In 50, realizing the danger of his position if he returned to Rome as a private person, he was anxious to be a candidate for the consulship in absentia; but Pompey thwarted his plan.
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But never mind this; give me a garden, and absentia Claire, and I will thank my love for many favours.
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The rules of the University forbid us to confer the degree upon any one in absentia.
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