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... mind . Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes amiss . It is a pleasing break in the thread of a speech or writing , allowing the speaker or writer to retire for an instant while another and a greater makes himself heard . And this ...
... mind . Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes amiss . It is a pleasing break in the thread of a speech or writing , allowing the speaker or writer to retire for an instant while another and a greater makes himself heard . And this ...
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... from the wind.-Ed. 37. Acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat . ( L. ) Hor . S. 2 , 2 , 6 . The mind that's ta'en with outward shows Will always truthful things refuse . Ed . 38. Accusare nemo se debet nisi coram Deo . ( 12 AB UNO .
... from the wind.-Ed. 37. Acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat . ( L. ) Hor . S. 2 , 2 , 6 . The mind that's ta'en with outward shows Will always truthful things refuse . Ed . 38. Accusare nemo se debet nisi coram Deo . ( 12 AB UNO .
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... mind of the person is rightly disposed , for the intention springs from the mind . 52. Actum aiunt ne agas . ( L. ) Ter . Phor . 2 , 3 , 72. - What's done , they say , don't do again . You are wasting your time : acting to no purpose ...
... mind of the person is rightly disposed , for the intention springs from the mind . 52. Actum aiunt ne agas . ( L. ) Ter . Phor . 2 , 3 , 72. - What's done , they say , don't do again . You are wasting your time : acting to no purpose ...
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... mind , is incalculable . ' Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent , the tree's inclined . --Pope , Ep . 1 , 149 . 70. Adeon'homines immutarier Ex amore , ut non cognoscas eundem esse ? ( L. ) Ter . Eun . 2 , 1 ...
... mind , is incalculable . ' Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent , the tree's inclined . --Pope , Ep . 1 , 149 . 70. Adeon'homines immutarier Ex amore , ut non cognoscas eundem esse ? ( L. ) Ter . Eun . 2 , 1 ...
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... mind his own woes . 87. Ad minora illa demittere me non recusabo . ( L. ) Quint . Proœm . § 5. -I will not refuse to descend to even the most minute particulars . I will enter into all and every detail , if you desire it . S8 . Admonere ...
... mind his own woes . 87. Ad minora illa demittere me non recusabo . ( L. ) Quint . Proœm . § 5. -I will not refuse to descend to even the most minute particulars . I will enter into all and every detail , if you desire it . S8 . Admonere ...
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