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To: jbe who wrote (73719)2/2/2000 2:54:00 PM
From: Zoltan!  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
I believe you are correct. I must have a thing for dip-hthongs.<g> The true ones of classical Latin.

I think I remember some of the rest from the Aeneid.



To: jbe who wrote (73719)2/2/2000 9:45:00 PM
From: nihil  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
You're right, as usual. Of course, I prefer this part, for obvious reasons:

Nam quod vobis iste tantum modo improbus, crudelis, olim
furunculus, nunc vero etiam rapax, quod sordidus, quod contumax, quod
superbus, quod fallax, quod perfidiosus, quod impudens, quod audax esse
videatur, nihil scitote esse luxuriosius, nihil libidinosius, nihil protervius,
nihil nequius. Luxuriem autem nolite in isto hanc cogitare. Est enim
quaedam quae, quamquam omnis est vitiosa atque turpis, est tamen
ingenuo ac libero dignior. Nihil apud hunc lautum, nihil elegans, nihil
exquisitum - laudabo inimicum - quin ne magno opere quidem quicquam
praeter libidines sumptuosum.