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Page 120
... employ his pen on some fabu- lous and safer subject . But why , replies the poet , should I prefer these hackneyed fables to the bold and unblushing realities of act- ual life . - Diomedeas . Alluding to the Thracian king , who fed his ...
... employ his pen on some fabu- lous and safer subject . But why , replies the poet , should I prefer these hackneyed fables to the bold and unblushing realities of act- ual life . - Diomedeas . Alluding to the Thracian king , who fed his ...
Page 121
... employed , they were called hexaphori ( ¿ §úpopol , from 5 , " six , ” and pépw , " to carry " ) ; when eight , octophori ( ¿ ктópopoi ) .— Patens . 66 Conspicuous to the view . " The litter was commonly shut in by curtains . On the ...
... employed , they were called hexaphori ( ¿ §úpopol , from 5 , " six , ” and pépw , " to carry " ) ; when eight , octophori ( ¿ ктópopoi ) .— Patens . 66 Conspicuous to the view . " The litter was commonly shut in by curtains . On the ...
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... employed to indicate " a med- ley , " an olio . " 99.66 72-75 . Quando major avaritiæ , & c . " When did a deeper gulf of avarice open on the view ? " Literally , " a more ample bosom . " A metaphor borrowed from the Roman dress . The ...
... employed to indicate " a med- ley , " an olio . " 99.66 72-75 . Quando major avaritiæ , & c . " When did a deeper gulf of avarice open on the view ? " Literally , " a more ample bosom . " A metaphor borrowed from the Roman dress . The ...
Page 125
... employed to mark the contrast between the size of the basket and the rich patron's supper of seven fercula . The Romans , in the days of free- dom , entertained their clients , after the latter had attended them in public , at a supper ...
... employed to mark the contrast between the size of the basket and the rich patron's supper of seven fercula . The Romans , in the days of free- dom , entertained their clients , after the latter had attended them in public , at a supper ...
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... employ in im- perial times . Quid refert , & c . " What difference does it make ( unto Lucilius , it is true ) whether Mucius forgive the things said of himself or not ? Do you , however , only put down Tigellinus ( in your satire ) ...
... employ in im- perial times . Quid refert , & c . " What difference does it make ( unto Lucilius , it is true ) whether Mucius forgive the things said of himself or not ? Do you , however , only put down Tigellinus ( in your satire ) ...
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