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But the Germans and Swiss, more gross and heavy, had not the sense to look about them, even when the blows were falling about their ears. "Haud ignarus . . . . quantum nova gloria in armis, Et praedulce decus, primo certamine possit."
For what concerns oracles, it is certain that a good while before the coming of Jesus Christ they had begun to lose their credit; for we see that Cicero troubled to find out the cause of their decay, and he has these words: "Cur isto modo jam oracula Delphis non eduntur, non modo nostro aetate, sed jam diu; ut nihil possit esse contemptius?"
Nix est glacie durata per multos annos, ita ut a sole vel igne facile dissolvi non possit.
Possit was the Church of England parson at Charlestown, at the time, and a terrible powerful man he was a real sneezer, and as ACTIVE as a weasel. Well, the boxer met him one day, a little way out of town, a-takin' of his evenin' walk, and said he, "Parson," says he, "they say you are a most a plaguy strong man and uncommon stiff too."
And now one word from the son, who could, in comparison, know so little of the matter, had almost sufficed to convert and to convince the sceptic. Why was this? Because Man believes the Strong! " Quid Virtus et quid Sapientia possit Utile proposuit nobis exemplar Ulssem." Meanwhile the object of their search, on quitting Mr.
Desmond and John joined in this hunt of the right word with enthusiasm. One evening the four boys encountered the simple sentence "majoris pretii quam quod aestimari possit." "'Priceless' 'll cover that," said Caesar. "Or 'inesteemable," said the Demon. The three other boys stared at the Demon, and then at each other. The Caterpillar, something of a purist in his way, drawled out
'When they get fairly stumped, and you produce a text that they can't get over, nor get round, why they say "It ain't in our varsion at all; that's an interpolation, it's an invention of them 'ere everlastin' monks;" there's nothin' left for you to do with them, but to sarve them as Parson Possit detailed the boxer lay right hold of 'em, and chuck 'em over the fence, even if they were as big as all out doors.
Ita fit ut commutatio ex vero in falsum, ne in futuro quidem ulla fieri possit."
Speaking of the justness of your cause, he called to his remembrance the thing which he told me two years past; which was, that the opinion of the lawyers was more certain, favourable, and helping to your cause than the opinion of the divines; for he said that as far as he could perceive, the lawyers, though they held quod Papa possit dispensare in this case, yet they commonly do agree quod hoc fieri debeat ex maximâ causâ, adhibitâ causæ cognitione, which in this case doth not appear; and he said, that to come to the truth herein he had used all diligence possible, and enquired the opinion of learned men, being of fame and indifferency both in the court here and in other places.
Furens quid faemina possit, he had more particular reasons to apprehend the rage of a lady who had given so strong an instance how far she could carry her revenge. She had already sent a chairman to his lodgings with a positive command not to return without an answer to her letter.
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