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... quid quantaque secum Affert . Imprimis valeas bene . ( L. ) Hor . S. 2 , 2 , 70 . Now listen for a space while I declare The good results that spring from frugal fare . Imprimis , health . - Conington . 36. Accipe quæ nimios vincant ...
... quid quantaque secum Affert . Imprimis valeas bene . ( L. ) Hor . S. 2 , 2 , 70 . Now listen for a space while I declare The good results that spring from frugal fare . Imprimis , health . - Conington . 36. Accipe quæ nimios vincant ...
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... 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 ; Pactum ...
... 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 ; Pactum ...
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... quid , do both of these . - Conington . 456. Aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportere . ( L. ) Sen. Apoc.- One ought to be born either a king or a fool , -viz . , to have unlimited licence allowed one . Proverb quoted by Seneca in his ...
... quid , do both of these . - Conington . 456. Aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportere . ( L. ) Sen. Apoc.- One ought to be born either a king or a fool , -viz . , to have unlimited licence allowed one . Proverb quoted by Seneca in his ...
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... Quid est ergo beneficium ? Benevola actio tribuens gaudium , capiensque tribuendo , in id quod facit prona , et sponte sua parata . Itaque non quid fiat , aut quid detur , refert , sed qua mente . ( L. ) Sen. Ben . 1 , 6. - A favour is ...
... Quid est ergo beneficium ? Benevola actio tribuens gaudium , capiensque tribuendo , in id quod facit prona , et sponte sua parata . Itaque non quid fiat , aut quid detur , refert , sed qua mente . ( L. ) Sen. Ben . 1 , 6. - A favour is ...
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... quid majus nascitur Iliade . ( L. ) Prop . 2 , 34 , 65 . Your places yield , ye bards of Greece and Rome , A greater than the Iliad has come ! -Ed . 630. Cedunt grammatici , vincuntur rhetores . Omnis Turba tacet . ( L. ) Juv . 6 , 437 ...
... quid majus nascitur Iliade . ( L. ) Prop . 2 , 34 , 65 . Your places yield , ye bards of Greece and Rome , A greater than the Iliad has come ! -Ed . 630. Cedunt grammatici , vincuntur rhetores . Omnis Turba tacet . ( L. ) Juv . 6 , 437 ...
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