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adulescentia ae cf aetas aetate Africanus aliquid animō annōs apud āre ārī Athens ātis atque ātus autem āvī Books Caesar Cato Cato's Cicero clause conj consul consulship cuius death dixi enim Ennius Epicurus ēre esset etiam Fabius fēcī force Greek haec honor idem igitur illud īre ītus Laelius Latin Livy maior Masinissa Maximus mihi modo multa nātūra neque nihil nisi nōn numquam old age omnia omnium ōnis orator ōris philosophy Plato pleasure Pompey potest praetor prō pron Pythagoras quae quaestor quam quamquam quibus Quid quidem quō quod refers rēs Roman Rome saepe Scipio sẽ Second Punic War SENEC senectute senectutem senem senēs senex senibus sibi sīc sōlum subjunctive sunt tamen tamquam Tarentum Themistocles translation Tusc ūs cf verb vērō vīrēs youth
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Page 107 - God ; who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began ; but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel ; whereunto I am appointed a preacher and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
Page 99 - GROW old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in his hand Who saith, "A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!
Page 42 - Seu te in remoto gramine per dies Festos reclinatum bearis Interiore nota Falerni. Quo pinus ingens albaque populus Umbram hospitalem consociare amant...
Page 46 - I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano ; A stage, where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one.
Page 107 - For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
Page 67 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo 50 The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 98 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of death Rode the six hundred.
Page 106 - Who, hopeless, lays his dead away, Nor looks to see the breaking day Across the mournful marbles play! Who hath not learned, in hours of faith, The truth to flesh and sense unknown, That Life is ever lord of Death, And Love can never lose its own!
Page 60 - A MAN that is young in years may be old in hours, if he have lost no time. But that happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages. And yet the invention of young men is more lively than that of old ; and imaginations stream into their minds better, and as it were more divinely.
Page 63 - CEdipus, and Simonides Bore off the prize of verse from his compeers, When each had numbered more than fourscore years, And Theophrastus at fourscore and ten, Had but begun his Characters of Men.