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Hoc potest fortasse capiatur sicut confirmationem quod aliquid horrendum quidem agatur in sanctarum aedium, licet percontationibus ostendere habere perfecte bonum material explicatione.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013
Arma nondum licet deponere, meae sorores, nee proeliurn tarn Ion-gum tamque difficile nobis est relin-quendum.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But the "authority of laws" is invoked against truth—non licet esse vos! is the cry.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)
The marginal note runs: 'Nota quod nichil includi poterit de forestis et moris licet minimum quid et quamuis quaerens extra clausum habere possit ad sufficientiam.'
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Quam tamen formam in iis solum, et in aliis similibus mortis periculis, ad plures simul baptizandos, et ubi tempus non patitur, ut singuli separatim baptizentur, alias numquam, licet adhibere.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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