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Page viii
... taken place at home . Caesar had been assassinated ; Antony was seeking to erect on the ruins of the Dictator's power a still more formidable despo- tism ; while Brutus and Cassius , the last hopes of the de- clining republic , were ...
... taken place at home . Caesar had been assassinated ; Antony was seeking to erect on the ruins of the Dictator's power a still more formidable despo- tism ; while Brutus and Cassius , the last hopes of the de- clining republic , were ...
Page xv
... taken from the latter part of an hexameter line ( a posteriore parte ver- sus hexametri ) , and is consequently opposed to the dactylic tetrameter a priore . This last is taken from the first part ( a priore parte ) of an hex- ameter ...
... taken from the latter part of an hexameter line ( a posteriore parte ver- sus hexametri ) , and is consequently opposed to the dactylic tetrameter a priore . This last is taken from the first part ( a priore parte ) of an hex- ameter ...
Page 275
... taken their general name from the town or district of Falernus . But the most conspicuous , or the best exposed among them , seems to have been the Massic ; and as in process of time several infe rior growths were confounded under the ...
... taken their general name from the town or district of Falernus . But the most conspicuous , or the best exposed among them , seems to have been the Massic ; and as in process of time several infe rior growths were confounded under the ...
Page 276
... Taken passively . - Manet . " Passes the night . " - Sub Jove frigido . " Beneath the cold sky . " Jupiter is here taken figura- tively for the higher regions of the air . Compare the Greek phrase brd Aiós . - 23 . Teretes . “ Well ...
... Taken passively . - Manet . " Passes the night . " - Sub Jove frigido . " Beneath the cold sky . " Jupiter is here taken figura- tively for the higher regions of the air . Compare the Greek phrase brd Aiós . - 23 . Teretes . “ Well ...
Page 280
... Taken in an active sense . - 24 . Transsiliunt . " Bound contemptuously over . " - 26 . Audax omnia perpeti . A Greek construction : Spaσds návrα TĂñvai . “ Bold- ly daring to encounter every hardship . " - 25 . Per vetitum et nefas ...
... Taken in an active sense . - 24 . Transsiliunt . " Bound contemptuously over . " - 26 . Audax omnia perpeti . A Greek construction : Spaσds návrα TĂñvai . “ Bold- ly daring to encounter every hardship . " - 25 . Per vetitum et nefas ...
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