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... verum dicere ? Nihil fácilius . " " Poétae ad scribendum aúgeāt indústriam . " ( And . ii . 6. 6. ) ( Adelph . Prol . 25. ) I do not mention here the numerous cases of words occurring at the end of a line where the metre necessarily ...
... verum dicere ? Nihil fácilius . " " Poétae ad scribendum aúgeāt indústriam . " ( And . ii . 6. 6. ) ( Adelph . Prol . 25. ) I do not mention here the numerous cases of words occurring at the end of a line where the metre necessarily ...
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... Verum aliter evenire multo intelligit . Nam in prologis scribundis operam abutitur , ... 1. Animum ad scribendum appulit ] Com- mentators observe that this is a meta- phor from nautical phraseology - that you bring your mind to a thing ...
... Verum aliter evenire multo intelligit . Nam in prologis scribundis operam abutitur , ... 1. Animum ad scribendum appulit ] Com- mentators observe that this is a meta- phor from nautical phraseology - that you bring your mind to a thing ...
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... Verum quid ego dicam ? hoc confit quod volo . " Some MSS . , however , have ' cum fit ' ( see note ) . 144-114 . ] It is strange that after this formal introduction of Sosia , in a manner which leads us to expect that he will play a C ...
... Verum quid ego dicam ? hoc confit quod volo . " Some MSS . , however , have ' cum fit ' ( see note ) . 144-114 . ] It is strange that after this formal introduction of Sosia , in a manner which leads us to expect that he will play a C ...
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... Verum aliquo pacto verba me his daturam esse et venturam . " 8. Aut si lubitum fuerit causam ceperit ] ' Or if he pleases he will at once seize on some excuse . ' The various senses of the futurum exactum are very difficult to ...
... Verum aliquo pacto verba me his daturam esse et venturam . " 8. Aut si lubitum fuerit causam ceperit ] ' Or if he pleases he will at once seize on some excuse . ' The various senses of the futurum exactum are very difficult to ...
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... Verum ego hanc vim intelligo esse in praeceptis omnibus , non ut ea secuti oratores eloquentiae laudem sint adepti , sed quae sua sponte homines eloquentes facerent ea quosdam observasse atque id egisse , " where we have another reading ...
... Verum ego hanc vim intelligo esse in praeceptis omnibus , non ut ea secuti oratores eloquentiae laudem sint adepti , sed quae sua sponte homines eloquentes facerent ea quosdam observasse atque id egisse , " where we have another reading ...
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