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Page 101
... speak , or I may meet the Christians ' fate ; that it is safer to write of those who are dead and gone . Well , then , I must try what I can do with those who are in their tombs ( 147-171 ) . 1. Semper ego auditor tantum ? ] In the time ...
... speak , or I may meet the Christians ' fate ; that it is safer to write of those who are dead and gone . Well , then , I must try what I can do with those who are in their tombs ( 147-171 ) . 1. Semper ego auditor tantum ? ] In the time ...
Page 105
... speak of the midnight oil . ' " 52. Sed quid magis Heracleas ] Agitem ' must be repeated , but in a different sense . Fabulas is the noun to be supplied , if any is needed . He asks why he should rather write on such hackneyed subjects ...
... speak of the midnight oil . ' " 52. Sed quid magis Heracleas ] Agitem ' must be repeated , but in a different sense . Fabulas is the noun to be supplied , if any is needed . He asks why he should rather write on such hackneyed subjects ...
Page 117
... speaking with the Romans as with us . 31. Quis facile est aedem conducere , ] As to ' conducere , ' see i . 108 , n . Government contracts have in all times been profitable affairs . Juve- nal speaks of men contracting for the repair of ...
... speaking with the Romans as with us . 31. Quis facile est aedem conducere , ] As to ' conducere , ' see i . 108 , n . Government contracts have in all times been profitable affairs . Juve- nal speaks of men contracting for the repair of ...
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... speak of a crime committed by one of your greater philosophers , ' as if it were ' transi ad gymnasia . ' The latter construc- tion seems preferable . The philosophers ' schools were called ' gym- nasia ' because they commonly held them ...
... speak of a crime committed by one of your greater philosophers , ' as if it were ' transi ad gymnasia . ' The latter construc- tion seems preferable . The philosophers ' schools were called ' gym- nasia ' because they commonly held them ...
Page 123
... speak the truth . ' ' Si ' has the sense of ' even if . ' There were at this time eighteen praetors in the city . Each praetor had two lictors allowed him . Ire praecipitem jubeat ' is a common expression of haste . Orbus ' was the ...
... speak the truth . ' ' Si ' has the sense of ' even if . ' There were at this time eighteen praetors in the city . Each praetor had two lictors allowed him . Ire praecipitem jubeat ' is a common expression of haste . Orbus ' was the ...
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Page 185 - When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.
Page 213 - 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 128 - 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 226 - 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 220 - As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Page 8 - Dum nova canities, dum prima et recta senectus, Dum superest Lachesi, quod torqueat, et pedibus me Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo.
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Page 46 - 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 37 - Incertaeque rei ; Phalaris licet imperet, ut sis Falsus, et admoto dictet perjuria tauro, Summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori, Et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas.
Page 55 - ... notum qui pueri qualisque futura sit uxor. ut tamen et poscas aliquid voveasque sacellis exta et candiduli divina tomacula porci, 355 orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. fortem posce animum mortis terrore carentem, qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores, nesciat irasci, cupiat nihil et potiores 360 Herculis aerumnas credat saevosque labores et venere et cenis et pluma Sardanapalli.