Selections from the Satires of Juvenal: To which is Added the Fifth Satire of Persius |
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30 35 40 Thebarum portae vel divitis ostia Nili . nona aetas agitur pejoraque saecula ferri temporibus , quorum sceleri non invenit ipsa nomen et a nullo posuit natura metallo.rai nos hominum divumque fidem clamore ciemus , quanto ...
30 35 40 Thebarum portae vel divitis ostia Nili . nona aetas agitur pejoraque saecula ferri temporibus , quorum sceleri non invenit ipsa nomen et a nullo posuit natura metallo.rai nos hominum divumque fidem clamore ciemus , quanto ...
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