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English citations of amœne
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1657, Christopher Wren, Sir Christopher Wren and his Times, page 118:Venus hath given it a pleasant situation, watered by the most amœne river of Europe, and beautified with the external splendour of myriads of fine buildings.
1766, Henry Rowlands, Mona Antiqua Restaurata, page 235:And all theſe four places or townſhips, ſituate and lying together upon one ſlang of ground in the moſt amœne and delightful part of the country ; and having more alſo of theſe monuments to this day viſible within the verge, or on the confines of them, than ſome whole countries can ſhew ; […]
1823, author incertain, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, page 99:Upright, amiable, enlightened, charming, amœne Whigs !
1871, George Augustus Sala, Belgravia, page 250:But, my dear madam, there are saving qualities and amœne aspects in hate, just as there are reasons in roasting of eggs.
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1618, Jean‐Pierre Camus, Premieres Homelies Qvadragesimales de Messire Iean Pierre Camvs, page 413:Somme, iugez combien le calme eſt plus gratieux que la tempeſte , le repos plus doux que le trauail , le prim‐temps plus amœne que l’hyuer , le iour plus agreable que la nuict , le ſerain plus plaiſant que le nubileux & pluuieux, la ſanté plus aymable que la maladie , le port plus aſſeuré que les vagues , la ioye plus delicieuſe que la triſteſſe; & penſez ſur tout cela : Quampulchri ſint pedes euangeliz antium pacem, euangeliz antium bona.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1634, Charles‐Auguste de Sales, Histoire dv Bien‐Hevrevx François de Sales Evesqve et Prince de Geneve, page 4:C’eſt vne cité diſtante de Sales de trois lieuës Sauoyſiennes , capitale du Geneuois,appellée iadis la ville d’Oſiris, ou bien la cité du Bœuf depuis Dinie ; & en fin Anicy, du nom de Titus Anicius , Gouuerneur des Allobroges pour les Romains,ſituée en vn lieu fort amœne,ceinte de campagnes & collines tres‐fertiles , dans vne tres‐bonne temperature de l’air, au degorgement d’vn lac criſtallin, petite à la verité , mais remplie de bon peuple , ornée de pluſieurs Egliſes, marquée de tours , arrosée de canaux , diſtinguée de ruës liée de ponts , noble par ſon ſuperbe chaſteau , & par ſon Seigneur le Duc de Geneuois & de Nemours , recommandable pour la Iuſtice Eccleſiaſtique & ſeculiere , Siege de l’Eueſque de Geneue , depuis qu’il a eſté chaſsé par ſes rebelles citadins, en laquelle Euſtache Chapuis , citoyen d’icelle , Chanoine & Official de l’Egliſe de Geneue , Abbé de ſainct Ange en Sicile , Ambaſſadeur & Orateur de l’Empereur Charles cinquieſme , fonda iadis vn celebre College pour les lettres humaines , Rethorique & Philoſophie , ſous le gouuernement des Docteurs de Louuain.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1694, Jacques Davy Du Perron, Jacques-Auguste de Thou, Perroniana et Thuana, page 63: