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Sicuti de Naevio quoque accepimus, fabulas eum in carcere duas scripsisse, Hariolum et Leontem, cum ob assiduam maledicentiam et probra in principes civitatis de Graecorum poetarum more dicta in vincula Romae a triumviris coniectus esset.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

Nam sine vi non ulla dabit praecepta, neque illum orando flectes: vim duram et vincula capto 85 tende; doli circum haec demum frangentur inanes.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.

Venient annis secula seris, quibus oceanus vincula rerum laxet, et ingens pateat tellus, Typhisque novos detegat orbes; nec sit terris Ultima Thule.—Seneca,

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Freneau, Philip

Ecce fluit, nodisque suis evolvitur ultro: I, fatue, et vinc'lis vincula pone tuis.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Thus Virgil, Dic, Veneris vincula necto: Terna tibi hæc primum triplici diversa colore Licia circumdo.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)