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... . HARBOTTLE and DALBIAC . [ In preparation . ] FIRST EDITION , December , 1897 ; SECOND EDITION ( revised ) , with Appendix , April , 1902 ; THIRD EDITION , January , 1906 . LATIN QUOTATIONS . " A diis quidem immortalibus quae potest.
... . HARBOTTLE and DALBIAC . [ In preparation . ] FIRST EDITION , December , 1897 ; SECOND EDITION ( revised ) , with Appendix , April , 1902 ; THIRD EDITION , January , 1906 . LATIN QUOTATIONS . " A diis quidem immortalibus quae potest.
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... first beginnings of the world Descends a chain of causes . ' " " " A proximis quisque minime anteiri vult . " LIVY . Histories , VI . , 34 . " Every one has a special objection to being excelled by his own relations . " " A se suisque ...
... first beginnings of the world Descends a chain of causes . ' " " " A proximis quisque minime anteiri vult . " LIVY . Histories , VI . , 34 . " Every one has a special objection to being excelled by his own relations . " " A se suisque ...
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... first conceal Your perjuries , yet punishment at last Creeps on with silent feet . " " Ah ! nimium faciles , qui tristia crimina caedis Fluminea tolli posse putatis aqua . " OVID . Fasti , II . , 45 . " Too easy those who think that ...
... first conceal Your perjuries , yet punishment at last Creeps on with silent feet . " " Ah ! nimium faciles , qui tristia crimina caedis Fluminea tolli posse putatis aqua . " OVID . Fasti , II . , 45 . " Too easy those who think that ...
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... first banish luxury , the mother of avarice . " " Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro . " SENECA . Epistolae , XCIV . , 43 . " No wealth can satisfy the avaricious mind . " " Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crevit . " JUVENAL ...
... first banish luxury , the mother of avarice . " " Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro . " SENECA . Epistolae , XCIV . , 43 . " No wealth can satisfy the avaricious mind . " " Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crevit . " JUVENAL ...
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... first ancestors , Ploughs with his oxen the paternal farm , Epodes , II . , 1 . Without a thought of mortgage or of debt . " " Bella gerant alii ; Protesilaus amet . " OVID . Heroides , XIII . , 84 . " Leave war to others ; ' tis ...
... first ancestors , Ploughs with his oxen the paternal farm , Epodes , II . , 1 . Without a thought of mortgage or of debt . " " Bella gerant alii ; Protesilaus amet . " OVID . Heroides , XIII . , 84 . " Leave war to others ; ' tis ...
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