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... merely officious . They can neglect the renderings . For others the translations will , I hope , save them from losing the thread of the argument while they struggle with an unfamiliar language . I should add a note about some of the ...
... merely officious . They can neglect the renderings . For others the translations will , I hope , save them from losing the thread of the argument while they struggle with an unfamiliar language . I should add a note about some of the ...
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... merely amusing . Zeus , though he can unbend , and though he is hardly a pattern of virtue , is a great king , and Father of Gods and men . Poseidon is too strong and grim to be amusing , and Athene , though something of a shrew and ...
... merely amusing . Zeus , though he can unbend , and though he is hardly a pattern of virtue , is a great king , and Father of Gods and men . Poseidon is too strong and grim to be amusing , and Athene , though something of a shrew and ...
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... merely pép ' olvov ( bring wine ) . That is the vulgar attitude of the man who merely wants to get drunk . Horace has the loving particularity of the connoisseur ; his wine is a Sabine vintage four years in wood ; or a nine - year- old ...
... merely pép ' olvov ( bring wine ) . That is the vulgar attitude of the man who merely wants to get drunk . Horace has the loving particularity of the connoisseur ; his wine is a Sabine vintage four years in wood ; or a nine - year- old ...
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