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... never consciously passed over any thing which was likely to be mis- understood , or which had been made the occasion of difficulty by previous commentators . In determining the text of Terence we have almost as PREFACE. ...
... never consciously passed over any thing which was likely to be mis- understood , or which had been made the occasion of difficulty by previous commentators . In determining the text of Terence we have almost as PREFACE. ...
Page xxiv
... things were to Ambivius , Atilius , and Minuthius , what the whale and giant were to Molière , as rivals of his ' L'Etourdi ' and ' Dépit Amoreux " , ' and what the O. P. riots and conflagrations have been to modern English managers ...
... things were to Ambivius , Atilius , and Minuthius , what the whale and giant were to Molière , as rivals of his ' L'Etourdi ' and ' Dépit Amoreux " , ' and what the O. P. riots and conflagrations have been to modern English managers ...
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... thing as you bring a ship to land . Cicero combines the nautical and metaphorical use : " Valde hercule timide , tanquam ad aliquem libidinis scopu- lum , sic tuam mentem ad philosophiam ap- pulisti , " De Orat . ii . 37. We may , how ...
... thing as you bring a ship to land . Cicero combines the nautical and metaphorical use : " Valde hercule timide , tanquam ad aliquem libidinis scopu- lum , sic tuam mentem ad philosophiam ap- pulisti , " De Orat . ii . 37. We may , how ...
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... thing . ' Thus in Cicero , De Oratore i . 32 ( 146 ) , we have " 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 ...
... thing . ' Thus in Cicero , De Oratore i . 32 ( 146 ) , we have " 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 ...
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... thing secretly against a person , to take secret account of a thing . Westerhovius explains it to make a claim for revision of taxes , ' to dispute a claim , to resent , & c . But there does not seem to be any foundation in general ...
... thing secretly against a person , to take secret account of a thing . Westerhovius explains it to make a claim for revision of taxes , ' to dispute a claim , to resent , & c . But there does not seem to be any foundation in general ...
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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?