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Ii namque condita & salita eorum capita, qui ob scelerum multitudinem � judicibus extremo judicio fuerant affecti, pro Divis ostentabant; iis genua submittebant, eos in Deorum numerum receptabant, ad illorum sepulchra pulvere sordibusque conspurcati.

From Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John by Newton, Isaac, Sir

Apprehendens ipsum revolvit super ejus genua; erat enim valdè fortis.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Comam alere longissimam, ad ipsa usque genua demissam, atque etiam infra, cum barba longiore, quàm, apud ullos hominum.

From A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients by Tyson, Edward

Magna tunc voce Antiphonam incipit, O oriens splendor, &c., in genua cadens; quam chorus prosequetur cum organis ut supra.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew

M. nitid� nigra; rictu labroso, rubro; cruribus infra genua plumatis.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William