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... given instead of Beat about the bush ; Many a slip ' twixt cup , etc. , is now found under Uncertainty ; and the sayings expressive of Call a spade a spade are more concisely indexed under Truth . So much of our knowledge is , however ...
... given instead of Beat about the bush ; Many a slip ' twixt cup , etc. , is now found under Uncertainty ; and the sayings expressive of Call a spade a spade are more concisely indexed under Truth . So much of our knowledge is , however ...
Page ii
... given under number 3114 , and twenty - six under 506 . In the work of revision I have been much helped by the friends and correspondents who have kindly responded to my appeal for corrections . Amongst these are Mr H. E. Goldschmidt ...
... given under number 3114 , and twenty - six under 506 . In the work of revision I have been much helped by the friends and correspondents who have kindly responded to my appeal for corrections . Amongst these are Mr H. E. Goldschmidt ...
Page vi
... given are not the exact words of the original . Such a sentence may be in Cicero , but it may also be in Quintilian ; such a line may be Corneille's , but there is nothing to show that it was not written by Scudéry . And all this ...
... given are not the exact words of the original . Such a sentence may be in Cicero , but it may also be in Quintilian ; such a line may be Corneille's , but there is nothing to show that it was not written by Scudéry . And all this ...
Page vii
... given in a Latin rendering , which seems hardly permissible in a book of original quotation . If Cicero has Latinised some lines of Euripides , or Ausonius translated the sayings of the Seven Sages , I conceive it allowable to make use ...
... given in a Latin rendering , which seems hardly permissible in a book of original quotation . If Cicero has Latinised some lines of Euripides , or Ausonius translated the sayings of the Seven Sages , I conceive it allowable to make use ...
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... given by the proprietors of the copyright of the late Professor Conington's Eneid and Horace to make use of his admirable translations under certain fixed conditions . I have also to thank Mr W. F. Shaw , late Fellow of Trinity Hall ...
... given by the proprietors of the copyright of the late Professor Conington's Eneid and Horace to make use of his admirable translations under certain fixed conditions . I have also to thank Mr W. F. Shaw , late Fellow of Trinity Hall ...
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