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We will not bore the reader with Georgics such as ours; but if he will accept, in place of picture galleries and churches, the "quid faciat lætas segetes" of this far from miserable population, we will cheerfully take him with us in our walks.
Johnson. He produced a very long stalk of corn, as a specimen of his crop, and said, 'You see here the loetas segetes ; he added, that Virgil seemed to be as enthusiastick a farmer as he , and was certainly a practical one. JOHNSON. 'It does not always follow, my lord, that a man who has written a good poem on an art, has practised it.
He said, 'I should not have forgiven Mr Boswell, had he not brought you here, Dr Johnson. He produced a very long stalk of corn, as a specimen of his crop, and said, 'You see here the loetas segetes. He added, that Virgil seemed to be as enthusiastick a farmer as he, and was certainly a practical one.
In walking I am like a spavined horse, and heat as I get on. The flourishing plantations around me are a great argument for me to labour hard. "Barbarus has segetes?" I will write my finger-ends off first. April 29. I was always afraid, privately, that Woodstock would not stand the test.
Barbarus has segetes?” Whereupon Godscroft was persuaded of his sincerity, and at his return persuaded the Earl of Angus thereof also.’ So the plot went on, Gowrie pretending that he meant to leave the country, says his accomplice, Godscroft, while both the Court and the conspirators were uncertain as to his trimming intentions. He trimmed too long; he was taken, the plot exploded and failed.
Our halls are silent compared to last year, but let us be thankful when we think how near the chance appeared but a week since that these halls would have been ours no longer. Barbarus has segetes? Nullum numen abest, si sit prudentia. There shall be no lack of wisdom. But come il faut cultiver notre jardin. "I make a vow, And keep it true."
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