vis vitae

Example Sentences

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The tailor's vis vitae must have been powerful, or he would have died.

From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

Sanguinis missione vis vitae diminuta: fiebat pulsitis debilior, respiratio difficilior.

From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

It can only be defined as the coordination of the vis vitae in nature, which is an undisguised form of reasoning in a circle.

From Life: Its True Genesis by Wright, R. W.

There are states and conditions of matter in respect to which it is idle to predicate the vis vitae.

From Life: Its True Genesis by Wright, R. W.

The tailor's vis vitae must have been powerful or he would have died.

From Stories by English Authors: Ireland by Lover, Samuel