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In the Latin edition of Caecilius, this conversation, so elegant in its simplicity, is converted into the following uncouth dialogue: -Sed tua morosane uxor quaeso est? Ua! rogas? Qui tandem? Taedet rientionis, quae mihi Ubi domum adveni ac sedi, extemplo savium Dat jejuna anima. Nil peccat de savio: Ut devomas volt, quod foris polaveris. III. XIII. Increase of Amusements
Thus far I spoke in colons; and afterwards by commas; and then returned to the colon, in "Testes dare volumus," "We are willing to produce our witnesses." This was succeeded by the following period, consisting of two colons, which is the shortest that can be formed, "Quem, quaeso, nostrum sesellit ita vos esse facturos?"
Sinite, quaeso, sinite, viri impii, quo me fata vocant abire; nec ultra vanis vestris interpellationibus obtundatis, memores veteris illius adagii, quo venter famelicus auriculis carere dicitur. Well, my friend, said Pantagruel, but cannot you speak French? That I can do, sir, very well, said the companion, God be thanked.
That theory of Sir George Cornewall Lewis cannot then be accepted; there being nothing, for the leading reason given by him, that should induce us to question the accuracy of history as regards the Roman monarchy. Hunc lege quaeso librum, quem condidit ore disertus, Et Latiae linguae Poggius ipse decus. BEBELIUS. Utilissimus Liber.
In no poet, not even in Burns, is simple, natural emotion more naturally expressed. If we cannot praise the character of the man, we must admire the graceful poet. Nothing can give a truer picture of affection than the following tender and exquisitely musical lines: "Non ego laudari curo: mea Delia, tecum Dummodo sim quaeso segnis inersque vocer.
Quaeso, sc. deos. Though fortune is spoken of below, as controlling the destiny of nations. This passage shows clearly that Tacitus, with all his partiality for German manners and morals, still retains the heart of a Roman patriot. He loves his country with all her faults, and bears no good-will to her enemies, however many and great their virtues.
Maneat, quaeso, duretque gentibus, si non amor nostri, at certe odium sui: quando, urgentibus imperii fatis, nihil jam praestare fortuna majus potest, quam hostium discordiam. XXXIV. Angrivarios et Chamavos a tergo Dulgibini et Chasuarii cludunt aliaeque gentes, haud perinde memoratae. A fronte Frisii excipiunt.
At last comes the conclusion, but one made up of two members, than which nothing can be more concise: "Quem, quaeso, nostrûm fefellit, ita vos esse facturos?"
"Nothing, but that Downing Street has turned into Parnassus. The astounding fact is, that Grenville has teemed, and, as the fruits of the long vacation, has produced a Latin epigram. 'Veris risit Amor roses caducas: Cui Ver "Vane puer, tuine flores, Quaeso, perpetuum manent in aevum?" The prince laughed.