Original Views of Passages in the Life and Writings of the Poet-philosopher of Venusia: With which is Combined an Illustration of the Suitability of the Ancient Epic and Lyric Styles to Modern Subjects of National and General InterestHodges and Smith, 1851 - 245 pages |
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... amount of the thoughts and practices of men should originate in constant sources , should be familiar to the intelligence of communities in general , and should be transmissible in their virtual history through successive ages . Hence ...
... amount of the thoughts and practices of men should originate in constant sources , should be familiar to the intelligence of communities in general , and should be transmissible in their virtual history through successive ages . Hence ...
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... amount at most to this , that the subjunctive after quia is not so necessary as after quod . But this assumes the meaning — for it may not be denied that both words , as occasion requires , qua- lify both indicative and subjunctive ...
... amount at most to this , that the subjunctive after quia is not so necessary as after quod . But this assumes the meaning — for it may not be denied that both words , as occasion requires , qua- lify both indicative and subjunctive ...
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... amount of the detached pieces by which alone it is conceivable that he could then have attracted notice in any degree , and which are probably now scattered throughout his works ( for we hear nothing of any works of Horace being lost ) ...
... amount of the detached pieces by which alone it is conceivable that he could then have attracted notice in any degree , and which are probably now scattered throughout his works ( for we hear nothing of any works of Horace being lost ) ...
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... amount merely to this : that Horace did not yield to any extraordinary in- dividual panic : that he fled in company . But , waving arguments which rest on results and the contingencies of battle , reflection employed about the real ...
... amount merely to this : that Horace did not yield to any extraordinary in- dividual panic : that he fled in company . But , waving arguments which rest on results and the contingencies of battle , reflection employed about the real ...
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... amount to positive disabilities ; -to whichsoever of these spontaneous evidences of mental bias we turn our view , the sup- position of his having ever pretended to or obtained command over a large integral section of a highly ...
... amount to positive disabilities ; -to whichsoever of these spontaneous evidences of mental bias we turn our view , the sup- position of his having ever pretended to or obtained command over a large integral section of a highly ...
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admitted alluded allusion ancient apodosis appear application argument army associations Athenian schools Athens ATQUE battle of Philippi borrowed Brutus Cæsar CARM character Cicero circumstances classical clause Colchi command commentators connexion construction context convey convictor derivable EPIS Epistles evidently expression fact favour former Greek Horace Horace's illustration imply infer instance Julius Cæsar Juvenal language Latin Latin language latter legion less Livy Mæcenas meaning merely mihi military tribune Milman modes moral nature neral notion observed Orellius original parties passage phrase poet poet-philosopher Polybius preceding present principle probably proposition protasis quæ question quia quid quod reader reference remark respecting Roman Roman legion Satire seems sense sentence sentiment sibi statement subjunctive Suetonius suggested supposed supposition tempora term tibi Tigellius tion tive Trans Tribunus Militum true VAPPA Venusia verb vereor verse viator whole words writer Zeugma Zumpt καὶ
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Page 202 - Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Page 158 - Discunt in partes centum diducere. Dicat Filius Albini, Si de quincunce remota est Uncia, quid superat ? Poteras dixisse. Triens. Eu ! Rem poteris servare tuam. Redit uncia, quid fit ? Semis.
Page 221 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Page 17 - Again returned the scenes of youth, Of confident undoubting truth ; Again his soul he interchanged With friends whose hearts were long estranged. They come, in dim procession led, The cold, the faithless, and the dead ; As warm each hand, each brow as gay, As if they parted yesterday.
Page 184 - Apulicum, si figit adamantinos summis verticibus dira Necessitas clavos, non animum metu, non mortis laqueis expedies caput.
Page 113 - Bacche ! modo summa Voce, modo hac resonat quae chordis quattuor ima. Nil aequale homini fuit ffli ; saepe velut qui Currebat fugiens hostem, persaepe velut qui 10 Junonis sacra ferret ; habebat saepe ducentos, Saepe decem servos ; modo reges atque tetrarchas, Omnia magna loquens ; modo, " Sit mihi mensa tripes et Concha salis puri et toga quae defendere frigus Quamvis crassa queat.
Page 205 - Instar veris enim vultus ubi tuus Affulsit populo, gratior it dies Et soles melius nitent. Ut mater...
Page 111 - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 113 - Tigellius hoc : Caesar, qui cogere posset, Si peteret per amicitiam patris, atque suam, non Quidquam proficeret : si collibuisset, ab ovo Usque ad mala citaret, lo Bacche...
Page 69 - Sat. i. 6. 48. In battle, a tribune seems to have had the charge of ten centuries, or about a thousand men ; hence called in Greek, ^iXiap^oj, vel ->jf.