Deus vult
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"Deus vult; Deus vult;"—It is God's will—broke as with one voice from the assembly, echoing from the hills around, and pealing with a voice like thunder.
From Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Evoe! attend ye bacchanalians! start at this dark train of evils, and, amid your immodest jests, and idiot laughter, recollect, Quem Deus vult perdere, prius dementat.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
If this be true, we can only say quos Deus vult perdere prius dementat.
From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Lang, Andrew
Boswell quoted Quern Deus vult perdere, prius dementat, and asked where it was.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman
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