Deo volente
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"I am here sailing and swimming and laying up a store of health and strength to carry me on, Deo volente, through the hot late summer of Florence."
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Edmund Downey
He always promises to fulfil his agreement with a Deo volente clause, and so attributes his occasional disappointments to the particular interposition of the deity.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden
In John's locket was engraved, "In fortis vinces"; in Hamilton's, "Deo volente"; and in Hannibal's, "Carpe diem."
From Aladdin O'Brien by Gouverneur Morris
Four years hence, we shall all meet in London, Deo volente, and we'll be able to compare the education of Ireland with the education of England.
From Changing Winds A Novel by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine
The third deals with the history of the Ohio, Iowa, Buffalo, and the Scandinavian synods, and, Deo volente, will go to press as soon as Concordia Publishing House will be ready for it.
From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by F. (Friedrich) Bente
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