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232. SALl.u.s.t, Bel. Cat.

'By bestowing nothing he acquired glory.'

233. VIRG. Ecl. x. v. 60.

'As if by these my sufferings I could ease; Or by my pains the G.o.d of love appease.'

(Dryden).

234. HOR. 1 Sat. iii. 41.

'I wish this error in your friendship reign'd.'

(Creech).

235. HOR. Ars Poet. v. 81.

'Awes the tumultuous noises of the pit.'

(Roscommon).

236. HOR. Ars Poet. v. 398.

'With laws connubial tyrants to restrain.'

237. SENECA in Oedip.

'They that are dim of sight see truth by halves.'

238. PERSIUS, Sat. iv. 50.

'No more to flattering crowds thine ear incline, Eager to drink the praise which is not thine.'

(Brewster).

239. VIRG. aen. vi. 86.

'--Wars, horrid wars!'

(Dryden).

240. MART. Ep. i. 17.

'Of such materials, Sir, are books composed.'

241. VIRG. aen. iv. 466.

'All sad she seems, forsaken, and alone; And left to wander wide through paths unknown.'

(P.)

242. HOR. 2 Ep. i 168.

'To write on vulgar themes, is thought an easy task.'

243. TULL. Offic.

'You see, my son Marcus, virtue as if it were embodied, which if it could be made the object of sight, would (as Plato says) excite in us a wonderful love of wisdom.'

244. HOR. 2 Sat. vii. 101.

'A judge of painting you, a connoisseur.'

245. HOR. Ars Poet. v. 338.

'Fictions, to please, should wear the face of truth.'

246.