 I suppose this sum is scrap'd together For a Bride-Gift. Alack, how hard it is, That he, who is already poor, should still Throw in his mite, to swell the rich man's heap! What He scarce, ounce by ounce, from short allowance, Sorely defrauding his own...  The Comedies of Terence - Page 343by Terence - 1810 - 548 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Walsh - 1822 - 514 pages
...son, I am inform'd, has lately got a wife ; So I suppose this sum is scrapM together For a bride-gift. Alack, how hard it is, That he, who is already poor,...was got ? Geta, moreover, shall be struck for more ; Another gift, when madam's brought to bed ! — Another too, when master's birth-day's kept, And... | |
 | Titus Maccius Plautus - 1842 - 224 pages
...vix de demenso suo, Suum defrudans gemum, conpersit miser. Colman's translation is a very close one : What he scarce, ounce by ounce, from short allowance, Sorely defrauding his own appetite, Has spared, poor wretch ! — 16. Pati nequeo ; ie vivere, durare. So in Virgil, Eel. x. 53. 142. 2. Animo... | |
 | sir William Cathcart Boyd - 1844 - 502 pages
...I am inform'd, has lately got a wife ; So I suppose this sum is scrap'd together For a bride-gift. Alack, how hard it is, That he who is already poor,...was got. Geta, moreover, shall be struck for more ; Another gift when madam's brought to bed ; Another too, when master's birth-day's kept, And they... | |
 | Terence - 1857 - 968 pages
...Terence, see note on Eunuchus v. 4. 6. 7—12.] Colman has translated these lines very well : '• Alack, how hard it is That he who is already poor...allowance, Sorely defrauding his own appetite, Has spared, poor wretch! shall she sweep all at once, . Unheeding with what labour it was got." 7. Quam... | |
 | Terence - Latin drama - 1857 - 744 pages
...in Terence, see note on Eunuchus v. 4. C. 7—12.] Colman has translated these lines very well : " Alack, how hard it is That he who is already poor...by ounce, from short allowance, Sorely defrauding Ыз own appetite, Has spared, poor wreteh ! shall she sweep all at once, Unheeding with what labour... | |
 | Terence, Henry Thomas Riley - The comedies of Terence - 1872 - 626 pages
...I am inform'd, has lately got a wife : So I suppose this sum is scrap'd together For a bride-gift. Alack, how hard it is That he, who is already poor,...! shall she sweep all at once, Unheeding with what labor it was got ? Geta, moreover, shall be struck for more ; Another gift, when madam's brought to... | |
 | Terence, Henry Thomas Riley - 1887 - 638 pages
...I am inform'd, has lately got a wife : So I suppose this sum is serap'd together For a bridc-gift. Alack, how hard it is That he, who is already poor,...allowance, Sorely defrauding his own appetite, Has spar'd, ponr wretch ! shall she sweep all at once, Unheeding with what labor it was got f Geta, moreover, shall... | |
 | Terence, Henry Thomas Riley - 1892 - 650 pages
...son, I am inform'd, has lately got a wife: So I suppose this sum is scrap'd together For a bride-gift. Alack, how hard it is That he, who is already poor,...spar'd, poor wretch! shall she sweep all at once, Unheeding~with what labor it was got ? Geta, moreover, shall be struck for more ; Another gift, when... | |
 | Thomas Benfield Harbottle - Quotations - 1897 - 670 pages
...habent, Ut semper aliquid addant divitioribus ! " TERENCE. Phormio, Act I., Sc. I., 7. — (Dams.) "Alack, how hard it is That he, who is already poor, should still Throw in his mit« to swell the rich man's heap ! " — (Ôeorge Colman.) " Quam iniqui sunt patres in omnes adolescentes... | |
 | Thomas Benfield Harbottle - Quotations - 1906 - 720 pages
...habent, Ut semper aliquid addant divitioribus 1 " TERENCE. Phormio, Act L, Sc. I., 7. — (Davus.) " Alack, how hard it is That he, who is already poor,...still Throw in his mite to swell the rich man's heap ! " — (George Colman.) 1 Quam iniqui suut patres in onmes adolescentes judices I Qui aequum esse... | |
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