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... verba . ( L. ) -Glowing words . Expressions of great warmth and ardour . " Thoughts that glow , and words that burn . " ( ? ) Cf. Orator gravis , acer , ardens . Cic . Or . 28 , 99.- A powerful , ready , and passionate speaker . 349 ...
... verba . ( L. ) -Glowing words . Expressions of great warmth and ardour . " Thoughts that glow , and words that burn . " ( ? ) Cf. Orator gravis , acer , ardens . Cic . Or . 28 , 99.- A powerful , ready , and passionate speaker . 349 ...
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... Verba movere loco . ( L. ) Hor . Ep . 2 , 2 , 109 . But he who meditates a work of art , Oft as he writes will act the censor's part : Is there a word wants nobleness and grace , Devoid of weight , nor worthy of high place ? He bids it ...
... Verba movere loco . ( L. ) Hor . Ep . 2 , 2 , 109 . But he who meditates a work of art , Oft as he writes will act the censor's part : Is there a word wants nobleness and grace , Devoid of weight , nor worthy of high place ? He bids it ...
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... verba Latina Getæ . The traveller in foreign parts . I'm a foreigner here on this shore , For none understand what I say . At my Latin the Thracian boor ( L. ) Ov . Τ . 5 , 10 , 37 . Only laughs in his thick - headed way .-- Ed . 482 ...
... verba Latina Getæ . The traveller in foreign parts . I'm a foreigner here on this shore , For none understand what I say . At my Latin the Thracian boor ( L. ) Ov . Τ . 5 , 10 , 37 . Only laughs in his thick - headed way .-- Ed . 482 ...
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... verba intentioni , non e contra , debent inservire . ( L. ) Law Max . A liberal construction should be put upon written instruments in consideration of the ignorance of the un- learned , so as to make them operative if possible , and ...
... verba intentioni , non e contra , debent inservire . ( L. ) Law Max . A liberal construction should be put upon written instruments in consideration of the ignorance of the un- learned , so as to make them operative if possible , and ...
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... verba credere ? ( L. ) Ter . Phorm . 1 , 2 , 10.- Can you hesitate to confide in the word of a man , of whose probity in pecuniary matters you have had full proof ? 914. Cujusvis hominis est errare , nullius , nisi insipientis in errore ...
... verba credere ? ( L. ) Ter . Phorm . 1 , 2 , 10.- Can you hesitate to confide in the word of a man , of whose probity in pecuniary matters you have had full proof ? 914. Cujusvis hominis est errare , nullius , nisi insipientis in errore ...
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