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They were termed _apprenticii ad legem_, or _ad barras_; and hence arose the cognomen of _barristers_. ❋ George Sharswood (N/A)

Lucullus, Catulus, and Hortensius, to Cato and Brutus, he finally adopted the suggestion of Atticus to gratify Varro by giving him a share in the dialogue together with Atticus and himself (_ad Att. _ xiii. 13, 1, 'commotus tuis litteris, quod ad me de Varrone scripseras, totam Academiam ab hominibus nobilissimis abstuli transtulique ad nostrum sodalem et ex duobus libris contuli in quattuor'). ❋ Thomas Ross Mills (N/A)

AD SVMMVM is the reading of _L_ and _T_ and is printed by Burman (who punctuates _uiderit ad summum_) and Merkel (_ad summum dixi_). ❋ 43 BC-18? Ovid (N/A)

Serv. _ad Ecl. _ 10, 1, 'Fuit Cornelius Gallus amicus Vergilii, adeo ut quartus Georgicorum a medio usque ad finem eius laudes teneret, quas postea iubente Augusto in Aristaei fabulam commutavit.' ❋ Thomas Ross Mills (N/A)

Accordingly, in the first place, he decided that he had received a call from God “ad veritatem et ad seipsum”; and, in the second, forgetting Miss Deffell, he married his rector’s daughter. ❋ Unknown (1918)

[72] Another _reductio ad absurdum_ or _ad impietatem_, cf. _supra_, p. 98, note b. ❋ Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (1908)

Perhaps few of them suspected the _argumentum ad hominem_ -- or rather _ad feminam_ -- in Woodhull's speech. ❋ Emerson Hough (1890)

Dominus, qui non ad iudicandum _venerat_, sed _ad salvandum_, &c. ... increpat eos _quod non meminerint doctrinae suae et bonitatis Evangelicae_, &c. (i. 857 b, c, d.) ❋ John William Burgon (1850)

Nay, but he saw he had a convenient occasion, _ad instituendam hominum multitudenem, ad illud festum confluentiam_. ❋ George Gillespie (1630)

We buy an enemy,, or ivefy afritnH ta the tfyijd ad, Orjafqayn ad\ ifes Almeyda ta hide fcer-loffc * \ all eyes, but chiefly from hi* father, a: 'yet, juft afterwards,' hehinaftjf inform* his father, of Almeyda's love for Alonzo: is not this ii\con - fifteni with Orafmyn's gQQeroijs character?, ❋ Unknown (1796)

Ceterum haec ipfaver - ba hoc ordine et hoc in loco non legit Crefcentius, fed ad iinem capitis reiecit Contra poft verba ob inam ftatim ad* dit: Oua obtonga acuta mafculos rotunda fbendnas tribuma. ❋ Unknown (1794)

Ac fi xet, nobis» qui celfiori gradu confcen-r ns, non eft lufta adverfus fanguinem & leDQ, id eft f ad verfus buoiana, fed ad« bs fuperiorum ordinum adverfarios; ❋ Unknown (1790)

Q maL fed ad annum 1 591 faltem haec editio pertingit, 'ad« ditå tamen eiusdem Opmeeri hiAoria martyrum Bata* vicorum. ❋ Burcard Gotthelff Struve (1782)

Sed.i. conftitutam, radij inciden - tesad aliquod Signabile Denfioris fub maiore angulo pari - terfub maiorirefringuntur: fed radij a Signabili Viiibilis, 4i - re£fce in mediocri diftantia oppofito Corncce, incidentcs in eadempunclra, ad quae fuper cbiuiexitatemillius inciderenc paralleli, iVeceffaria iiYcidunt fub raultomaiori angulo, vt conftat Geometrae, & t Phyficus fola defignationc facta ad~ rnittetj ergo fub multo maiori-refringentur; & itaetiamfi dicantur ex vitalis refra&ionis inuicem conuergcre, non nifi in multo maiori diftantia potuerunt coincidere. ❋ Nicola Zucchi (1656)

Ergo conus ABC ad conQ FGH eritvtcubusBE-adcubUBi EG, nempe vtreaa BE ad£ ❋ Torricelli, Evangelista, 1608-1647 (1644)

_argumentum ad hominem_ or _ad populum_, when you believe that you are keeping well within the bounds of legitimate persuasion; but in general it is safe to guard your self-respect by drawing a broad line between dodging and unworthy appeals to prejudice and justifiable appeals to feeling and personal interest. ❋ J. H. Gardiner (N/A)

So after Virgil, whom he is always quoting and imitating, Bracciolini writes "ipse praecepts _Iberos_, ad patrium regnum pervadit" (An.XII. 51), for "_ad_ Iberos, ❋ John Wilson Ross (1852)

Judge Forbes stated, that in civil issues the juries had some difficulty in comprehending the distinction between law and fact: _ad questionem facti respondent juratores, ad questionem legis judices_.] [Footnote 194: The original Simon Stukely was a quaker, who went to ❋ John West (1840)

J* ad 3. ubi ad« vertit, hos non tarn esse duos fines, quam unum. £t ratio esse po - test) quam tradit P. Suarez disp, 23. ❋ Joseph Chantre Herrera, Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni (1792)

NOTE: As some folks have pointed out, campaign finance rules require the McCain ad to mention "congressional liberals" because this ad is a joint production with the RNC. ❋ Unknown (2008)