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... construction and even the same phrase over and over again has a tiresome effect ; but this is a common fault in the later Greek and Latin writers . Still with all its de- fects the style of Curtius has the merit of being terse and ...
... construction and even the same phrase over and over again has a tiresome effect ; but this is a common fault in the later Greek and Latin writers . Still with all its de- fects the style of Curtius has the merit of being terse and ...
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... construction with the plu- perfect active over the simpler passive construction . So VIII 13 § 10 quam compleverant etc rather than quae completa erat etc. See also IX I §§ 29 , 33 , 4 § 30 , 7 § 15 , 8 § 22 , 9 § 19. In some cases the ...
... construction with the plu- perfect active over the simpler passive construction . So VIII 13 § 10 quam compleverant etc rather than quae completa erat etc. See also IX I §§ 29 , 33 , 4 § 30 , 7 § 15 , 8 § 22 , 9 § 19. In some cases the ...
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... construction 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 ...
... construction 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 ...
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... construction will be best explained by Virgil Aen XI 436 , 437 non adeo has exosa manus Victoria fugit ut tanta quicquam pro spe temptare recusem . Here if completed it would run non adeo interfluunt ut nobiles fiant . interfluunt ] run ...
... construction will be best explained by Virgil Aen XI 436 , 437 non adeo has exosa manus Victoria fugit ut tanta quicquam pro spe temptare recusem . Here if completed it would run non adeo interfluunt ut nobiles fiant . interfluunt ] run ...
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... construction is common . Compare v 9 § 1 pretiosissimam vestem induti , Tacitus hist II 20 bracas barbarum tegmen indutus . The § 25. inter quos ... ..pendent ] among whose ranks , perched on boughs , are birds which they have taught to ...
... construction is common . Compare v 9 § 1 pretiosissimam vestem induti , Tacitus hist II 20 bracas barbarum tegmen indutus . The § 25. inter quos ... ..pendent ] among whose ranks , perched on boughs , are birds which they have taught to ...
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Alexander in India: A Portion of the History Quintus Curtius W. E. Heitland,T. E. Raven No preview available - 2019 |
Alexander in Indi: A Portion of the History of Quintus Curtius (1879) W. E. Heitland,T. E. Raven No preview available - 2008 |
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