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'A plundering race, still eager to invade, On spoil they live, and make of theft a trade.'
131. VIRG. Ecl. x. 63.
'Once more, ye woods, adieu.'
132. TULL.
'That man may be called impertinent, who considers not the circ.u.mstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject of his discourse, or pays no regard to the company he is in.'
133. HOR. 1 Od. xxiv. 1.
'Such was his worth, our loss is such, We cannot love too well, or grieve too much.'
(Oldisworth).
134. OVID, Met. i. 521.
'And am the great physician call'd below.'
(Dryden).
135. HOR. 1 Sat. x. 9.
'Let brevity dispatch the rapid thought.'
136. HOR. 2 Ep. i. 112.
'A greater liar Parthia never bred.'
137. TULL. Epist.
'Even slaves were always at liberty to fear, rejoice, and grieve at their own, rather than another's, pleasure.'
138. TULL.
'He uses unnecessary proofs in an indisputable point.'
139. TULL.
'True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.'
140. VIRG. aen. iv. 285.
'This way and that the anxious mind is torn.'
141. HOR. 1 Ep. ii. 187.
'Taste, that eternal wanderer, that flies From head to ears, and now from ears to eyes.'
(Pope).
142. HOR. 1 Od. xiii. 12.
'Whom love's unbroken bond unites.'
143. MARTIAL, Epig. lxx. 6.
'For life is only life, when blest with health.'
144. TER. Eun. Act iii. Sc. 5.
'You shall see how nice a judge of beauty I am.'
145. HOR. 1 Ep. xviii. 29.
'Their folly pleads the privilege of wealth.'
