distich

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Hence such sayings as the "Tota jacet Babylon" of the distich.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

Various have been the remedial means proposed in this terrific malady, and preservatives against it have been recorded in the following distich: Hæc tria labificum tollunt adverbia pestem; Mox, longè, tardè,—cede, recede, redi.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Furnished with the English letters corresponding to these symbols, one may, if sufficiently curious, translate each distich as one finds it.

From A West Country Pilgrimage by Phillpots, Eden

"The following distich," he added, "should now become your motto: "Inveni portum.

From The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. III (of VI), "The Eternal Quest" The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings by Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de

In the seven remaining epodes Horace has diversified the measures, while retaining the general character of the distich.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various