virginibus puerisque

[wir-gin-i-boos poo-er-ees-kwe, ver-jin-uh-buhs pyoo-uh-ris-kwee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Latin.

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Where is the man among us who could write another "Virginibus Puerisque," the most delightful volume for the hammock ever sung in prose?

It is a work of rare beauty, and, we may add, of profound moral truth, albeit not written precisely virginibus puerisque.

Two more books which she learned to love now were "Sesame and Lilies" and "Virginibus Puerisque."

I have taken the third counsel from the Irish version, as the original is not suited virginibus puerisque though harmless enough in itself.

A young man, we think, should certainly go slow if she does not like An Inland Voyage, or Virginibus Puerisque, or The Ebb Tide or Sentimental Tommy.

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