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... Give ills their vent , worse by concealment made , The while the shepherd , sitting in the shade , Doth supplicate the heavens above for aid . " - ( J . B. Rose . ) " Aliud est male dicere , aliud accusare . Accusatio crimen desiderat ...
... Give ills their vent , worse by concealment made , The while the shepherd , sitting in the shade , Doth supplicate the heavens above for aid . " - ( J . B. Rose . ) " Aliud est male dicere , aliud accusare . Accusatio crimen desiderat ...
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... gives who justice would refuse . " " Arma virumque cano . " VIRGIL . Eneid , I. , 1 . " Arms sing I , and the man . " " Armat spina rosas , mella tegunt apes , Crescunt difficili gaudia jurgio , Accenditque magis , quae refugit , Venus ...
... gives who justice would refuse . " " Arma virumque cano . " VIRGIL . Eneid , I. , 1 . " Arms sing I , and the man . " " Armat spina rosas , mella tegunt apes , Crescunt difficili gaudia jurgio , Accenditque magis , quae refugit , Venus ...
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... gives twice who gives quickly . " " Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria . " PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 64 . " He conquers twice who upon victory overcomes himself . " - ( Bacon . ) " Boeotum in crasso jurares aere natum . " HORACE . Epistolae ...
... gives twice who gives quickly . " " Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria . " PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 64 . " He conquers twice who upon victory overcomes himself . " - ( Bacon . ) " Boeotum in crasso jurares aere natum . " HORACE . Epistolae ...
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... give , forget to ward , the blows ; This , this is life . " - ( Gifford . ) " Caesarem se , non regem esse ( respondit ) . " " I am no king , but Cæsar . " " Calamitas virtutis occasio est . " " JULIUS CÆSAR . ( Suetonius , I. , 79 ...
... give , forget to ward , the blows ; This , this is life . " - ( Gifford . ) " Caesarem se , non regem esse ( respondit ) . " " I am no king , but Cæsar . " " Calamitas virtutis occasio est . " " JULIUS CÆSAR . ( Suetonius , I. , 79 ...
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... give the first place in the state to that which has made the state what it is , -the ruler of the world . " " Cede repugnanti ; cedendo victor abibis . " OVID . De Arte Amandi , II . , 197 . " Give way to your opponent ; thus will you ...
... give the first place in the state to that which has made the state what it is , -the ruler of the world . " " Cede repugnanti ; cedendo victor abibis . " OVID . De Arte Amandi , II . , 197 . " Give way to your opponent ; thus will you ...
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