Comedies of Plautus, Volume 4

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T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1872
 

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Page 362 - And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
Page 75 - And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
Page 16 - Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool ; And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule.
Page 252 - Behold,. lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor : and if I have taken any thing from any man by falfe accufation, I reftore him four-fold.
Page 118 - Here in distress th' Italian nations come, Anxious, to clear their doubts, and learn their doom : First, on the fleeces of the slaughter'd sheep, By night the sacred priest dissolves in sleep : . When, in a train, before his slumbering eye, Thin airy forms, and wonderous visions fly. He calls the powers, who guard th' infernal floods, And talks, inspired, familiar with the gods-
Page 250 - ... or pain is indifferent: the Sacred rule, " Do that to others which ye would that others should do to you," extends to every deed; and " every word shall be brought into judgment.
Page 217 - Was promis'd short, ah ! wherefore this delay ? Come then, auspicious prince, and bring, To thy long gloomy country, light, For in thy countenance the spring Shines forth to cheer thy people's sight ; Then hasten thy return, for, thou away, Nor lustre has the sun, nor joy the day. As a fond mother views with fear The terrors of the rolling main, While envious winds, beyond his year, From his lov'd home her son detain ; To the good gods with fervent...
Page 117 - With your hard briftles not to brufh the fair. He who has gain'da kifs, and -gains no more, Deferves to lofe the blifs he 'got before. If once fhe kifs, her meaning is expreft ; There wants but little pufhing for the reft : Which if thou doft not gain, by ftrength or" art, The name of clown then fuits with thy defert; 'Tis downright dulnefs, and a fhameful part.
Page 365 - Indulgent Athens then improved my parts With some small tincture of ingenuous arts, Fair truth from falsehood to discern, and rove In search of wisdom through the museful grove.
Page 83 - I'm toss'd, tormented, agitated, , Prick'd, rack'd upon the wheel of love ; distracted, Torn, fainting am I hurried round ; and thus My inmost mind is in a cloud ; that where I am, I am not, where I am not, there My mind is. Such are all my faculties : I like and like not, as the moment passes. Fatigu'd in mind, thus Love does draw me on, Pursues, drives, drags me, seizes, and retains, Drains me to nothing, and then gives me all : All that he gives retracts, and so deludes me.

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