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... compare Terence adelph 545 nisi me credo huic esse natum rei , ferundis miseriis , Horace de art poet 82 natum rebus agendis . For the matter see Curtius VI 2 § 15 rumor , otiosi militis vitium . in Indiam movit ] Arrian IV 22 § 3 says ...
... compare Terence adelph 545 nisi me credo huic esse natum rei , ferundis miseriis , Horace de art poet 82 natum rebus agendis . For the matter see Curtius VI 2 § 15 rumor , otiosi militis vitium . in Indiam movit ] Arrian IV 22 § 3 says ...
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... Compare our use of ' pitch ' in both senses . 10 § 31 below , and compare 11 § 6 , IX 9 § 19 . See on excedunt ] rise , stand out . Compare VII § 22 rupes quattuor ( stadia ) in altitudinem excedit . Mützell remarks that the parts ...
... Compare our use of ' pitch ' in both senses . 10 § 31 below , and compare 11 § 6 , IX 9 § 19 . See on excedunt ] rise , stand out . Compare VII § 22 rupes quattuor ( stadia ) in altitudinem excedit . Mützell remarks that the parts ...
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... Compare recta regione above . stringit ] grazes , washes . Compare Virgil Aen VIII 62 , 63 where father Tiber says ego sum pleno quem flumine cernis stringentem ripas et pinguia culta secantem . Also Seneca nat quaest III 27 § 9 ...
... Compare recta regione above . stringit ] grazes , washes . Compare Virgil Aen VIII 62 , 63 where father Tiber says ego sum pleno quem flumine cernis stringentem ripas et pinguia culta secantem . Also Seneca nat quaest III 27 § 9 ...
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... Compare 13 § 18 , IX 3 § 24 , 4 § 9 , 5 § 7 . rigantibus ] Strabo XV 1 § 50 speaks of a board charged with the supervision of irrigation works , but this is from Megasthenes , and refers to the Ganges . carpitur ] is spent , used up .
... Compare 13 § 18 , IX 3 § 24 , 4 § 9 , 5 § 7 . rigantibus ] Strabo XV 1 § 50 speaks of a board charged with the supervision of irrigation works , but this is from Megasthenes , and refers to the Ganges . carpitur ] is spent , used up .
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... Compare IX 9 §§ 9 , 27 . inverterit se ] has turned itself round , as we say ' wrong way about ' . The text is very uncertain here . For the present compare the inversi mores of Horace carm III 5 7 . causa ] that is , satis constat or ...
... Compare IX 9 §§ 9 , 27 . inverterit se ] has turned itself round , as we say ' wrong way about ' . The text is very uncertain here . For the present compare the inversi mores of Horace carm III 5 7 . causa ] that is , satis constat or ...
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