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... History , who adopted him , and left him his name and fortune . 15 The construction is : " inimice lamnæ , nisi [ lamna ] splendeat . " 16 Proculeius . He had two brothers , Terentius and Licinius . Teren- tius was made consul elect in ...
... History , who adopted him , and left him his name and fortune . 15 The construction is : " inimice lamnæ , nisi [ lamna ] splendeat . " 16 Proculeius . He had two brothers , Terentius and Licinius . Teren- tius was made consul elect in ...
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... historical prose . It was the muse's will that I should celebrate the sweet strains of my mistress Lycimnia , 47 that I should celebrate her bright- darting eyes , and her breast laudably faithful to mutual love ; who can with a grace ...
... historical prose . It was the muse's will that I should celebrate the sweet strains of my mistress Lycimnia , 47 that I should celebrate her bright- darting eyes , and her breast laudably faithful to mutual love ; who can with a grace ...
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... ( History of Roman Literature , vol . iii . p . 42 , Lond . ed . ) ANTHON . 63 Perfidum Sacramentum . Horace alludes here to an oath of fidelity taken by soldiers when they were enlisted , and although there be not a formal oath expressed ...
... ( History of Roman Literature , vol . iii . p . 42 , Lond . ed . ) ANTHON . 63 Perfidum Sacramentum . Horace alludes here to an oath of fidelity taken by soldiers when they were enlisted , and although there be not a formal oath expressed ...
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... History , with correct simplicity , assures us , ( F. H. 238 , ) that in B. C. 23 , Tiridates being then at Rome , on an embassy arriving from Phraates , Augustus seized the occasion , among other points , to demand the restitu- tion of ...
... History , with correct simplicity , assures us , ( F. H. 238 , ) that in B. C. 23 , Tiridates being then at Rome , on an embassy arriving from Phraates , Augustus seized the occasion , among other points , to demand the restitu- tion of ...
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... history of Greece . At a meeting of these friends , held as a matter of course in order to make arrangements for the ... historical nature , much to the annoyance of the bard . The latter therefore breaks out , as it were , with an ...
... history of Greece . At a meeting of these friends , held as a matter of course in order to make arrangements for the ... historical nature , much to the annoyance of the bard . The latter therefore breaks out , as it were , with an ...
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