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  • _Tr_ III vi 36, III xi 33 & IV iii 58, and Prop III xxiv 12 'naufragus

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • Nulla dies adeo est australibus umida nimbis non intermissis ut fluat imber aquis, nec sterilis locus ullus ita est ut non sit in illo mixta fere duris utilis herba rubis; nil adeo Fortuna grauis miserabile fecit 5 ut minuant nulla gaudia parte malum. ecce domo patriaque carens oculisque meorum, naufragus in Getici litoris actus aquas, qua tamen inueni uultum diffundere causam possim fortunae nec meminisse meae.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • Satyrus, [130] Ambrosii germanus frater, qui tremendam illam hostiam circum se gestans in orario, naufragus insiliit in

    Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities Edmund Campion 1560

  • Men 'moveat quippe, & cantet fi naufragus, affem Protulcrim? cantas, cum frafta tc in trabe piSum

    A. Persii Flacci et Dec. Jun. Juvenalis satirae: Ad optimas editiones ... Persius, Juvenal , Sulpicia, C . Lucilius, Gaius Lucilius, Johann August Ernesti, Societas Bipontina, Johann Albert Fabricius 1785

  • by naufragus on Wed May 31, 2006 at 04:38:38 PM PDT

    Firedoglake » Welcome To the Blogosphere, Ned 2006

  • Varronemque fuga magnum? quid dicere prosit accepisse iugum uictae Carthaginis arces, 40 sperantem Hannibalem nostris cecidisse catenis consilium regni furtiua morte luisse? adde etiam uiris Italas Romamque suismet pugnantem membris, adice et ciuilia bella et Cinnam in Mario Mariumque in carcere uictum: 45 quod consul totiens exsul, quod de exsule consul adiacuit Libycis compar iactura ruinis eque crepidinibus cepit Carthaginis urbem. hoc nisi fata darent, numquam fortuna tulisset. quis te Niliaco periturum litore, Magne, 50 post uictas Mithridatis opes pelagusque receptum et tris emenso meritos ex orbe triumphos, crederet, ut corpus sepeliret naufragus ignis, eiectaeque rogum facerent fragmenta carinae? quis tantum mutare potest sine numine fati?

    The Rule of Fate 1912

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