in rerum natura
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I trust, however, the hospitable gossiping Laird h$s not run himself upon the shallows, and that his chaplain, whom you so often made us laugh at, is still in rerum natura.
From Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete by Scott, Walter, Sir
The ingredients of hodge-podge exist in rerum natura, and the place they occupy and the function they fulfil in it are no less deserving of our inquisitive regard.
From Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects by John Sutherland Sinclair, Earl of Caithness
Why, you blockhead, there is no such thing in rerum natura.
From From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
TRUE: How does my noble captain? is the bull, bear, and horse in rerum natura still?
From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Jonson, Ben
Tom Otter's bull, bear, and horse is known all over England, in rerum natura.
From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Jonson, Ben
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