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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[1175] Malitiosi et astuti.
[1176] Malitia, roguery. The word properly signifies some legal trick by which the ends of justice are frustrated, though the letter of the law is not broken.
[1177] Umbratico et imaginario præceptori.
[1178] De Officiis, ii. 18.
[1179] Munera. The same word is used for “shows,” as of gladiators, or contests of wild beasts, exhibited to the people.
[1180] i.e., children.
[1181] Operationis.
[1182] Quasi odore quodam veritatis. The word “odor” is sometimes used to express “a presentiment” or “suspicion.”
[1183] [Gen. xlix. 29-31; Mark xiv. 8, 9.]
[1184] [Ennius; also in Cicero, De Offic., i. cap. 16]
[1186] In aram Dei. Others read “arcam,” the chest.
[1187] i.e., “gladiators purchased from a trainer for the gratification of the people.”
[1188] Bestiarios: men who fought with beasts in the amphitheatre.
[1189] [Matt. xviii. 21-35. Exposition of vi. 14.]
Chap. XIII.—Of Repentance, of Mercy, and the Forgiveness of Sins.
[1191] In cogitationem. Others read “cogitatione.”
[1192] Lapsos. [All this shows the need of an Augustine.]
[1193] Temporariæ. [Admirable so far as our author goes.]
[1194] Contrahetur.
Chap. XV.—Of the Affections, and the Opinion of the Peripatetics Respecting Them.
[1195] [After fifteen centuries, physicians know as little about the spleen as ever. See Dunglison, Med. Dict., sub voce “spleen.”]
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