urbs

Example Sentences

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It was only five o'clock, and we walked about the fine old ninth-century town, called by the Cavaliers the Urbs Intacta, because it was the one place in Ireland which successfully resisted the all-conquering Cromwell.

From Penelope's Irish Experiences by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

Is not its illustrious ancestry evident in the nobleness and high-mindedness of the present Urbs Augustan generation?

From Dona Perfecta by Serrano, Mary J. (Mary Jane)

Super petram collocata, Urbs in portu satis tuto, De lonquinquo te saluto; Te saluto, te suspiro, Te affecto, te requiro.”

From Mistress Margery by Holt, Emily Sarah

Urbs 109 "I'm Out of the Army Now" 110 "Oh Man!"

From Something Else Again by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)

Ex multis Domibus fit Pagus, 1. vel Oppidum, vel Urbs, 2.

From The Orbis Pictus by Hoole, Charles