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... wine : it was a custom among the ancients , at feasts , to choose a king , or master , to order how much each guest should drink , whom all the company were obliged to obey ; he was chosen by throwing of the dice , upon whose sides were ...
... wine : it was a custom among the ancients , at feasts , to choose a king , or master , to order how much each guest should drink , whom all the company were obliged to obey ; he was chosen by throwing of the dice , upon whose sides were ...
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... wine ; whether the camp , refulgent with banners , possess you , or the dense shade of your own Tibur shall detain you . Teucer fled from Salamis and his father , he is reported , notwithstanding , to have bound his temples , bathed in wine ...
... wine ; whether the camp , refulgent with banners , possess you , or the dense shade of your own Tibur shall detain you . Teucer fled from Salamis and his father , he is reported , notwithstanding , to have bound his temples , bathed in wine ...
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... wine : to - morrow we will re - visit the vast ocean . " " " ODE VIII . TO LYDIA . LYDIA , I conjure thee 43 by all the powers above , to tell me why you are so intent to ruin Sybaris by inspiring him with love ? 44 Why hates he the ...
... wine : to - morrow we will re - visit the vast ocean . " " " ODE VIII . TO LYDIA . LYDIA , I conjure thee 43 by all the powers above , to tell me why you are so intent to ruin Sybaris by inspiring him with love ? 44 Why hates he the ...
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... wine , four years old , from the Sabine jar . Leave the rest to the gods , who having once laid the winds warring with the fervid ocean , neither the cypresses nor the aged ashes are moved . Avoid inquiring what may happen to - morrow ...
... wine , four years old , from the Sabine jar . Leave the rest to the gods , who having once laid the winds warring with the fervid ocean , neither the cypresses nor the aged ashes are moved . Avoid inquiring what may happen to - morrow ...
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... wines , and abridge your hopes [ in proportion ] to the shortness of your life . While we are conversing , envious age has been flying ; seize the present day , not giving the least credit to the succeeding one . ODE XII . ΤΟ AUGUSTUS ...
... wines , and abridge your hopes [ in proportion ] to the shortness of your life . While we are conversing , envious age has been flying ; seize the present day , not giving the least credit to the succeeding one . ODE XII . ΤΟ AUGUSTUS ...
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