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Page viii
... place of Donatus on the ' Heautontimo- rumenos . ' He seems to have imitated the manner of Donatus ; and in many places to have copied from him . He cannot be considered of much value . BENTLEY'S Editions ( 1726 , 1727 ) were an era in ...
... place of Donatus on the ' Heautontimo- rumenos . ' He seems to have imitated the manner of Donatus ; and in many places to have copied from him . He cannot be considered of much value . BENTLEY'S Editions ( 1726 , 1727 ) were an era in ...
Page ix
... place I have entered at some length into the question of Teren- tian Language and Metre . This is a subject which has till lately lain fallow in England since the time of Bentley and Hare ' . Though I 4 When I wrote this sentence I had ...
... place I have entered at some length into the question of Teren- tian Language and Metre . This is a subject which has till lately lain fallow in England since the time of Bentley and Hare ' . Though I 4 When I wrote this sentence I had ...
Page xxvi
... place for it . Whether he copied Menander closely we cannot say ; but from the hints that we can glean from scattered fragments of the Greek comedians , I for my part am inclined to conclude that he was in a great measure original even ...
... place for it . Whether he copied Menander closely we cannot say ; but from the hints that we can glean from scattered fragments of the Greek comedians , I for my part am inclined to conclude that he was in a great measure original even ...
Page xxxi
... place : — ' Grandi- usculus , ' ' periimus , ' ' perierim , ' ' abiero , ' ' praeterieris , ' ' redierit . ' Accordingly ' abiero , ' & c . , stand as cretics at the end of an iambic line , being pronounced abyero , redyerit , peryerim ...
... place : — ' Grandi- usculus , ' ' periimus , ' ' perierim , ' ' abiero , ' ' praeterieris , ' ' redierit . ' Accordingly ' abiero , ' & c . , stand as cretics at the end of an iambic line , being pronounced abyero , redyerit , peryerim ...
Page xxxii
... places , as an example , because in all those instances the text has been objected to . There can be no doubt , however , that we have in these passages the genuine reading , and that the contraction must take place in such passages as ...
... places , as an example , because in all those instances the text has been objected to . There can be no doubt , however , that we have in these passages the genuine reading , and that the contraction must take place in such passages as ...
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Page 76 - Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
Page 352 - For grant they be so, while they rest unknown, What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid ; Or, if they be but false alarms of fear, How bitter is such self-delusion...
Page 352 - Peace, brother: be not over-exquisite To cast the fashion of uncertain evils; For, grant they be so, while they rest unknown, What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid?
Page 254 - Mea sic est ratio et sic animum induco meum: Malo coactus qui suum officium facit, Dum is rescitum iri credit, tantisper cavet; Si sperat fore clam, rursum ad ingenium redit.
Page 424 - other friends remain,' That 'loss is common to the race' — And common is the commonplace, And vacant chaff well meant for grain. That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more. Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break.
Page 174 - I was born of woman, and drew milk As sweet as charity from human breasts. I think, articulate, I laugh and weep, And exercise all functions of a man. How then should I and any man that lives Be strangers to each other?