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... , so as neither to do his work for him , nor to waste his time by references of no practical value or of secondary interest . London : LONGMANS , GREEN , and CO . Paternoster Row . INTRODUCTION . THE present Edition has , added to its.
... , so as neither to do his work for him , nor to waste his time by references of no practical value or of secondary interest . London : LONGMANS , GREEN , and CO . Paternoster Row . INTRODUCTION . THE present Edition has , added to its.
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... time , quickens the understanding in a very different way from the passive reception of explanatory details . The footnotes still remain as they were , drawing attention chiefly to salient points , to what might be mistaken or ...
... time , quickens the understanding in a very different way from the passive reception of explanatory details . The footnotes still remain as they were , drawing attention chiefly to salient points , to what might be mistaken or ...
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... times , ' yet loves the luxury of the modern ( v . 23. ) ; who loves the country when in town ; who hates parties when not invited out ; but who , if invited , is off at a moment's notice ( vv . 30—35 . ) . He is then compared with his ...
... times , ' yet loves the luxury of the modern ( v . 23. ) ; who loves the country when in town ; who hates parties when not invited out ; but who , if invited , is off at a moment's notice ( vv . 30—35 . ) . He is then compared with his ...
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... times interest was paid every month , and in calculating it the rate was ex- pressed by the as and its divi- sions . Thus , asses usuræ signi- fied 12 per cent . , being 1 as per month . deunces usura 11 per cent . unciæ usura ( uncia ...
... times interest was paid every month , and in calculating it the rate was ex- pressed by the as and its divi- sions . Thus , asses usuræ signi- fied 12 per cent . , being 1 as per month . deunces usura 11 per cent . unciæ usura ( uncia ...
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... time of Evander . 6 Queis fere placuit , ' who lay down as a general rule . ' 99. Lucret . v . 788. 923. sqq .; cp . Virg . Æn . viii . 316 .: Gens ... truncis et duro robore nata : Queis neque mos , neque cultus erat rami atque asper ...
... time of Evander . 6 Queis fere placuit , ' who lay down as a general rule . ' 99. Lucret . v . 788. 923. sqq .; cp . Virg . Æn . viii . 316 .: Gens ... truncis et duro robore nata : Queis neque mos , neque cultus erat rami atque asper ...
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Page 215 - ... scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons: rem tibi Socraticae poterunt ostendere chartae, 310 verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur. qui didicit patriae quid debeat et quid amicis, quo sit amore parens, quo frater amandus et hospes, quod sit conscripti, quod iudicis officium, quae partes in bellum missi ducis, ille profecto 315 reddere personae scit convenientia cuique.
Page 218 - Saxa movere sono testudinis et prece blanda Ducere quo vellet. Fuit haec sapientia quondam, Publica privatis secernere, sacra profanis, Concubitu prohibere vago, dare jura maritis, Oppida moliri, leges incidere ligno ; Sic honor et nomen divinis vatibus atque 400 Carminibus venit.
Page 126 - De te pendentis, te respicientis amici. 105 Ad summam : sapiens uno minor est Jove, dives, Liber, honoratus, pulcher, rex denique regum, Praecipue sanus, nisi cum pituita molesta est. EPISTOLA II. TROJANI belli scriptorem, maxime Lolli, Dum tu declamas Romae, Praeneste relegi, Qui, quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non, Planius ac melius Chrysippo et Crantore dicit.
Page 230 - Candour, which spares its foes, nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends ; Candour, which loves in see-saw strain to tell Of acting foolishly, but meaning well; Too nice to praise by wholesale or to blame, Convinced that all men's motives are the same ; And finds, with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black, nor white so very white.
Page 216 - Verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis Offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit Aut humana parum cavit natura.
Page 213 - Graeca nocturna versate manu, versate diurna. at vestri proavi Plautinos et numeros et 270 laudavere sales ; nimium patienter utrumque, ne dicam stulte, mirati, si modo ego et vos scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto, legitimumque sonum digitis callemus et aure.
Page 174 - Fabula si dubitem, clament periisse pudorem 80 Cuncti paene patres, ea cum reprehendere coner Quae gravis Aesopus, quae doctus Roscius egit : Vel quia nil rectum, nisi quod placuit sibi, ducunt, Vel quia turpe putant parere minoribus, et quae Imberbes didicere, senes perdenda fateri.
Page 203 - Vicinas urbes alit et grave sentit aratrum, Seu cursum mutavit iniquum frugibus amnis Doctus iter melius, mortalia facta peribunt, Nedum sermonum stet honos et gratia vivax. Multa renascentur, quae jam cecidere, cadentque 70 Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus, Quem penes arbitrium est et jus et norma loquendi.
Page 55 - Lucili ritu nostrum melioris utroque. ille velut fidis arcana sodalibus olim 30 credebat libris, neque si male cesserat usquam decurrens alio, neque si bene; quo fit ut omnis votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella vita senis.
Page 177 - Carmine Di superi placantur, carmine Manes. Agricolae prisci, fortes, parvoque beati, Condita post frumenta, levantes tempore festo Corpus et ipsum animum spe finis dura ferentem, Cum sociis operum, pueris, et conjuge fida, Tellurem porco, Silvanum lacte piabant, Floribus et vino Genium, memorem brevis aevi. Fescennina per hune inventa licentia morem Versibus alternis opprobria rustica fudit...