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Fresnoy says, in his poem on the "Art of Painting," "Nec quod inane, nihil facit ad rem sive videtur Improprium minim�que urgens potiora tenebit Ornamenta operis."

From Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. by Burnet, John

I might write would seem as nihil ad rem, as if I were writing of an island in the Pacific.

From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus

Fiddlesticks! it's nothing ad rem, I tell you!

From The Village Notary by E?tv?s, J?zsef

Meminerimus cultum ejus magis ad morem quam ad rem pertinere.”—St.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

To speak ad rem, who is free from passion?

From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert