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... great town the vulgar herd , And brands and stones already fly- For rage has weapons always nigh- Then should some man of worth appear Whose stainless virtue all revere , They hush , they hist : his clear voice rules Their rebel wills ...
... great town the vulgar herd , And brands and stones already fly- For rage has weapons always nigh- Then should some man of worth appear Whose stainless virtue all revere , They hush , they hist : his clear voice rules Their rebel wills ...
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... Great store of grain , and where the vine , unpruned Yet ceases not to bloom . " " Arva nova Neptunia caede rubescunt . " 66 66 VIRGIL . Eneid , VIII . , 695 . " Neptune's plains run red with new - shed blood . " Asperius nihil est ...
... Great store of grain , and where the vine , unpruned Yet ceases not to bloom . " " Arva nova Neptunia caede rubescunt . " 66 66 VIRGIL . Eneid , VIII . , 695 . " Neptune's plains run red with new - shed blood . " Asperius nihil est ...
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... great fear . " " Auditis ? an me ludit amabilis Insania ? " HORACE . Odes , III . , 4 , 5 . " You hear me ? or is this the play Of fond illusion ? " - ( Conington . ) 66 " Auferre , trucidare , rapere falsis nominibus imperium , atque ...
... great fear . " " Auditis ? an me ludit amabilis Insania ? " HORACE . Odes , III . , 4 , 5 . " You hear me ? or is this the play Of fond illusion ? " - ( Conington . ) 66 " Auferre , trucidare , rapere falsis nominibus imperium , atque ...
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... great thing to know our own vices . " " Bellus homo et magnus vis idem , Cotta , videri ; Sed qui bellus homo est , Cotta , pusillus homo est . " 66 MARTIAL . Epigrams , I. , 9 , 1 ( I. , 10 , 1 ) . ' Poor Cotta tries to seem at once a ...
... great thing to know our own vices . " " Bellus homo et magnus vis idem , Cotta , videri ; Sed qui bellus homo est , Cotta , pusillus homo est . " 66 MARTIAL . Epigrams , I. , 9 , 1 ( I. , 10 , 1 ) . ' Poor Cotta tries to seem at once a ...
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... great general , for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment . " " Bono ingenio me esse ornatam , quam auro , multo mavolo : Aurum fortuna invenitur , natura ingenium bonum ; Bonam ego , quam beatam , me esse nimio dici ...
... great general , for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment . " " Bono ingenio me esse ornatam , quam auro , multo mavolo : Aurum fortuna invenitur , natura ingenium bonum ; Bonam ego , quam beatam , me esse nimio dici ...
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Page 157 - I do not love thee, Dr. Fell, The reason why I cannot tell, But this alone I know full well. I do not love thee, Dr. Fell."— (Гит Brmcn.) " Non bene conveniunt nee in una sede moran tur Majestas et amor.
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