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... Colman . ) " Ad quae noscenda iter ingredi , transmittere mare solemus , ea sub oculis posita negligemus . " PLINY THE YOUNGER . Letters , VIII . , 20 . " We are always ready to take a journey or to cross the seas for the pur- pose of ...
... Colman . ) " Ad quae noscenda iter ingredi , transmittere mare solemus , ea sub oculis posita negligemus . " PLINY THE YOUNGER . Letters , VIII . , 20 . " We are always ready to take a journey or to cross the seas for the pur- pose of ...
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... Colman . ) " Adeo sanctum est vetus omne poema . ' " " HORACE . Epistolae , II . , 1 , 54 . " So holy a thing is every ancient poem . " " Adeo virtutes iisdem temporibus optime aestimantur quibus facillime gignuntur . " TACITUS ...
... Colman . ) " Adeo sanctum est vetus omne poema . ' " " HORACE . Epistolae , II . , 1 , 54 . " So holy a thing is every ancient poem . " " Adeo virtutes iisdem temporibus optime aestimantur quibus facillime gignuntur . " TACITUS ...
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... Colman . ) " Aedepol nae nos sumus mulieres inique aeque omnes invisae viris , Propter paucas ; quae omnes faciunt dignae ut videamur malo . " TERENCE . Hecyra , Act II . , Sc . III . , 1 .— ( Sostrata . ) How unjustly Do husbands ...
... Colman . ) " Aedepol nae nos sumus mulieres inique aeque omnes invisae viris , Propter paucas ; quae omnes faciunt dignae ut videamur malo . " TERENCE . Hecyra , Act II . , Sc . III . , 1 .— ( Sostrata . ) How unjustly Do husbands ...
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... Colman . ) TERENCE . Andria , Act III . , Sc . III . , 23 .- ( Chremes . ) TITUS . ( Suetonius , VIII . , 8. ) " Amici , diem perdidi . " " Friends , I have lost a day . " " Amicitia semper prodest , amor et nocet . " PUBLILIUS SYRUS ...
... Colman . ) TERENCE . Andria , Act III . , Sc . III . , 23 .- ( Chremes . ) TITUS . ( Suetonius , VIII . , 8. ) " Amici , diem perdidi . " " Friends , I have lost a day . " " Amicitia semper prodest , amor et nocet . " PUBLILIUS SYRUS ...
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... Colman . ) " Arcades ambo Et cantare pares et respondere parati . " VIRGIL . Eclogues , VII . , 4 . " Arcadians both , who'll sing and sing in turn . " " Arcanum neque tu scrutaberis ullius unquam , Commissumque teges , et vino tortus ...
... Colman . ) " Arcades ambo Et cantare pares et respondere parati . " VIRGIL . Eclogues , VII . , 4 . " Arcadians both , who'll sing and sing in turn . " " Arcanum neque tu scrutaberis ullius unquam , Commissumque teges , et vino tortus ...
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