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... sibi summa petenti Obstaret gaudensque viam fecisse ruina . Julius Cæsar . ( L. ) Luc . 1 , 146 . Undaunted , keen : where Hope or Passion called He'd fight , nor ever sheathe the murderous sword . To push advantage , follow up his star ...
... sibi summa petenti Obstaret gaudensque viam fecisse ruina . Julius Cæsar . ( L. ) Luc . 1 , 146 . Undaunted , keen : where Hope or Passion called He'd fight , nor ever sheathe the murderous sword . To push advantage , follow up his star ...
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... sibi vir bonus ; hoc est Vivere bis vita posse priore frui . ( L. ) Mart . 10 , 23 , 7 . The pleasures of memory . A good man makes his lifetime doubly last , And lives twice o'er as he recalls the past.-Ed. Cf. also Pope , Works ( 1770 ) ...
... sibi vir bonus ; hoc est Vivere bis vita posse priore frui . ( L. ) Mart . 10 , 23 , 7 . The pleasures of memory . A good man makes his lifetime doubly last , And lives twice o'er as he recalls the past.-Ed. Cf. also Pope , Works ( 1770 ) ...
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... sibi imperat , obtinet . ( L . ) - The human mind can accomplish whatever it is determined to effect . Patience and perseverance surmount every diffi- culty . 296. Animus non deficit æquus . ( L . ) - A calm mind is not wanting . Motto ...
... sibi imperat , obtinet . ( L . ) - The human mind can accomplish whatever it is determined to effect . Patience and perseverance surmount every diffi- culty . 296. Animus non deficit æquus . ( L . ) - A calm mind is not wanting . Motto ...
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... sibi quid sit Utile , solicitis supputat articulis . ( L. ) Ov . Ep . 2 , 3 , 17 . But nowadays each loving naught but pelf , Counts on his fingers what'll enrich himself . - Ed . 402. At scio , quo vos soleatis pacto perplexarier ...
... sibi quid sit Utile , solicitis supputat articulis . ( L. ) Ov . Ep . 2 , 3 , 17 . But nowadays each loving naught but pelf , Counts on his fingers what'll enrich himself . - Ed . 402. At scio , quo vos soleatis pacto perplexarier ...
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... sibi eriperet . Sen. Ben . 2 , 1. - A benevolence loses its grace , if it cling so long to the hand of the giver , that he seem to part with it with diffi- culty , and gives it at last as though he were robbing himself . ( 8 ...
... sibi eriperet . Sen. Ben . 2 , 1. - A benevolence loses its grace , if it cling so long to the hand of the giver , that he seem to part with it with diffi- culty , and gives it at last as though he were robbing himself . ( 8 ...
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