To: King Prout
atqui sciebat quae sibi barbarus tortor pareret... From Regulus, by Horace. I really had to hunt for a good translation:
Yet well he knew what things were being prepared for him at the hands of the tormenters ...
212 posted on
08/23/2003 11:38:37 AM PDT by
PatrickHenry
(Hic amor, haec patria est.)
To: PatrickHenry
tormented placemarker
To: PatrickHenry
DING!
Thank you for NOT using Connington's "well witting" - that always struck me as a little limp-wristed.
I used to be able to recite this poem in its entirety in proper meter and accent.
Now I can remember mere snippets.
*sniff* see what lack of practice does?
It seemed appropriate.
224 posted on
08/24/2003 10:21:04 AM PDT by
King Prout
(people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
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