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... says , that the Romans used two kinds of weeding - hooks ; one , when the corn was young like grass , with which they cleft the earth , and took up the young weeds by the root ; the other , when the corn was grown up , with which they ...
... says , that the Romans used two kinds of weeding - hooks ; one , when the corn was young like grass , with which they cleft the earth , and took up the young weeds by the root ; the other , when the corn was grown up , with which they ...
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... says the poet , are more pleased , magis gaudent , with trees which are always green , such as are myrtle and ivy ; but despise dry and withered leaves . BENT . ODE XXVI . TO ELIUS LAMIA . A FRIEND to 26 BOOK I ODES OF HORACE . ODE XXV. ...
... says the poet , are more pleased , magis gaudent , with trees which are always green , such as are myrtle and ivy ; but despise dry and withered leaves . BENT . ODE XXVI . TO ELIUS LAMIA . A FRIEND to 26 BOOK I ODES OF HORACE . ODE XXV. ...
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... says , " Parvo munera pulveris exigui cohibent te , retinent tuam umbram ab Elysiis campis . " A little present of dust de- tains you ; that is , you are detained from the Elysian fields for want of a little present of dust . DAC . 23 ...
... says , " Parvo munera pulveris exigui cohibent te , retinent tuam umbram ab Elysiis campis . " A little present of dust de- tains you ; that is , you are detained from the Elysian fields for want of a little present of dust . DAC . 23 ...
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... say proverbially , a Cretan mark , for any mark of joy and happiness ; on the contrary , their unlucky days were said to be marked with black . LAMB . 61 Threïcia Amystide . This term is Greek , and signifies a custom among the ...
... say proverbially , a Cretan mark , for any mark of joy and happiness ; on the contrary , their unlucky days were said to be marked with black . LAMB . 61 Threïcia Amystide . This term is Greek , and signifies a custom among the ...
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... says , that Proculeius divided his patrimony with his brothers , whose fortunes were ruined in the civil wars . DAC . SAN . 17 For this periphrasis cf. Od . 3 , 11 , 10 : " metuitque tangi , " Virg ORELLI . 18 Phraates , a king of the ...
... says , that Proculeius divided his patrimony with his brothers , whose fortunes were ruined in the civil wars . DAC . SAN . 17 For this periphrasis cf. Od . 3 , 11 , 10 : " metuitque tangi , " Virg ORELLI . 18 Phraates , a king of the ...
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