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... object ; and although he has added notes where they seemed to be required , he has taken pains to avoid equally the too - much and the too - little in a commentary in- tended principally for younger scholars . The matter of the ...
... object ; and although he has added notes where they seemed to be required , he has taken pains to avoid equally the too - much and the too - little in a commentary in- tended principally for younger scholars . The matter of the ...
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... object was to carry off the prize at the Olympic contests , the chariot - race , & c . Such was the estimation in which the victors at the great games of Greece were held , that we find Pindar warning them not to exalt themselves abore ...
... object was to carry off the prize at the Olympic contests , the chariot - race , & c . Such was the estimation in which the victors at the great games of Greece were held , that we find Pindar warning them not to exalt themselves abore ...
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... object in view in the present Ode . He reminds Plancus of his delightful villa at Tibur . We hear on all sides , he says , the praises of other countries , but where is there a more delightful spot than Tibur ? Let not life and its ...
... object in view in the present Ode . He reminds Plancus of his delightful villa at Tibur . We hear on all sides , he says , the praises of other countries , but where is there a more delightful spot than Tibur ? Let not life and its ...
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... object which Augustus had in view , in restoring the Trojan and other games ; viz . , the encouragement of athletic exercises among the youth of Rome . Sybaris is most probably a fictitious name , indi- cating the life of indulgence ...
... object which Augustus had in view , in restoring the Trojan and other games ; viz . , the encouragement of athletic exercises among the youth of Rome . Sybaris is most probably a fictitious name , indi- cating the life of indulgence ...
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... object of wearisome , hopeless anxiety . H. would intimate in the word tædium , that he had long felt dissatisfaction at the conduct of his own party . - 18 . Nunc desiderium & c . , but now ( i . e . under Augus- tus ) , of heartfelt ...
... object of wearisome , hopeless anxiety . H. would intimate in the word tædium , that he had long felt dissatisfaction at the conduct of his own party . - 18 . Nunc desiderium & c . , but now ( i . e . under Augus- tus ) , of heartfelt ...
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