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... thee , unless to others known . 65 " O but the pointing Finger who can fee , " Who hear , uncharm'd , the Whisper , there , that's he ? Nay more , the beauish Sons of Rome rehearse , Their Tutors teach , the Beauties of your And is it ...
... thee , unless to others known . 65 " O but the pointing Finger who can fee , " Who hear , uncharm'd , the Whisper , there , that's he ? Nay more , the beauish Sons of Rome rehearse , Their Tutors teach , the Beauties of your And is it ...
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... thee , whofe thick unfurnish'd scull Contemns all Science , fashionably dull ; 290 295 Derides the fage Geometrician's Pains , With all the Lines his learned Duft contains : And then , O then is most fupremely blest , When fome wife ...
... thee , whofe thick unfurnish'd scull Contemns all Science , fashionably dull ; 290 295 Derides the fage Geometrician's Pains , With all the Lines his learned Duft contains : And then , O then is most fupremely blest , When fome wife ...
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... thee , be plain ; And Prayer's low Artifice , at Shrines , difdain : Few from their pious Mumblings dare depart , 15 And make Profeffion of their inmoft Heart . " Keep me , indulgent Heaven ! thro ' Life , fincere ! 86 Keep my Mind ...
... thee , be plain ; And Prayer's low Artifice , at Shrines , difdain : Few from their pious Mumblings dare depart , 15 And make Profeffion of their inmoft Heart . " Keep me , indulgent Heaven ! thro ' Life , fincere ! 86 Keep my Mind ...
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... thee ; Argueft thou thence , the Thunderer appeas'd ? 45 50 If he be patient , muft he needs be pleas'd ? 55 Ver . 42. Staius was a notorious Wretch , who had behaved parti- cularly villainous in these two Characters , of a Judge , and ...
... thee ; Argueft thou thence , the Thunderer appeas'd ? 45 50 If he be patient , muft he needs be pleas'd ? 55 Ver . 42. Staius was a notorious Wretch , who had behaved parti- cularly villainous in these two Characters , of a Judge , and ...
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... thy better Fame , Draw down Contempt , and deftine thee to Shame . The ill bak'd Jar , if rung , will found it's Fault : The Finger's Teft proclaims the Veffel naught . 50 Such Such wilt thou be ; as yet obedient Clay , ( 62 )
... thy better Fame , Draw down Contempt , and deftine thee to Shame . The ill bak'd Jar , if rung , will found it's Fault : The Finger's Teft proclaims the Veffel naught . 50 Such Such wilt thou be ; as yet obedient Clay , ( 62 )
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Page 36 - ... belle' hoc excute totum: quid non intus habet? non hie est Ilias Atti 50 ebria veratro? non siqua elegidia crudi dictarunt proceres? non quidquid denique lectis scribitur in citreis? calidum scis ponere sumen, scis comitem horridulum trita donare lacerna, et 'verum' inquis 'amo, verum mihi dicite de me.
Page 78 - Contemnere, sonat vitium percussa, maligne Respondet viridi non cocta fidelia limo. Udum et molle lutum es, nunc nunc properandus, et acri Fingendus sine fine rota. Sed rure paterno Est tibi far modicum, purum et sine labe salinum, 25 (Quid metuas ?) cultrixque foci secura patella.
Page 127 - Tecum etenim longos memini consumere soles, Et tecum primas epulis decerpere noctes ; Unum opus, et requiem pariter disponimus ambo, Atque verecunda laxamus seria mensa.
Page 38 - Pedius quid ? crimina rasis 85 Librat in antithetis : doctas posuisse figuras Laudatur : bellum hoc : hoc bellum? an, Romule, ceves? Men
Page 127 - Consentire dies, et ab uno sidere duci. Nostra vel aequali suspendit tempora Libra Parca tenax veri, seu nata fidelibus hora Dividit in Geminos concordia fata duorum: Saturnumque gravem nostro Jove frangimus una. Nescio quod, certe est quod me tibi temperat, astrum.
Page 54 - Macrine, diem numera meliore lapillo, Qui tibi labentes apponit candidus annos; Funde merum genio. Non tu prece poscis emaci, Quae nisi seductis nequeas committere divis; At bona pars procerum tacita libabit acerra.
Page 130 - Stat contra ratio, et fecretam garrit in aurem, Ne liceat facere id, quod quis vitiabit agendo. Publica lex hominum naturaque continet hoc fas, Ut teneat vetitos infcitia debilis aftus. Diluis helleborum, certo compefcere punfto 100 Nefcius examen ; vetat hoc natura medendi.
Page 40 - Auriculas asini Mida rex habet : hoc ego opertum, Hoc ridere meum, tam nil, nulla tibi vendo Iliade. Audaci, quicunque, afflate Cratino, Iratum Eupolidem praegrandi cum sene palles, Aspice et haec, si forte aliquid decoctius audis.