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... quum sæpe coorta est Seditio , sævitque animis ignobile vulgus , Jamque faces et saxa volant ; furor arma ministrat . ( L. ) Virg . A. 1 , 148 . As when sedition oft has stirred In some great town the vulgar herd , And brands and stones ...
... quum sæpe coorta est Seditio , sævitque animis ignobile vulgus , Jamque faces et saxa volant ; furor arma ministrat . ( L. ) Virg . A. 1 , 148 . As when sedition oft has stirred In some great town the vulgar herd , And brands and stones ...
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... quum facilis occasio est . ( L. ) Plin . Sec . Ep . 8 , 20 , 1 . Foreign travel . We generally cross the sea in order to gain a knowledge of things , neglecting all the while what is under our nose either because it is part of human ...
... quum facilis occasio est . ( L. ) Plin . Sec . Ep . 8 , 20 , 1 . Foreign travel . We generally cross the sea in order to gain a knowledge of things , neglecting all the while what is under our nose either because it is part of human ...
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... quum sola est Gellia , patrem . Si quis adest , jussæ prosiliunt lacrymæ . Non dolet hic , quisquis laudari , Gellia , quærit , Ille dolet vere , qui sine teste dolet . ( L. ) Mart . 1 , 34 , 1 . Jane weeps not for her dad when none is ...
... quum sola est Gellia , patrem . Si quis adest , jussæ prosiliunt lacrymæ . Non dolet hic , quisquis laudari , Gellia , quærit , Ille dolet vere , qui sine teste dolet . ( L. ) Mart . 1 , 34 , 1 . Jane weeps not for her dad when none is ...
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... quum sola est Gellia , patrem . Si quis adest , jussæ prosiliunt lacrymæ . Non dolet hic , quisquis laudari , Gellia , quærit , Ille dolet vere , qui sine teste dolet . ( L. ) Mart . 1 , 34 , 1 . Jane weeps not for her dad when none is ...
... quum sola est Gellia , patrem . Si quis adest , jussæ prosiliunt lacrymæ . Non dolet hic , quisquis laudari , Gellia , quærit , Ille dolet vere , qui sine teste dolet . ( L. ) Mart . 1 , 34 , 1 . Jane weeps not for her dad when none is ...
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... Quum semel imbuerit , speramus carmina fingi Posse linenda cedro , et levi servanda cupresso . ( L. ) Hor . A. P. 330 . O , when this cankering rust , this greed of gain , Has touched the soul and wrought into its grain , What hope that ...
... Quum semel imbuerit , speramus carmina fingi Posse linenda cedro , et levi servanda cupresso . ( L. ) Hor . A. P. 330 . O , when this cankering rust , this greed of gain , Has touched the soul and wrought into its grain , What hope that ...
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