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... PLAUTUS . Casina , Act II . , Sc . I. , 12 .— ( Cleostrata . ) " Food for Acheron . " " Acribus initiis , incurioso fine . " " TACITUS . Annals , VI . , 17 . Keen at the start , but careless at the end . " " Acta deos nunquam mortalia ...
... PLAUTUS . Casina , Act II . , Sc . I. , 12 .— ( Cleostrata . ) " Food for Acheron . " " Acribus initiis , incurioso fine . " " TACITUS . Annals , VI . , 17 . Keen at the start , but careless at the end . " " Acta deos nunquam mortalia ...
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... PLAUTUS . Bacchides , Act II . , Sc . III . , 7 .— ( Chrysalus . ) " I'll go to him whom I intend to make Phrixus's ram to - day : for of his gold I'll shear him to the quick . " - ( Bonnell Thornton . ) Admoneri bonus gaudet ; pessimus ...
... PLAUTUS . Bacchides , Act II . , Sc . III . , 7 .— ( Chrysalus . ) " I'll go to him whom I intend to make Phrixus's ram to - day : for of his gold I'll shear him to the quick . " - ( Bonnell Thornton . ) Admoneri bonus gaudet ; pessimus ...
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... PLAUTUS . Aulularia , Act II . , Sc . II . , 18 .- ( Euclio . ) " He shows us bread in one hand , but has a stone in the other . " " Alterius non sit , qui suus esse potest . " ANONYMOUS . Fabulae Aesopiae , XXI . , de Ranis , 22 ...
... PLAUTUS . Aulularia , Act II . , Sc . II . , 18 .- ( Euclio . ) " He shows us bread in one hand , but has a stone in the other . " " Alterius non sit , qui suus esse potest . " ANONYMOUS . Fabulae Aesopiae , XXI . , de Ranis , 22 ...
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... PLAUTUS . Amphitryo , Act II . , Sc . I. , 43 .— ( Sosia . ) " Of all grievances This is most grievous to a trusty servant : That though he tell his master truth , the truth He is beat out of by authority . " - ( Bonnell Thornton ...
... PLAUTUS . Amphitryo , Act II . , Sc . I. , 43 .— ( Sosia . ) " Of all grievances This is most grievous to a trusty servant : That though he tell his master truth , the truth He is beat out of by authority . " - ( Bonnell Thornton ...
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... PLAUTUS . Bacchides , Act II . , Sc . II . , 16 .- ( Chrysalus . ) " " A mistress is a lover's life and soul- He's a mere nothing when she is away- And if she's with him his estate will be As mere a nothing just , and he himself An ...
... PLAUTUS . Bacchides , Act II . , Sc . II . , 16 .- ( Chrysalus . ) " " A mistress is a lover's life and soul- He's a mere nothing when she is away- And if she's with him his estate will be As mere a nothing just , and he himself An ...
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