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... Lucan in search of a line , which , one ought to have known , is not Lucan , but Lucretius ! One is rewarded in a sort of way , and perhaps as much by despoiling the alleged author of what is not his , as by discovering its legitimate ...
... Lucan in search of a line , which , one ought to have known , is not Lucan , but Lucretius ! One is rewarded in a sort of way , and perhaps as much by despoiling the alleged author of what is not his , as by discovering its legitimate ...
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... Lucan . or Luc . , Lucret . , Mach . , Macr . , Manil . , M. A. Lucanus . Lucretius . Machiavelli . Macrobius . Astr . , Astronomica . Hist . Nat . or H. N. , Historia Naturalis . Plin . Sec . or Min . , Plinius ( minor ) . Pan ...
... Lucan . or Luc . , Lucret . , Mach . , Macr . , Manil . , M. A. Lucanus . Lucretius . Machiavelli . Macrobius . Astr . , Astronomica . Hist . Nat . or H. N. , Historia Naturalis . Plin . Sec . or Min . , Plinius ( minor ) . Pan ...
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... Lucan ( 5 , 577 ) renders the incident in verse . Fisus cuncta sibi cessura pericula Cæsar Sperne minas , inquit , pelagi , ventoque furenti Trade sinum . Italiam si cælo auctore recusas Me pete . Sola tibi causa hæc est justa timoris ...
... Lucan ( 5 , 577 ) renders the incident in verse . Fisus cuncta sibi cessura pericula Cæsar Sperne minas , inquit , pelagi , ventoque furenti Trade sinum . Italiam si cælo auctore recusas Me pete . Sola tibi causa hæc est justa timoris ...
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... , later , to Papal Rome . Cf. Ipsa , caput mundi Roma . Lucan . 2 , 655. Cf. Caput imperii . Тас . Н. 1 , 84. - Head of the Empire ; and Caput rerum . Id . A. 1 , 47. Head CAPUT . 73 582. Cantat vinctus quoque compede fossor, ...
... , later , to Papal Rome . Cf. Ipsa , caput mundi Roma . Lucan . 2 , 655. Cf. Caput imperii . Тас . Н. 1 , 84. - Head of the Empire ; and Caput rerum . Id . A. 1 , 47. Head CAPUT . 73 582. Cantat vinctus quoque compede fossor, ...
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... Lucan . 7 , 88. -The times require a leader . A case of men not measures . come , but not the man . The hour has 1266. Du choque des esprits jaillissent les étincelles . ( Fr. ) Prov . -When great spirits clash sparks fly about . 1267 ...
... Lucan . 7 , 88. -The times require a leader . A case of men not measures . come , but not the man . The hour has 1266. Du choque des esprits jaillissent les étincelles . ( Fr. ) Prov . -When great spirits clash sparks fly about . 1267 ...
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