See ba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "And these men […] believed neither in torment, nor in honor, nor in dignity, nay, they even feared the resurrection of the coming judgment (\"For they also denied that there would be a resurrection of the dead.\" [Historia scholastica 31:10]), thinking that the souls would die together with the bodies",
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"text": "A ci […] mąk nie wierzyli ani czci, ani dostojeństwa, ba i wstania przychodzącego sądu przeli (nam et resurrectionem mortuorum futuram negabant), mnimając, aby dusze po społu s ciały umirały",
"translation": "And these men […] believed neither in torment, nor in honor, nor in dignity, nay, they even feared the resurrection of the coming judgment (\"For they also denied that there would be a resurrection of the dead.\" [Historia scholastica 31:10]), thinking that the souls would die together with the bodies",
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"english": "Then running came the other one and struck her on the crown of the head, and quoth: \"O Jesus, perhaps there is a twinkle in thine eyes, yea, take heart from them, good friend! Thou hast become so weak as if thou hadst no Godly Father. Well, thou wilt praise thyself, but let thee not be shamed!\"",
"ref": "Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, page 731:",
"text": "Drugi potem przybieżąc uderzył ji w ciemię i rzekł: O Jesusie, snadź ci mirzka w [o]czu, ba pokrzep sie im, dobry druże; takeś omdlał, jakoby nie miał boga ojca, ba pochwaci sie, ale nie daj sie sromocić",
"translation": "Then running came the other one and struck her on the crown of the head, and quoth: \"O Jesus, perhaps there is a twinkle in thine eyes, yea, take heart from them, good friend! Thou hast become so weak as if thou hadst no Godly Father. Well, thou wilt praise thyself, but let thee not be shamed!\"",
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"translation": "And these men […] believed neither in torment, nor in honor, nor in dignity, nay, they even feared the resurrection of the coming judgment (\"For they also denied that there would be a resurrection of the dead.\" [Historia scholastica 31:10]), thinking that the souls would die together with the bodies",
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"text": "Drugi potem przybieżąc uderzył ji w ciemię i rzekł: O Jesusie, snadź ci mirzka w [o]czu, ba pokrzep sie im, dobry druże; takeś omdlał, jakoby nie miał boga ojca, ba pochwaci sie, ale nie daj sie sromocić",
"translation": "Then running came the other one and struck her on the crown of the head, and quoth: \"O Jesus, perhaps there is a twinkle in thine eyes, yea, take heart from them, good friend! Thou hast become so weak as if thou hadst no Godly Father. Well, thou wilt praise thyself, but let thee not be shamed!\"",
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