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Author: latin-ancient
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English[en]
"Not only, they said, ""were there the usual harvests, and the gold of the mine with its alloy, but the earth now teemed with a new abundance, and wealth was thrust on them by the bounty of the gods."" These and other servile flatteries they invented, with consummate eloquence and equal sycophancy, confidently counting on the facility of his belief."
Latin[la]
non enim solitas tantum fruges nec confusum metallis aurum gigni, sed nova ubertate provenire terram et obvias opes deferre deos, quaeque alia summa facundia nec minore adulatione servilia fingebant, securi de facilitate credentis.