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... asks why he should rather write on such hackneyed subjects as the labours of Her- cules , the wanderings of Diomed , the ad- ventures of Theseus , Icarus , and Daedalus , than attack the vices of the day ? Jahn punctuates differently ...
... asks why he should rather write on such hackneyed subjects as the labours of Her- cules , the wanderings of Diomed , the ad- ventures of Theseus , Icarus , and Daedalus , than attack the vices of the day ? Jahn punctuates differently ...
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... asks , not with his usual judgment , whether ' stantem ' means " pedi- bus erectis ut solent pascere caprae , an eminentem ? " It means standing out in bold relief , as in Ovid ( Met . xii . 235 ) : " Forte fuit juxta signis extantibus ...
... asks , not with his usual judgment , whether ' stantem ' means " pedi- bus erectis ut solent pascere caprae , an eminentem ? " It means standing out in bold relief , as in Ovid ( Met . xii . 235 ) : " Forte fuit juxta signis extantibus ...
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... ask a favour of the gods , as " Quid dedicatum poscit Apollinem Vates ? " ( Hor . C. i . 31. 1. ) 83. caluerunt mollia saxa , ] This seems to be taken from Ovid's description ( 1. c . ) : “ Saxa ( quis hoc credat ? nisi sit pro teste ...
... ask a favour of the gods , as " Quid dedicatum poscit Apollinem Vates ? " ( Hor . C. i . 31. 1. ) 83. caluerunt mollia saxa , ] This seems to be taken from Ovid's description ( 1. c . ) : “ Saxa ( quis hoc credat ? nisi sit pro teste ...
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... ask them to dinner , as rich men used to do before the ' sportula ' " was invented . As far as it goes this divi- sion of the day corresponds with Martial's ( iv . 8 ) . The two first hours , he says , were given up to the ' salutatio ...
... ask them to dinner , as rich men used to do before the ' sportula ' " was invented . As far as it goes this divi- sion of the day corresponds with Martial's ( iv . 8 ) . The two first hours , he says , were given up to the ' salutatio ...
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... ask where he is to get the ability for such work , and where the freedom of speech that his forefathers had , but which at that time could not be so much as spoken of , not in public at least . Simplicitas , cujus non audeo dicere nomen ...
... ask where he is to get the ability for such work , and where the freedom of speech that his forefathers had , but which at that time could not be so much as spoken of , not in public at least . Simplicitas , cujus non audeo dicere nomen ...
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Page 26 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, 90 With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, As who should say ' I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark...