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... better , e.g. , than Statius ( Theb . 2 , 489 ) , O cæca nocentum consilia ! O semper timidum scelus ! or the Grave pondus illum magna nobilitas premit of Seneca ( Troad . 491 ) 2 to alter Sallust's priusquam to antequam , or to write ...
... better , e.g. , than Statius ( Theb . 2 , 489 ) , O cæca nocentum consilia ! O semper timidum scelus ! or the Grave pondus illum magna nobilitas premit of Seneca ( Troad . 491 ) 2 to alter Sallust's priusquam to antequam , or to write ...
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... better turned out , particularly in the case of those poetical versions for which I am personally responsible . Distance from books , or an inability to find in other translations the rendering required , have compelled me in many cases ...
... better turned out , particularly in the case of those poetical versions for which I am personally responsible . Distance from books , or an inability to find in other translations the rendering required , have compelled me in many cases ...
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... better ; and here I am ( Spectator , 25 ) . Cf. Celuy meurt tous les jours , qui languit en vivant . ( Fr. ) Pierrard Poullet ( 1595 ) , La Charité . - He dies every day who lives a lingering life . 114. Ægritudinem laudare , unam rem ...
... better ; and here I am ( Spectator , 25 ) . Cf. Celuy meurt tous les jours , qui languit en vivant . ( Fr. ) Pierrard Poullet ( 1595 ) , La Charité . - He dies every day who lives a lingering life . 114. Ægritudinem laudare , unam rem ...
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... better are two different things . 120. Æquabiliter et diligenter . Motto of Lord Truro . ( L . ) — Equitably and diligently . 121. Æquâ lege necessitas Sortitur insignes et imos ; Omne capax movet urna nomen . ( L. ) Hor . C. 3 , 1 , 15 ...
... better are two different things . 120. Æquabiliter et diligenter . Motto of Lord Truro . ( L . ) — Equitably and diligently . 121. Æquâ lege necessitas Sortitur insignes et imos ; Omne capax movet urna nomen . ( L. ) Hor . C. 3 , 1 , 15 ...
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... better than wise reflection . 146. Agnoscere solis Permissum est , quos jam tangit vicinia fati Victurosque Dei celant , ut vivere durent , Felix esse mori . ' Tis only known to those who stand Already on death's borderland The bliss it ...
... better than wise reflection . 146. Agnoscere solis Permissum est , quos jam tangit vicinia fati Victurosque Dei celant , ut vivere durent , Felix esse mori . ' Tis only known to those who stand Already on death's borderland The bliss it ...
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