numen
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Over the door of his room was inscribed,—"Innocui vivite, Numen adest,—Live in innocence, for God is present."
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
When in their breasts th'impetuous Numen rowls, And with uncommon heaves swells their Diviner Souls.
From Discourse on Criticism and of Poetry (1707) From Poems On Several Occasions (1707) by Cobb, Samuel
This individual was an old Hollander, named Van Numen, who as a connoisseur in precious stones, was probably without his rival in Paris.
From Monsieur Lecoq by Gaboriau, Émile
In vallum Egeri� descendimus et speluncas Dissimiles veris—quanto pr�stantius esset Numen aqu�, viridi si margine clauderet undas Herba, nec ingenuum violarent marmora tophum.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Reeve, Henry
Thus, when o'er deluged earth her Numen stood, The tost ark bounding on the shoreless flood, The sacred treasure fixt his guardian view, While climes unnoticed in the wave withdrew.
From The Columbiad by Barlow, Joel
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