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Innocuas placide corpus jubet urere flammas, Et justo rapidos temperat igne focos.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) by Boswell, James

Immortal sounds is a harsh combination of words, yet Milton uses a parallel expression:     Spiritus & rapidos qui circinat igneus orbes,     Nunc quoque sidereis intercinit ipse choreia     Immortale melos, & inenarrabile curmen.

From Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Johnson, Samuel

Arte materna rapidos morantem Fluminum lapsus . . .’ and Verg.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

Ovid speaks of Hercules carrying the Parasol of Omphale:— "Aurea pellebant rapidos umbracula soles, Quæ tamen Herculeæ sustinuere manus."

From Umbrellas and Their History by Sangster, William