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... Arte Poetica , 78 . OVID . Heroides , XVII . , 263 . " Adibo hunc , quem quidem ego hodie faciam hic arietem Phryxi itaque tondebo auro usque ad vivam cutem . " 66 PLAUTUS . Bacchides , Act II . , Sc . III . , 7 .— ( Chrysalus . ) " I ...
... Arte Poetica , 78 . OVID . Heroides , XVII . , 263 . " Adibo hunc , quem quidem ego hodie faciam hic arietem Phryxi itaque tondebo auro usque ad vivam cutem . " 66 PLAUTUS . Bacchides , Act II . , Sc . III . , 7 .— ( Chrysalus . ) " I ...
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... Arte Poetica , 21 . " That crockery was a jar when you began ; It ends a pitcher . " - ( Conington . ) " Ampliat aetatis spatium sibi vir bonus . Hoc est Vivere bis vita posse priore frui . " MARTIAL . Epigrams , X. , 23 , 7 . " A good ...
... Arte Poetica , 21 . " That crockery was a jar when you began ; It ends a pitcher . " - ( Conington . ) " Ampliat aetatis spatium sibi vir bonus . Hoc est Vivere bis vita posse priore frui . " MARTIAL . Epigrams , X. , 23 , 7 . " A good ...
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... Arte Amandi , I. , 389 . Set not thy hand to the task , or else complete it . " " Aut prodesse volunt , aut delectare poetae ; Aut simul et jucunda et idonea dicere vitae . " HORACE . De Arte Poetica , 333 . " A bard will wish to profit ...
... Arte Amandi , I. , 389 . Set not thy hand to the task , or else complete it . " " Aut prodesse volunt , aut delectare poetae ; Aut simul et jucunda et idonea dicere vitae . " HORACE . De Arte Poetica , 333 . " A bard will wish to profit ...
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... Arte Poetica , 25 . " I prove obscure in trying to be terse . " - ( Conington . ) " Brevissima ad divitias per contemptum divitiarum via est . 24 BONIS QUOD bene fit - brevis esse LABORO .
... Arte Poetica , 25 . " I prove obscure in trying to be terse . " - ( Conington . ) " Brevissima ad divitias per contemptum divitiarum via est . 24 BONIS QUOD bene fit - brevis esse LABORO .
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... Arte Poetica , 163 . " Pliant as wax to those who lead him wrong , But all impatience with a faithful tongue . " - ( Conington . ) " Certa amittimus , dum incerta petimus . " PLAUTUS . Pseudolus , Act II . , Sc . III . , 19 ...
... Arte Poetica , 163 . " Pliant as wax to those who lead him wrong , But all impatience with a faithful tongue . " - ( Conington . ) " Certa amittimus , dum incerta petimus . " PLAUTUS . Pseudolus , Act II . , Sc . III . , 19 ...
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