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... turn began to call forth illustration . Yet much still remains unexplained . As with Aristophanes , so with Horace , we continually lack knowledge of the running current of fashionable foibles and conventionalities , the happy deline ...
... turn began to call forth illustration . Yet much still remains unexplained . As with Aristophanes , so with Horace , we continually lack knowledge of the running current of fashionable foibles and conventionalities , the happy deline ...
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... turn their eyes towards their worshippers , it was a sign of favour ; when they averted them , of displeasure . The Greeks use ἐπιβλέπειν with the same meaning . ANTHON . 14 Sallust calls Julius Cæsar Adolescentulus , when he was thirty ...
... turn their eyes towards their worshippers , it was a sign of favour ; when they averted them , of displeasure . The Greeks use ἐπιβλέπειν with the same meaning . ANTHON . 14 Sallust calls Julius Cæsar Adolescentulus , when he was thirty ...
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... turning about their horses , they shot and wounded the enemy who was pursuing them . WATSON . 99 When the ancients filled their casks , they closed them with wax , pitch , gum , or plaster , and although the Sabine wine was by no means ...
... turning about their horses , they shot and wounded the enemy who was pursuing them . WATSON . 99 When the ancients filled their casks , they closed them with wax , pitch , gum , or plaster , and although the Sabine wine was by no means ...
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... turn to bewail the insolence of rakes , when you are neglected in a lonely alley , while the Thracian wind 13 rages at the Interlunium : 14 when that hot desire and lust , which is wont to render furious the dams of horses , shall rage ...
... turn to bewail the insolence of rakes , when you are neglected in a lonely alley , while the Thracian wind 13 rages at the Interlunium : 14 when that hot desire and lust , which is wont to render furious the dams of horses , shall rage ...
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... turn his arms against that island , but was satisfied with an embassy from thence , and a promise of obedience to any conditions which he pleased to impose upon them . These conditions not being well observed , he was determined to make ...
... turn his arms against that island , but was satisfied with an embassy from thence , and a promise of obedience to any conditions which he pleased to impose upon them . These conditions not being well observed , he was determined to make ...
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agreeable ancient ANTHON Apollo Aristippus Augustus Bacchus battle of Actium beauty better called Campus Martius celebrated Chimæra chorus Cicero comedy CRUQ Dacier death delight dread DUBL earth Edition Engravings Ennius EPISTLE Essays expression father Faunus favour fortune FRAN genius give gods Grecian Greek happy hath History honour Horace HURD imitation impious Italy Julius Cæsar Jupiter king labour Latin laugh laws lest live Lucanian lyre M'CAUL Mæcenas manner means Memoir mind muse nature Notes obliged Octavius ORELLI Parthians person Pirithous play poem poet poetry Portrait prætor praise rich Roman Rome sacred SATIRE says senate sesterces signifies sing slaves Stertinius Telephus temple thee thing thou Thracian Tiberius tion TORR tragedy Trans Translated Troy twelve tables Venus verses Virgil virtue vols WATSON whence wind wine Woodcuts woods words write youth
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