour, he will be a hog still; bray him in a mortar, he will be the same.
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Beethoven era músico e surdo, mas não desde a nascença.
Incrível!!! Artur 2005
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* [3150] Mens habet attonitos, et surdo verbere cædit!
Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965
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* [6774] Mens habet attonitos, et surdo verbere cædit!
Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965
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No, my dear honest bore, _surdo fabulam narras_, they are no more to me than a rat in the arras.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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MacGillivray, of the "Rattlesnake," saw near Cape York a woman with these scars: she was a surdo-mute, and had probably been spayed to prevent increase.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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These are two items, apparently instinctive and universal, of man's gesture-language which has been so highly cultivated by sundry North American tribes and by the surdo-mute establishments of Europe.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Their instrumentation is diverse in origin and includes balafon, steelpans, djembe, dun duns, surdo, tamborim, congas and more, combined with drums, bass and electric guitar.
unknown title 2008
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He also recovered himself again, and said in the pettish way which usually indicated his displeasure — “Yes, my lord, it was we that said it — non surdo canis — we are not deaf — we pray you not to raise your voice in speech with us — there is the bonny memorial — read, and judge for yourself.”
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These are two items, apparently instinctive and universal, of man’s gesture-language which has been so highly cultivated by sundry North American tribes and by the surdo-mute establishments of Europe.
hernesheir commented on the word surdo
Spanish for southpaw.
February 17, 2010