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Lamina delubri supra fastigia, ventus Qua cœli spiret de regione, docet; Hanc ea pr� reliquis mavult, secura pericli, Nec curat, nedum cogitat, unde cadat.

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher

Auro solis erat supra fastigia currus, Et valv� Libyci nobile dentis opus.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Nunquam solido stetit superba felicitas et ingentium imperiorum magna fastigia oblivione fragilitatis humanae conlapsa sunt.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

Dicitur enim lingua Danica 'krage' truncus, cuius semic�sis ramis fastigia conscenduntur, ita ut pes, pr�cisorum stipitum obsequio perinde ac scal� beneficio nixus, sensimque ad superiora prouectus, petit� celsitudinis compendium assequatur.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

The phrase hinc et fastigia templorum orla, has been bracketed by some editors because they could not believe the fact which it stated.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various