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"Leviter curare videtur Quo promissa caadant et somnia Pythagorea." At the same time he studied the Epicurean system, and in particular, the doctrines of Euhemerus, whose work on the origin of the gods he translated. His denial of Divine Providence is well known "Ego deum genus esse dixi et dicam semper caelitum: Sed eos non curare opinor quid agat humanum genus.

So was I formerly minded; and if I heard anybody speak either of ghosts coming back, or of the prophecy of coming things, of spells, of witchcraft, or of any other tale I could not digest Somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, Nocturnos lemures, portentaque Thessala I felt a kind of compassion for the poor people who were made the victims of such follies.

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He was passing the days in these crazy fancies, and vana somnia, whilst the army was singing "Te Deum" for the victory, and those famous festivities were taking place at which our Duke, now made a Prince of the Empire, was entertained by the King of the Romans and his nobility.

The wise for cure on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend. No. 117. Ipsi sibi somnia fingunt. VIRG. Ecl. viii. ver. 108. Their own imaginations they deceive. There are some opinions in which a man should stand neuter, without engaging his assent to one side or the other.

He hesitated to blow out his candle, uneasy at the darkness which seemed to him inhabited, full of ambushes and threats. He decided at last to extinguish it, and repeated the stanza he had already heard sung that evening in chapel: Procul recedant somnia Et noctium phantasmata, Hostemque nostrum comprime, Ne polluantur corpora.

In like manner, at the same time that men take delight in vice, there springs in the conscience a displeasure that afflicts us sleeping and waking with various tormenting imaginations: "Quippe ubi se multi, per somnia saepe loquentes, Aut morbo delirantes, protraxe ferantur, Et celata diu in medium peccata dedisse."

I was myself once one of those; and if I heard talk of dead folks walking, of prophecies, enchantments, witchcrafts, or any other story I had no mind to believe: "Somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, Nocturnos lemures, portentaque Thessala," Horace. I presently pitied the poor people that were abused by these follies.

"Why, what book is it?" said Bletson, his pale cheek colouring with the shame of detection. "Oh! the Bible!" throwing it down contemptuously; "some book of my fellow Gibeon's; these Jews have been always superstitious ever since Juvenal's time, thou knowest "'Qualiacunque voles Judaei somnia vendunt. "He left me the old book for a spell, I warrant you; for 'tis a well-meaning fool."