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= For the play on _nolle_/_uelle_ and the thought of
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Littera sera quidem, studiis exculte Suilli, huc tua peruenit, sed mihi grata tamen, qua, pia si possit superos lenire rogando gratia, laturum te mihi dicis opem. ut iam nil praestes, animi sum factus amici 5 debitor: et meritum uelle iuuare uoco. impetus iste tuus longum modo duret in aeuum, neue malis pietas sit tua lassa meis. ius aliquod faciunt adfinia uincula nobis
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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= The word is found at _Am_ III xi 49-50 'quicquid eris, mea semper eris; tu selige tantum,/me quoque uelle uelis, _anne_ coactus amem' and _Fast_ VI 27-28 (Juno speaking) 'est aliquid nupsisse Ioui,
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Otto _uelle_ 2 cites _EP_ III iv 79 'ut desint uires,
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Cumque ab eo sanctus Keranus causam aduentus scicitaretur, respondit se uelle locum habere in quo Dominum [habere in Deo R2] secure posset seruire.
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In _Am_ I x Ovid rails against his girl because she has asked him for a present: 'nec dare, sed pretium posci dedignor et odi;/quod nego poscenti, desine uelle, dabo!'
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Lesbia, nec prae me uelle tenere louem. dilexi tum te non tantum ut uulgus amicam,
Loving and Liking 1912
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At quisquis eam inhabitare uelle desierit, pariter desinit etiam mereri.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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An tu potentem censes quem uideas uelle quod non possit efficere?
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Nam deteriora uelle nostri fuerit fortasse defectus, posse contra innocentiam, quae sceleratus quisque conceperit inspectante deo, monstri simile est.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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