in rerum natura
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Many of them express relations of terms to which nothing exactly or nothing at all in rerum natura corresponds.
From Meno by Jowett, Benjamin
Why, you blockhead, there is no such thing in rerum natura.
From From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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
Now if, like the key in our illustration, the religion in question were something given in rerum natura independent of human origination in any form, this argument would be practically irresistible.
From The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) by Tyrrell, George
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
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