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... make it worthy of a place in every library where scholarship is valued . " - Scotsman . A work which must have entailed a vast amount of patient and intelligent labour , and which , in addition to the intrinsic interest which it ...
... make it worthy of a place in every library where scholarship is valued . " - Scotsman . A work which must have entailed a vast amount of patient and intelligent labour , and which , in addition to the intrinsic interest which it ...
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... make Phrixus's ram to - day : for of his gold I'll shear him to the quick . " - ( Bonnell Thornton . ) Admoneri bonus gaudet ; pessimus quisque correctorem asperrime patitur . " SENECA . De Ira , III . , 36 , 4 . " The good man loves ...
... make Phrixus's ram to - day : for of his gold I'll shear him to the quick . " - ( Bonnell Thornton . ) Admoneri bonus gaudet ; pessimus quisque correctorem asperrime patitur . " SENECA . De Ira , III . , 36 , 4 . " The good man loves ...
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... make a solitude and call it peace . " " Auream quisquis mediocritatem Diligit , tutus caret obsoleti Sordibus tecti , caret invidenda Sobrius aula . " HORACE . Odes , II . , 10 , 5 . " Who makes the golden mean his guide , Shuns miser's ...
... make a solitude and call it peace . " " Auream quisquis mediocritatem Diligit , tutus caret obsoleti Sordibus tecti , caret invidenda Sobrius aula . " HORACE . Odes , II . , 10 , 5 . " Who makes the golden mean his guide , Shuns miser's ...
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... make many bad investments for one good one . " " Beneficium accipere , libertatem vendere est . " PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 49 . " To accept a favour is to sell your liberty . " " Beneficium dando accepit , qui digno dedit . " PUBLILIUS SYRUS ...
... make many bad investments for one good one . " " Beneficium accipere , libertatem vendere est . " PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 49 . " To accept a favour is to sell your liberty . " " Beneficium dando accepit , qui digno dedit . " PUBLILIUS SYRUS ...
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... makes black white , and white he turns to black . " " Candida pax homines , trux decet ira feras . " OVID . De Arte ... make we speed . " - ( Coningtɔn . ) " Casta ad virum matrona parendo imperat . " PUBLILIUS BREVISSIMA AD DIVITIAS ...
... makes black white , and white he turns to black . " " Candida pax homines , trux decet ira feras . " OVID . De Arte ... make we speed . " - ( Coningtɔn . ) " Casta ad virum matrona parendo imperat . " PUBLILIUS BREVISSIMA AD DIVITIAS ...
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Page 177 - Who the accuser? Where the evidence? For when the life of man is in debate, No time can be too long, no care too great; Hear all, weigh all with caution, I advise — "Thou sniveller! is a slave a man?" she cries, "He's innocent! be't so: — 'tis my command, My will; let that, sir, for a reason stand.
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