Scaevola
Americannoun
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Many plants, which she never considered, were a welcome surprise: ‘Mystic Spires Blue’ salvia, purple fairy fan flower, Scaevola albida ‘Mauve Clusters’ and the native shrub toyon, or California holly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
The very "masses" in whose behalf Scaevola was calling on his fellow-citizens to undergo these casuistical gymnastics soon cared more for Bellona and Isis than for all the gods of Numa together.
From The Religion of Numa And Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome by Carter, Jesse Benedict
But we cannot help admiring Scaevola for his patriotism, though we may not envy him his ethics.
From The Religion of Numa And Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome by Carter, Jesse Benedict
This Mucius is called Scaevola by all writers, but Athenodorus, the son of Sandon, in his book which is dedicated to Octavia, the sister of Caesar Augustus, says that he was also named Posthumus.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey
The pedantic monarch thought himself in the presence of a fanatical Mutius Scaevola.
From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Ranke, Leopold von
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