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3.24.

ipse, etc., i.e. and so they could count on him for a powerful ally. — non esse dubium quin, there was no doubt (he said) that: here esse is infin. of indir. disc.; for the construction of quin, see § 558. a (319. d); B. 284. 3; G. 555; H. 595. 1 (504. 3. 2.); H-B. 521. 3. b For purposes of analysis we may consider the quin clause a, subject of esse, and dubium as a predicate adjective in the neuter to agree with the subject.


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