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Offend one single monk , and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as Rome . 495. Bella femmina che ride , vuol dir borsa che piange . ( It . ) Prov . — A beautiful woman smiling means a purse weeping .
Offend one single monk , and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as Rome . 495. Bella femmina che ride , vuol dir borsa che piange . ( It . ) Prov . — A beautiful woman smiling means a purse weeping .
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... later , to Papal Rome . Cf. Ipsa , caput mundi . Roma . Lucan . 2 , 655. Cf. Caput imperii . Tac . H. 1 , 84. - Head of the Empire ; and > . > . Caput rerum . Id . A. 1 , CAPUT . 73.
... later , to Papal Rome . Cf. Ipsa , caput mundi . Roma . Lucan . 2 , 655. Cf. Caput imperii . Tac . H. 1 , 84. - Head of the Empire ; and > . > . Caput rerum . Id . A. 1 , CAPUT . 73.
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All said of Imperial Rome . 593. Cara al mio cuor tu sei , Ciò ch'è il sole agli occhi miei . ( It . ) ? -Thou art as dear to my heart as the light to my eyes . Cf. Gray , Bard , 1 , 3 , 12 : Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes ...
All said of Imperial Rome . 593. Cara al mio cuor tu sei , Ciò ch'è il sole agli occhi miei . ( It . ) ? -Thou art as dear to my heart as the light to my eyes . Cf. Gray , Bard , 1 , 3 , 12 : Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes ...
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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.
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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Title of two officers appointed at Rome to take care of the public morals , and to punish moral and political offenders by degradation to the ærarii , or lowest class of citizen . The term is now applied to any rigid censurer of ...
Title of two officers appointed at Rome to take care of the public morals , and to punish moral and political offenders by degradation to the ærarii , or lowest class of citizen . The term is now applied to any rigid censurer of ...
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