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... become extinct : their occupation is gone . Who then can suppress his contempt at sight of such sordid luxury ? What ... becomes the diverting topic at every table ; their friends , enraged at the frustration of their hopes , conduct ...
... become extinct : their occupation is gone . Who then can suppress his contempt at sight of such sordid luxury ? What ... becomes the diverting topic at every table ; their friends , enraged at the frustration of their hopes , conduct ...
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... become the accuser of any one who shall but say , & c . 149. Hylas . Son of a king of the Dryopes in Greece . He followed Hercules in the Argo- nautic expedition . Going one day to fetch water , he let the pitcher fall into the well ...
... become the accuser of any one who shall but say , & c . 149. Hylas . Son of a king of the Dryopes in Greece . He followed Hercules in the Argo- nautic expedition . Going one day to fetch water , he let the pitcher fall into the well ...
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... become the object of eternal fear to a powerful friend . I will acknowledge to you , however shame would conceal the un- worthy fact , that those whom I most abhor , and who are the prin- cipal cause of my flight , are the very persons ...
... become the object of eternal fear to a powerful friend . I will acknowledge to you , however shame would conceal the un- worthy fact , that those whom I most abhor , and who are the prin- cipal cause of my flight , are the very persons ...
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... become absolute governors . They possess a ready and subtle wit , a finished impudence , a flu- ency of speech and rapid utterance , to which Isæus scarcely bears comparison . What do you think a Greek to be ? he is every thing , 68 ...
... become absolute governors . They possess a ready and subtle wit , a finished impudence , a flu- ency of speech and rapid utterance , to which Isæus scarcely bears comparison . What do you think a Greek to be ? he is every thing , 68 ...
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... becoming the richest of those who have no children , he is now deservedly suspected of having himself set fire to his own house . If you can tear yourself away from the games of the circus , the money which you now pay as the yearly ...
... becoming the richest of those who have no children , he is now deservedly suspected of having himself set fire to his own house . If you can tear yourself away from the games of the circus , the money which you now pay as the yearly ...
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Page 18 - Dum nova canities, dum prima et recta senectus, Dum superest Lachesi, quod torqueat, et pedibus me Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo.
Page 167 - ... atque recens linum ostendit non una cicatrix ? Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...
Page 8 - Quidquid agunt homines, votum, timor, ira, voluptas, Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli. Et quando uberior vitiorum copia ? quando Major avaritiae patuit sinus ? alea quando 80 Hos animos ? Neque enim loculis comitantibus itur Ad casum tabulae, posita sed luditur area.
Page 101 - Augustum. iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli vendimus, effudit curas; nam qui dabat olim imperium fasces legiones omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, 80 panem et circenses. 'Perituros audio multos.
Page 179 - Bithyno libeat vigilare tyranno. finem animae, quae res humanas miscuit olim, non gladii, non saxa dabunt nec tela, sed ille Cannarum vindex et tanti sanguinis ultor 165 anulus.
Page 172 - Nee tamen haec tantum metuas : nam, qui spoliet te, Non deerit, clausis domibus, postquam omnis ubique Fixa catenatae siluit compago tabernae.
Page 12 - ... poena tamen praesens, cum tu deponis amictus turgidus et crudum pavonem in balnea portas.
Page 197 - Tradidit arcano quodcumque volumine Moses, Non monstrare vias eadem nisi sacra colenti, Quaesitum ad fontem solos deducere verpos.
Page 123 - Temporibus, quorum sceleri non invenit ipsa Nomen, et a nullo posuit natura metallo.
Page 59 - Gloria quantalibet quid erit, si gloria tantum est? Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amicae Thebaidos, laetam fecit quum Statius Urbem Promisitque diem. Tanta dulcedine captos Afficit ille animos tantaque libidine vulgi 85 Auditur : sed quum fregit subsellia versu Esurit, intactam Paridi nisi vendat Agaven.