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... also evidenced by the fact that they lack native expres- sions for many phenomena of the material world around them . Hence Fronto admitted , on some occasion when the lack of Latin words to express different OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE 7.
... also evidenced by the fact that they lack native expres- sions for many phenomena of the material world around them . Hence Fronto admitted , on some occasion when the lack of Latin words to express different OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE 7.
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... Hence it comes to pass that the interjections expressive of painful feelings are more numerous than those of any other nature , and they bear a more national and truly Roman stamp than interjections expressive of joy , which latter , it ...
... Hence it comes to pass that the interjections expressive of painful feelings are more numerous than those of any other nature , and they bear a more national and truly Roman stamp than interjections expressive of joy , which latter , it ...
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... Hence it happens that in the similitudes he * Cf. Cels . , lib . iii , 9 , " Protinus suillam assam et vinum homini dabant . " + Mr. Keble in his " Praelectiones Academicae , " Oxonii , 1844 , p . 150 , describes the Homeric metaphors ...
... Hence it happens that in the similitudes he * Cf. Cels . , lib . iii , 9 , " Protinus suillam assam et vinum homini dabant . " + Mr. Keble in his " Praelectiones Academicae , " Oxonii , 1844 , p . 150 , describes the Homeric metaphors ...
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... hence the awe and veneration with which the priest- esses were regarded . At a later period the Germans exalt their woman into Frau ( O.H.G. , frouwa , M.H.G. , vrouwe ) , i.e. , house - mistress , wife of the house - master : this word ...
... hence the awe and veneration with which the priest- esses were regarded . At a later period the Germans exalt their woman into Frau ( O.H.G. , frouwa , M.H.G. , vrouwe ) , i.e. , house - mistress , wife of the house - master : this word ...
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... hence it is that such words as the German Glaube ( ge - loube ) and Liebe , and in Gothic indeed the word lubains ( hope ) come from the same stem . The Teutonic conception of love is that it rests on the emotions : and our emotional ...
... hence it is that such words as the German Glaube ( ge - loube ) and Liebe , and in Gothic indeed the word lubains ( hope ) come from the same stem . The Teutonic conception of love is that it rests on the emotions : and our emotional ...
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Page 81 - ... at qui legitimum cupiet fecisse poema, cum tabulis animum censoris sumet honesti ; 110 audebit, quaecumque parum splendoris habebunt et sine pondere erunt et honore indigna ferentur, verba movere loco, quamvis invita recedant et versentur adhuc intra penetralia Vestae...
Page 162 - Demosthenis ; nee converti ut interpres, sed ut orator, sententiis isdem et earum formis tamquam figuris, verbis ad nostram consuetudinem aptis.
Page 212 - Obscurata diu populo bonus eruet atque Proferet in lucem speciosa vocabula rerum, Quae priscis memorata Catonibus atque Cethegis Nuuc situs informis premit et deserta vetustas ; Adsciscet nova quae genitor produxerit usus. Vehemens et liquidus puroque simillimus amni 120 Fundet opes Latiumque beabit divite lingua...
Page 75 - Multi ex alieno saeculo petunt verba, duodecim tabulas loquuntur. Gracchus illis et Crassus et Curio nimis culti et recentes sunt, ad Appium usque et Coruncanium redeunt.
Page 63 - Hic mihi quisquam mansuetudinem et misericordiam nominat? lampridem equidem nos vera vocabula rerum amisimus: quia bona aliena largiri liberalitas, malarum rerum audacia fortitudo vocatur, eo res publica in extremo sita est.
Page 61 - Nec me animi fallit Graiorum obscura reperta difficile inlustrare Latinis versibus esse, multa novis verbis praesertim cum sit agendum propter egestatem linguae et rerum novitatem...
Page 88 - In freta dum fluvii current, dum montibus umbrae Lustrabunt convexa, polus dum sidera pascet, Semper honos nomenque tuum laudesque manebunt, Quae me cumque vocant terrae.
Page 43 - Scio solere plerisque hominibus rebus secundis atque prolixis atque prosperis animum excellere atque superbiam atque ferociam augescere atque crescere.