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... facit . " OVID . Heroides , XVII . , 71 . " Those gifts are ever most acceptable Which take their value only from the giver . " " Accipe nunc Danaum insidias , et crimine ab uno 2 ABSENTES TINNITU - ACCEPTISSIMA SEMPER .
... facit . " OVID . Heroides , XVII . , 71 . " Those gifts are ever most acceptable Which take their value only from the giver . " " Accipe nunc Danaum insidias , et crimine ab uno 2 ABSENTES TINNITU - ACCEPTISSIMA SEMPER .
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... take a journey or to cross the seas for the pur- pose of seeing things to which , if they are put before our eyes , we pay no attention . " Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio . " 44 PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 6 . A suspicious mind always ...
... take a journey or to cross the seas for the pur- pose of seeing things to which , if they are put before our eyes , we pay no attention . " Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio . " 44 PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 6 . A suspicious mind always ...
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... take for granted any hearsay , whatever its source , others turn truth into falsehood , and both errors find encouragement with posterity . " - ( Church and Brodribb . ) " Adeo res redit Si quis quid reddit , magna habenda ' st gratia ...
... take for granted any hearsay , whatever its source , others turn truth into falsehood , and both errors find encouragement with posterity . " - ( Church and Brodribb . ) " Adeo res redit Si quis quid reddit , magna habenda ' st gratia ...
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... take the law . " " Altera manu fert lapidem , panem ostentat altera . " PLAUTUS . Aulularia , Act II . , Sc . II . , 18 .- ( Euclio . ) " He shows us bread in one hand , but has a stone in the other . " " Alterius non sit , qui suus ...
... take the law . " " Altera manu fert lapidem , panem ostentat altera . " PLAUTUS . Aulularia , Act II . , Sc . II . , 18 .- ( Euclio . ) " He shows us bread in one hand , but has a stone in the other . " " Alterius non sit , qui suus ...
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... take my ears by storm . " - ( Conington . ) " Auctoritas in pondere est . " PLINY THE ELDER . Natural History , XXXVII . , 10 . " Authority is in weight . " " Audacter calumniare , semper aliquid haeret . " BACON 2 AT NON INGENIO ...
... take my ears by storm . " - ( Conington . ) " Auctoritas in pondere est . " PLINY THE ELDER . Natural History , XXXVII . , 10 . " Authority is in weight . " " Audacter calumniare , semper aliquid haeret . " BACON 2 AT NON INGENIO ...
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