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very often dined upon nothing
Such was substantially Monsieur Gérondif’s story; when he had nothing to live upon but the paltry profits of his school, he wore clogs, went without hat or cap, very often dined upon nothing but potatoes baked in the oven, and yet seemed perfectly contented with his position.
— from The Bashful Lover (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIX) by Paul de Kock

veterem opinionem damnavit usus non
9: ‘Nam illam veterem opinionem damnavit usus non esse ferro tangendos anniculos malleolos, quod aciem reformidant, quod frustra Vergilius, et Saserna, Stolonesque et Catones timuerunt.’
— from The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. (William Young) Sellar

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