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... Mihi isthic neque seritur neque repitur ' Plaut . ' That's no bread and butter for me . ' His phrase is from Epidicus 205 ' mihi istic nec seritur nec metitur . ' re ( a ) p - itur is a ' suggestion ' of the translation imp . Further ...
... Mihi isthic neque seritur neque repitur ' Plaut . ' That's no bread and butter for me . ' His phrase is from Epidicus 205 ' mihi istic nec seritur nec metitur . ' re ( a ) p - itur is a ' suggestion ' of the translation imp . Further ...
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... mihi pro se quisque acriter intendat animum quae uita , qui mores fuerint per quos uiros quibusque artibus domi militiaeque et partum et auctum imperium sit ; labente deinde paulatim disciplina uelut desidentes primo mores sequatur ...
... mihi pro se quisque acriter intendat animum quae uita , qui mores fuerint per quos uiros quibusque artibus domi militiaeque et partum et auctum imperium sit ; labente deinde paulatim disciplina uelut desidentes primo mores sequatur ...
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... mihi te prius obire , Maecenas , mearum grande decus columenque rerum , Conington gives Why rend my heart with that sad sigh1 ? It cannot please the gods or me That you , Maecenas , first should die , My pillar of prosperity . Sigh , in ...
... mihi te prius obire , Maecenas , mearum grande decus columenque rerum , Conington gives Why rend my heart with that sad sigh1 ? It cannot please the gods or me That you , Maecenas , first should die , My pillar of prosperity . Sigh , in ...
Page 108
... . nihil est ab omni parte beatum . abstulit clarum cita mors Achillem ; longa Tithonum minuit senectus ; et mihi forsan tibi quod negarit porriget hora . 4 To Grosphus FOR rest in mid Aegean caught To 108 RETROSPECTIVE TRANSLATIONS 4 xvi.
... . nihil est ab omni parte beatum . abstulit clarum cita mors Achillem ; longa Tithonum minuit senectus ; et mihi forsan tibi quod negarit porriget hora . 4 To Grosphus FOR rest in mid Aegean caught To 108 RETROSPECTIVE TRANSLATIONS 4 xvi.
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... mihi parua rura et spiritum Graiae tenuem camenae Parca non mendax dedit et malignum spernere uolgus . 5 * TIBULLUS II iv 1-12 HIC mihi seruitium uideo dominamque paratam : iam mihi , libertas illa paterna , uale ! seruitium sed triste ...
... mihi parua rura et spiritum Graiae tenuem camenae Parca non mendax dedit et malignum spernere uolgus . 5 * TIBULLUS II iv 1-12 HIC mihi seruitium uideo dominamque paratam : iam mihi , libertas illa paterna , uale ! seruitium sed triste ...
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Aeneid Aeschylus amor ancient Anthologia Palatina atque blank verse Catullus Classical Conington correspond couplets cura D. G. ROSSETTI decasyllable dolores Dryden English Ennius Euripides eyes F. W. Newman French Greek haec hath heaven Hector hexameter Homer Horace Horatian iambic illa ipsa ipse language Latin Loeb LUCAN Lucretius lumina manus Matthew Arnold Messrs Ritchie metres mihi misero nulla nunc Odes omne original poem poet poetry Pompey Preface prius procul Professor Wilamowitz Propertius prose Prospective Translation puella quae quam quid quies quod quoque rendering RETROSPECTIVE TRANSLATIONS rhyme Ritchie and Moore Roman Sapphic says sibi sidera Sir George Young stanza syllables thee thine thou tibi Tibullus trans uiro uita Wilamowitz words write ἀλλ γὰρ δὲ εἰς ἐν καὶ μὲν μὴ σὺ τὰ τε τὴν τὸ τὸν ὡς
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