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Thus, in the character of Achilles, it would be difficult to find a single good quality; he is "impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer," and
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810
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And thus were our Theatrical Affairs frequently disconcerted by this irascible Commander, this Achilles of our Confederacy, who, I may be bold to say, came very little short of the Spirit Horace gives to that Hero in his -- Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer.
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume II 1889
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Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer; which, 'he continued,' has been thus rendered (vernacularly) by Struan Robertson: --
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer; which, 'he continued,' has been thus rendered (vernacularly) by Struan Robertson: --
Waverley — Volume 2 Walter Scott 1801
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Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer; which, 'he continued,' has been thus rendered (vernacularly) by Struan Robertson: --
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer, was the portrait of the most illustrious hero drawn by one of the first poets of antiquity.
A View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion. 1704-1787 1799
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Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer, was the portrait of the most illustrious Hero, drawn by one of the first poets of antiquity: To all these admired qualities, those of a true Christian are an exact contrast; for this religion constantly injoins poorness of spirit, meekness, patience, and forgiveness of injuries.
A View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion. 1704-1787 1776
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The very heroes show their authors; Achilles is hot, impatient, revengeful -- _impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer, _ &c.
The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes John Dryden 1665
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Nil facis; ufque volabit inexorabilis aetasy Canitiemque caput fendet atque rugasr
The Works of the English Poets.: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical 1779
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He alone defeats the entreaties of Jocasta [563] and launches the hosts of Argos into battle; and when his own doom is come, he dies as he had lived, _impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis_; he has no thought for himself; he cares nought for due burial (viii.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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