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... have been selected with excellent judgment , and they are given with remarkable accuracy ; indeed , in all respects the book is the best of the kind that I have seen . " - Truth . " Decidedly a work to possess . " - Publishers ...
... have been selected with excellent judgment , and they are given with remarkable accuracy ; indeed , in all respects the book is the best of the kind that I have seen . " - Truth . " Decidedly a work to possess . " - Publishers ...
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... have no desire to imitate Arcesilaus or some careworn Solon " . " " Aliter catuli longe olent , aliter sues . " PLAUTUS . Epidicus , Act IV . , Sc . II . , 9 .— ( Philippa . ) " Puppies and pigs have a very different smell . " " Alitur ...
... have no desire to imitate Arcesilaus or some careworn Solon " . " " Aliter catuli longe olent , aliter sues . " PLAUTUS . Epidicus , Act IV . , Sc . II . , 9 .— ( Philippa . ) " Puppies and pigs have a very different smell . " " Alitur ...
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... have taken the money : I have sold my authority for a dowry . " • Argentum οἴχεται . ” 64 PLAUTUS . Trinummus , Act II . , Sc . IV . , 17 .— ( Stasimus . ) The money goes . " ' Argilla quidvis imitaberis uda . ” " " HORACE . Epistolae ...
... have taken the money : I have sold my authority for a dowry . " • Argentum οἴχεται . ” 64 PLAUTUS . Trinummus , Act II . , Sc . IV . , 17 .— ( Stasimus . ) The money goes . " ' Argilla quidvis imitaberis uda . ” " " HORACE . Epistolae ...
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... have a number of dependents , But little care whether they're good or bad . Their riches , not their qualities , they mind . " - ( Bonnell Thornton . ) " ( Denique ) Coelesti sumus omnes semine oriundi . " LUCRETIUS . De Rerum Natura ...
... have a number of dependents , But little care whether they're good or bad . Their riches , not their qualities , they mind . " - ( Bonnell Thornton . ) " ( Denique ) Coelesti sumus omnes semine oriundi . " LUCRETIUS . De Rerum Natura ...
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... have tact their poverty to mask Before their chief , get more than those who ask . " - ( Conington . ) Corpus patiens inediae , algoris , vigiliae , supra quam cuiquam credibile est animus audax , subdolus , varius ; cujuslibet rei ...
... have tact their poverty to mask Before their chief , get more than those who ask . " - ( Conington . ) Corpus patiens inediae , algoris , vigiliae , supra quam cuiquam credibile est animus audax , subdolus , varius ; cujuslibet rei ...
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