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... times given . But for an editor to do good service , it is necessary , in my opinion , that he should indicate at ... time most trou- blesome errors that a commentator can fall into . In the selection of quotations my object has been ...
... times given . But for an editor to do good service , it is necessary , in my opinion , that he should indicate at ... time most trou- blesome errors that a commentator can fall into . In the selection of quotations my object has been ...
Page ix
... time of Bentley and Hare ' . Though I 4 When I wrote this sentence I had not seen Mr. Key's essay ' On the Metres of Terence and Plautus . ' My only acquaintance with his researches was through the ' Varro- nianus ' ( see p . xxviii ) ...
... time of Bentley and Hare ' . Though I 4 When I wrote this sentence I had not seen Mr. Key's essay ' On the Metres of Terence and Plautus . ' My only acquaintance with his researches was through the ' Varro- nianus ' ( see p . xxviii ) ...
Page xi
... time of the representation of the ' Andria . ' He had offered this play to the Curule Aediles for repre- sentation . They referred him to Caecilius , who was at that time the chief comic poet at Rome . The story goes that he found the ...
... time of the representation of the ' Andria . ' He had offered this play to the Curule Aediles for repre- sentation . They referred him to Caecilius , who was at that time the chief comic poet at Rome . The story goes that he found the ...
Page xii
... times in the same year ( but see the notes on the Inscriptions to those plays ) . In consequence of the success of his ... time of his death he is said to have possessed some property on the Appian Road near Villa Martis . One daughter ...
... times in the same year ( but see the notes on the Inscriptions to those plays ) . In consequence of the success of his ... time of his death he is said to have possessed some property on the Appian Road near Villa Martis . One daughter ...
Page xiv
... times . Terence was evidently well educated and refined ; and though this may be attributed exclusively to his natural ... time , elaborating his diction and his verse , and working out his pieces after the model of his favourite Greek ...
... times . Terence was evidently well educated and refined ; and though this may be attributed exclusively to his natural ... time , elaborating his diction and his verse , and working out his pieces after the model of his favourite Greek ...
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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?