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Page ii
... given are not the exact words of the original . Such a sentence may be in Cicero , but it may also be in Quintilian ; such a line may be Corneille's , but there is nothing to show that it was not written by Scudéry . And all this ...
... given are not the exact words of the original . Such a sentence may be in Cicero , but it may also be in Quintilian ; such a line may be Corneille's , but there is nothing to show that it was not written by Scudéry . And all this ...
Page iii
... given in a Latin rendering , which seems hardly permissible in a book of original quotation . If Cicero has Latinised some lines of Euripides , or Ausonius translated the sayings of the Seven Sages , I conceive it allowable to make use ...
... given in a Latin rendering , which seems hardly permissible in a book of original quotation . If Cicero has Latinised some lines of Euripides , or Ausonius translated the sayings of the Seven Sages , I conceive it allowable to make use ...
Page viii
... given by the proprietors of the copyright of the late Professor Conington's Eneid and Horace to make use of his admirable translations under certain fixed conditions . I have also to thank Mr W. F. Shaw , late Fellow of Trinity Hall ...
... given by the proprietors of the copyright of the late Professor Conington's Eneid and Horace to make use of his admirable translations under certain fixed conditions . I have also to thank Mr W. F. Shaw , late Fellow of Trinity Hall ...
Page 9
... given , what has happened once will happen again . In the same way a man's habits afford presumption for the re- currence of certain eventualities in his life . A. B. left the turf for the stock exchange ; it is likely that he will ...
... given , what has happened once will happen again . In the same way a man's habits afford presumption for the re- currence of certain eventualities in his life . A. B. left the turf for the stock exchange ; it is likely that he will ...
Page 15
... given by law , he is held by law as if he had acted without any such authorisation . A right of way past a dwelling may not be so injured by the carts of the party possessing the right , as to make the road unserviceable to the tenants ...
... given by law , he is held by law as if he had acted without any such authorisation . A right of way past a dwelling may not be so injured by the carts of the party possessing the right , as to make the road unserviceable to the tenants ...
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