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... passage in his quaint style : " But and if Very Truth be ex- tant indeede on earth , as some hold she it is which actuates men's deeds , purposes , ye may in vaine look for her in the learned universities , halls , col- leges . Truth is ...
... passage in his quaint style : " But and if Very Truth be ex- tant indeede on earth , as some hold she it is which actuates men's deeds , purposes , ye may in vaine look for her in the learned universities , halls , col- leges . Truth is ...
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... Passages from Persius ..... Miscellaneous Passages from Modern Authors ........ 446 Miscellaneous Passages from Homer ...... Miscellaneous Passages from Plautus .... Passage from Tacitus ....... Passage from Quinctilian ......... Passage ...
... Passages from Persius ..... Miscellaneous Passages from Modern Authors ........ 446 Miscellaneous Passages from Homer ...... Miscellaneous Passages from Plautus .... Passage from Tacitus ....... Passage from Quinctilian ......... Passage ...
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... passage , may be applied to the affecting cast of Cæcilius's general style : and that application is confirmed by another observation of the same author : " Pathe Trabea , Attilius , et Cæcilius facile moverunt . " Horace's ars , also ...
... passage , may be applied to the affecting cast of Cæcilius's general style : and that application is confirmed by another observation of the same author : " Pathe Trabea , Attilius , et Cæcilius facile moverunt . " Horace's ars , also ...
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... passage of Simo's story : — Ibi tum filius Cum illis , qui amabant Chrysidem , una aderat frequens ; Curabat una funus ; tristis interim , Nonnunquam conlacrumabat . Placuit tum id mihi : Sic cogitabam ; Hic , parvæ consuetudinis Causa ...
... passage of Simo's story : — Ibi tum filius Cum illis , qui amabant Chrysidem , una aderat frequens ; Curabat una funus ; tristis interim , Nonnunquam conlacrumabat . Placuit tum id mihi : Sic cogitabam ; Hic , parvæ consuetudinis Causa ...
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... passage , De Natur . Deor . lib . i . cap . 33. , which seems not quite consistent with the urbane character elsewhere given of him , and sup- ports the charge brought by Plutarch and others , that he professed to be αὐτοδίδακτος ...
... passage , De Natur . Deor . lib . i . cap . 33. , which seems not quite consistent with the urbane character elsewhere given of him , and sup- ports the charge brought by Plutarch and others , that he professed to be αὐτοδίδακτος ...
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