| E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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Such as end with the same word as they begin with. The following are examples: | 1 |
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| Crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecunia crescit. |
| (Greater grows the love of pelf, as pelf itself, grows greater.) |
| Ambo florentes ætatibus, Arcades ambo. |
| (Both in the spring of life, Arcadians both.) | |
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