The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1Bell and Daldy, 1869 |
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1st BACCH ACROT alludes Ass-D Athens Ballio bring called Callicles Captain carry CHARM Charmides CHRYS Chrysalus CLEOMACHUS cook Curculio daughter door Enter entreat Ephesus Epidamnus EPIG Ergasilus Euclio eyes faith father fellow give Gods gold Greek hand Hegio hence in-doors Jupiter LEON LESB Lesbonicus Libanus Literally Lyco Lydus Lysiteles mantle master means Megadorus Menęchmus MESS mistress MNES Mnesilochus NICO old gentleman Palęstrio Parasite PERIP PERIPLECOMENUS person Phędromus PHED PHIL PHILO Philocomasium Philocrates PISTOC Pistoclerus Plautus PLEUS Pleusicles prithee probably procurer PSEUD Pseudolus PYRG Romans SCEL Sceledrus SCENE servant SIMO slave Sosicles speak STAS Stasimus STICH Stichus STRO Strobilus Summanus supposed sure tell THER there's things troth twenty minę TYND Tyndarus undone wife wine wish woman word
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Page 452 - When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent).
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Page 451 - And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land ? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands ? 12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
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Page 452 - And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
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Page 70 - I. bright than the rays of the sun are wont to be at the time when the sky is clear ; that when occasion comes, the battle being joined, 'mid the fierce ranks right opposite it may dazzle the eyesight of the enemy. But, I wish to console this sabre of mine, that it may not lament nor be downcast in spirits, because I have thus long been wearing it keeping holiday, which so longs right dreadfully to make havoc of the enemy.
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