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... born possibly at Aquinum , in Latium , about the beginning of Nero's reign , that is soon after A.D. 54 , of respectable parents , his father being a rich libertinus , and he himself therefore ingenuus . He received the usual education.
... born possibly at Aquinum , in Latium , about the beginning of Nero's reign , that is soon after A.D. 54 , of respectable parents , his father being a rich libertinus , and he himself therefore ingenuus . He received the usual education.
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... rich man sits down to his feast . But such gluttony brings its own speedy punishment ( 127-146 ) . You tell me I had best be care- ful how I speak , or I may meet the Christians ' fate ; that it is safer to write of those who are dead ...
... rich man sits down to his feast . But such gluttony brings its own speedy punishment ( 127-146 ) . You tell me I had best be care- ful how I speak , or I may meet the Christians ' fate ; that it is safer to write of those who are dead ...
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... rich . The words describe the way in which the cloak was worn , hitched up on the left shoulder by a brooch or something of that sort , and floating in the wind , so that the shoulder seems to pull it back . This man appears to have had ...
... rich . The words describe the way in which the cloak was worn , hitched up on the left shoulder by a brooch or something of that sort , and floating in the wind , so that the shoulder seems to pull it back . This man appears to have had ...
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... rich . " 40. Unciolam Proculeius habet ] Proculeius has a twelfth part of the estate left him , and Gillo eleven - twelfths : the first is heres ex uncia ; ' the second , ' heres ex deunce . ' The divisions of the ' as ' represented the ...
... rich . " 40. Unciolam Proculeius habet ] Proculeius has a twelfth part of the estate left him , and Gillo eleven - twelfths : the first is heres ex uncia ; ' the second , ' heres ex deunce . ' The divisions of the ' as ' represented the ...
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... rich houses . He is called ' armigero ' because he furnished the sinews of this warfare , the money . 6 92. Simplexne furor sestertia centum ] The Greeks would say áñîñ pavía , madness and nothing more . A hundred sestertia would be ...
... rich houses . He is called ' armigero ' because he furnished the sinews of this warfare , the money . 6 92. Simplexne furor sestertia centum ] The Greeks would say áñîñ pavía , madness and nothing more . A hundred sestertia would be ...
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Page 215 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 130 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 228 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 9 - ... quae nunc divitibus gens acceptissima nostris et quos praecipue fugiam, properabo fateri, nec pudor obstabit. non possum ferre, Quirites, 60 Graecam urbem. quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei? iam pridem Syrus in Tiberim defluxit Orontes et linguam et mores et cum tibicine chordas obliquas nec non gentilia tympana secum vexit et ad circum iussas prostare puellas.
Page 48 - 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."
Page 57 - ... nil ergo optabunt homines? si consilium vis, permittes ipsis expendere numinibus quid conveniat nobis rebusque sit utile nostris; nam pro iucundis aptissima quaeque dabunt di. carior est illis homo quam sibi.
Page 213 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Page 71 - Temporibus, quorum sceleri non invenit ipsa Nomen, et a nullo posuit natura metallo.
Page 11 - Atque recens linum ostendit non una cicatrix. Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, Quam quod ridiculos homines facit.