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Simonides, qui scripsit egregium melos, Quo paupertatem sustineret facilius, Circum ire coepit urbes Asiae nobiles, 5 Mercede accepta laudem victorum canens.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

Illi indignantes magno cum murmure montis Circum claustra fremunt.

From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer

Who while Circum pracordia ludit, giveth us to feel, how many headaches a passionate life bringeth us to.

From English literary criticism by Various

Circum verò Insulam, per septem aut octo menses fluctuat glacies, miserabilem quendam gemitum, & ab humana voce non alienum, ex collisione edens.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard

Circum praecordia ludit, "he plays about the heartstrings," said Persius, long before any of these, when the actual Horace was still fresh in the memory of men.

From Horace and His Influence by Showerman, Grant