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Page 41
... wise and good ? -Conington . What is your favourite occupation in the country ? Are you busy with your pen , or roaming about the pleasant woods and fields curantem quicquid dignum sapiente bonoque est ? 306. Ante ferit quam flamma ...
... wise and good ? -Conington . What is your favourite occupation in the country ? Are you busy with your pen , or roaming about the pleasant woods and fields curantem quicquid dignum sapiente bonoque est ? 306. Ante ferit quam flamma ...
Page 47
... wise men of Greece . 361. Arma cerealia . ( L. ) Virg . A. 1 , 177. - The arms of Ceres . Term comprehending the implements connected with the making of bread ( grinding , baking , etc. ) , and may be extended to mean agricultural ...
... wise men of Greece . 361. Arma cerealia . ( L. ) Virg . A. 1 , 177. - The arms of Ceres . Term comprehending the implements connected with the making of bread ( grinding , baking , etc. ) , and may be extended to mean agricultural ...
Page 79
... wise age of ours So blind , and so vain of its science and powers ; None will bend both his knees to the ground . - Ed . 646. Censor morum . ( L . ) - Censor of morals and conduct . Title of two officers appointed at Rome to take care ...
... wise age of ours So blind , and so vain of its science and powers ; None will bend both his knees to the ground . - Ed . 646. Censor morum . ( L . ) - Censor of morals and conduct . Title of two officers appointed at Rome to take care ...
Page 84
... wise all alone . He must be silly indeed who insists on holding the only right view of things in the face of universal public opinion the other way . 690. C'est une grande misère que de n'avoir pas assez d'esprit pour bien parler , ni ...
... wise all alone . He must be silly indeed who insists on holding the only right view of things in the face of universal public opinion the other way . 690. C'est une grande misère que de n'avoir pas assez d'esprit pour bien parler , ni ...
Page 104
... wise as regards others , fools as regards themselves . 884. Croire tout découvert est une erreur profonde , C'est prendre l'horizon pour les bornes du monde . ( Fr. ) Lemierre , Utilité des découvertes . To think all discovered's an ...
... wise as regards others , fools as regards themselves . 884. Croire tout découvert est une erreur profonde , C'est prendre l'horizon pour les bornes du monde . ( Fr. ) Lemierre , Utilité des découvertes . To think all discovered's an ...
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