numen
Example Sentences
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"Non numen habes si sit Prudentia,—eh, O'Kelly?" said Conway.
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James
Est aqua Mercurii port� vicina Capen�; Si juvat expertis credere, numen habet.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
"And don't I say, as the ould heathen philosopher did of fortune, 'Nullum numen habes, si sit prudentia'?"
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James
Another of the oaths prescribed by command of Caligula was “per numen Drusillæ.”
From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian
And again he says, speaking of God's care, "Quis enim potest—quam existimet a deo se curari—non et dies, et noctes divinum numen horrere?"
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
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