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An equal mind , when storms o'ercloud Maintain , nor ' neath a brighter sky Let pleasure make your heart too proud . - Conington . The first line was written by the Constable Montmorency ( 16th cent . ) ...
An equal mind , when storms o'ercloud Maintain , nor ' neath a brighter sky Let pleasure make your heart too proud . - Conington . The first line was written by the Constable Montmorency ( 16th cent . ) ...
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The rust of the mind is the blight of genius . Cf. Rubigo animorum . Sen. Ep . 95 , 36 . 131. Æstuat ingens Imo in corde pudor , mixtoque insania luctu , Et Furiis agitatus amor , et conscia virtus . ( L. ) Virg . 12 , 666 .
The rust of the mind is the blight of genius . Cf. Rubigo animorum . Sen. Ep . 95 , 36 . 131. Æstuat ingens Imo in corde pudor , mixtoque insania luctu , Et Furiis agitatus amor , et conscia virtus . ( L. ) Virg . 12 , 666 .
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Is there a man who can the public mind Afford to spurn , nor wish to leave behind Works worthy russia ; such as shall not come To wrap a herring in , or sugar plum ? -Ed . Cf. Ne ... Deferar in vicum vendentem thus et odores , Et piper ...
Is there a man who can the public mind Afford to spurn , nor wish to leave behind Works worthy russia ; such as shall not come To wrap a herring in , or sugar plum ? -Ed . Cf. Ne ... Deferar in vicum vendentem thus et odores , Et piper ...
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That culture of the mind supplied him with a kind of intellectual food . Said of literary studies , writing , composition . 287. Animo et fide . ( L . ) — By courage and faith . Motto of the Earl of Guildford . 288.
That culture of the mind supplied him with a kind of intellectual food . Said of literary studies , writing , composition . 287. Animo et fide . ( L . ) — By courage and faith . Motto of the Earl of Guildford . 288.
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The mind still wishes for what it has lost , and is occupied entirely in conjuring up the past . regrets . 298. Animus sevocatus a contagione corporis , meminit præteritorum , præsentia cernit , futura prævidet . ( L. ) Cic . Div .
The mind still wishes for what it has lost , and is occupied entirely in conjuring up the past . regrets . 298. Animus sevocatus a contagione corporis , meminit præteritorum , præsentia cernit , futura prævidet . ( L. ) Cic . Div .
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