delectus

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"Gemmarum antiquarum Delectus ex pr�stantioribus desumptus in Dactylotheca Ducis Marlburiensis," Two vols, folio, 1783, &c.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

Oh, Pen, haeret lethalis arundo; it is always right—the Latin Delectus!

From Old Friends, Epistolary Parody by Lang, Andrew

The Delectus consists of Short pieces, on various subjects, with extracts from Anglo-Saxon History and the Saxon Chronicle.

From Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850 by Various

In Rome, as we have all read in the Latin Delectus, it was thought that incantations could draw down the moon.

From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew

Other references may be found in Hase's Church History, E. T. § 52; Hagenbach's Dogmengeschichte, § 29, 117; and in J. A. Fabricius, Delectus Argument, ch. i.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey