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... present purpose . Here , slaves , place me a live turf ; here , place me vervains and frankincense , with a flagon of two - year - old wine . She will approach more propitious , after a victim has been sacrificed . ODE XX . TO MECENAS ...
... present purpose . Here , slaves , place me a live turf ; here , place me vervains and frankincense , with a flagon of two - year - old wine . She will approach more propitious , after a victim has been sacrificed . ODE XX . TO MECENAS ...
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... 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 Archytas , a philosopher of Tarentum , a noble city in the farthest part of the ancient Magna Græcia ...
... 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 Archytas , a philosopher of Tarentum , a noble city in the farthest part of the ancient Magna Græcia ...
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... present state , will disdain to be solicitous any further , and can correct the bitters of life with a placid smile . Nothing is on all hands completely blessed . A premature death carried off the celebrated Achilles ; a protracted old ...
... present state , will disdain to be solicitous any further , and can correct the bitters of life with a placid smile . Nothing is on all hands completely blessed . A premature death carried off the celebrated Achilles ; a protracted old ...
Page 67
... present deity , the Britons and terrible Parthians being added to the empire . What ! has any soldier of Crassus lived , a degraded husband with a barbarian wife ? And has ( O [ corrupted ] senate , and degenerate morals ! ) the Marsian ...
... present deity , the Britons and terrible Parthians being added to the empire . What ! has any soldier of Crassus lived , a degraded husband with a barbarian wife ? And has ( O [ corrupted ] senate , and degenerate morals ! ) the Marsian ...
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... presents which their friends and husbands made them , as if to thank them for that happy mediation . From hence the calends of March were called Matronalia , or Matronales feria ; and , while the wives performed their offerings to Juno ...
... presents which their friends and husbands made them , as if to thank them for that happy mediation . From hence the calends of March were called Matronalia , or Matronales feria ; and , while the wives performed their offerings to Juno ...
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