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... love Should so change men , that one can hardly swear They are the same ! " - ( George Colman . ) " Adhuc neminem ... loves reproof ; the bad man will never bear correction patiently . " " Adolescens cum sis , tum cum est sanguis integer ...
... love Should so change men , that one can hardly swear They are the same ! " - ( George Colman . ) " Adhuc neminem ... loves reproof ; the bad man will never bear correction patiently . " " Adolescens cum sis , tum cum est sanguis integer ...
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... love ; all others will desire . " " Amantium irae amoris integratio est . " " " ' Quarrels of lovers but renew their love . " - ( George Colman . ) TERENCE . Andria , Act III . , Sc . III . , 23 .- ( Chremes . ) TITUS . ( Suetonius ...
... love ; all others will desire . " " Amantium irae amoris integratio est . " " " ' Quarrels of lovers but renew their love . " - ( George Colman . ) TERENCE . Andria , Act III . , Sc . III . , 23 .- ( Chremes . ) TITUS . ( Suetonius ...
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Thomas Benfield Harbottle. " Amor non talia curat . " " Love cares not for such trifles . " " Amor sceleratus habendi . " " " ' The criminal love of riches . " " Amoto quaeramus seria ludo . " VIRGIL . Eclogues , X. , 28 . OVID ...
Thomas Benfield Harbottle. " Amor non talia curat . " " Love cares not for such trifles . " " Amor sceleratus habendi . " " " ' The criminal love of riches . " " Amoto quaeramus seria ludo . " VIRGIL . Eclogues , X. , 28 . OVID ...
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... love that's half refused inflames the more , Sweetest the kiss that's stol'n from weeping maid . " " Ars adeo latet arte sua . " " So art lies hid by its own artifice . " 66 OVID . Metamorphoses , X. , 252 . ' Ubicunque ars ostentatur ...
... love that's half refused inflames the more , Sweetest the kiss that's stol'n from weeping maid . " " Ars adeo latet arte sua . " " So art lies hid by its own artifice . " 66 OVID . Metamorphoses , X. , 252 . ' Ubicunque ars ostentatur ...
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... Love's watchful eye ? -perceived his wile ; She feels each stirring of the air , And e'en in safety dreads a snare . " - ( Conington . ) " At simul atras Ventum est Esquilias , aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus ...
... Love's watchful eye ? -perceived his wile ; She feels each stirring of the air , And e'en in safety dreads a snare . " - ( Conington . ) " At simul atras Ventum est Esquilias , aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus ...
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