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... length of time , with won- der behold my native territories , and the roof of my poor cot , piled up with turf ; some ears of corn , " my [ only ] kingdom ? Shall a ruffian soldier possess these well - cultivated fields ? —a barbarian ...
... length of time , with won- der behold my native territories , and the roof of my poor cot , piled up with turf ; some ears of corn , " my [ only ] kingdom ? Shall a ruffian soldier possess these well - cultivated fields ? —a barbarian ...
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... length in polished marble , thy legs with scarlet buskin bound . T. A pail of milk and these cakes , Priapus , are enough for you to expect [ from me ] ; you are the keeper of a poor ill- furnished garden . Now we have raised thee of ...
... length in polished marble , thy legs with scarlet buskin bound . T. A pail of milk and these cakes , Priapus , are enough for you to expect [ from me ] ; you are the keeper of a poor ill- furnished garden . Now we have raised thee of ...
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... length about 400 miles . 69 Indigetes , a name given to those deities who were worshipped in articular places , or to such heroes as were deified . O Romulus , 70 and mother Vesta , 71 who 48 B. I. 471-498 . GEORGICS .
... length about 400 miles . 69 Indigetes , a name given to those deities who were worshipped in articular places , or to such heroes as were deified . O Romulus , 70 and mother Vesta , 71 who 48 B. I. 471-498 . GEORGICS .
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... length , and bind the tongue : the purple and the rath - ripe : And in what numbers shall I sing of thee , O Rhætian grape ? nor therefore vie thou with the Falernian11 cellars . There are also Amminean vines , best - bodied wines ...
... length , and bind the tongue : the purple and the rath - ripe : And in what numbers shall I sing of thee , O Rhætian grape ? nor therefore vie thou with the Falernian11 cellars . There are also Amminean vines , best - bodied wines ...
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... length the vineyard has shed its late leaves , and the cold north wind has shaken from the groves their honours ; 37 even then the active swain extends his cares to the coming year , and closely plies the forsaken vine , cutting off ...
... length the vineyard has shed its late leaves , and the cold north wind has shaken from the groves their honours ; 37 even then the active swain extends his cares to the coming year , and closely plies the forsaken vine , cutting off ...
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