A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Copious Explanatory Notes : by which These Difficult Satires are Rendered Easy and Familiar to the Reader, Volume 2Brett Smith and Son, Mary Street, 1820 |
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... dangers of adverse fortune ; whereas Democritus , who had them not , could set the frowns of fortune at defiance , possessing a mind which carried him above worldly cares and fears . 55. Lawful . ] Fas signifies that which is permitted ...
... dangers of adverse fortune ; whereas Democritus , who had them not , could set the frowns of fortune at defiance , possessing a mind which carried him above worldly cares and fears . 55. Lawful . ] Fas signifies that which is permitted ...
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... danger of any design against his life , by what he was capable of saying in public . 122. O fortunatam , & c . ] Mr. Dryden renders this line , 66 Fortune fore - tun'd the dying notes of Rome , Till I , thy consul sole , consol'd thy ...
... danger of any design against his life , by what he was capable of saying in public . 122. O fortunatam , & c . ] Mr. Dryden renders this line , 66 Fortune fore - tun'd the dying notes of Rome , Till I , thy consul sole , consol'd thy ...
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... danger and labour hath had From thence . So much greater is the thirst of fame than Of Virtue : for WHO EMBRACES EVEN VIRTUE ITSELF , IF YOU TAKE AWAY ITS REWARDS ? —yet formerly the glory of a few supported and conducted , while drawn ...
... danger and labour hath had From thence . So much greater is the thirst of fame than Of Virtue : for WHO EMBRACES EVEN VIRTUE ITSELF , IF YOU TAKE AWAY ITS REWARDS ? —yet formerly the glory of a few supported and conducted , while drawn ...
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... dangerous , as well as mischievous exploits . 145. Evil strength , & c . ] There was a sort of wild fig - tree , which grew about walls and other buildings , which , by spreading and running its roots under them , and shooting its ...
... dangerous , as well as mischievous exploits . 145. Evil strength , & c . ] There was a sort of wild fig - tree , which grew about walls and other buildings , which , by spreading and running its roots under them , and shooting its ...
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... dangers of the horrid rocks and precipices of the Alps ! See sat . ii . 155 , and note 2 . 166. Go , madman . ] For such wert ... danger ! 168. Pellaan youth . ] Alexander the Great , born at Pella , a city of Macedon , died of a fever ...
... dangers of the horrid rocks and precipices of the Alps ! See sat . ii . 155 , and note 2 . 166. Go , madman . ] For such wert ... danger ! 168. Pellaan youth . ] Alexander the Great , born at Pella , a city of Macedon , died of a fever ...
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Page 214 - ... quo didicisse, nisi hoc fermentum et quae semel intus innata est rupto iecore exierit caprificus?' 25 en pallor seniumque! o mores, usque adeone scire tuum nihil est nisi te scire hoc sciat alter? 'at pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier "hic est." ten cirratorum centum dictata fuisse pro nihilo pendes?
Page 270 - Quo fretus? die hoc, magni pupille Pericli. Scilicet ingenium et rerum prudentia velox Ante pilos venit, dicenda tacendaque calles. 5 Ergo ubi commota fervet plebecula bile, Fert animus calidae fecisse silentia turbae Maiestate manus. Quid deinde loquere? "Quirites, Hoc puta non iustum est, illud male, rectius illud.
Page 117 - Hast practised on man's life: close pent-up guilts, Rive your concealing continents, and cry These dreadful summoners grace.
Page 266 - Tange, miser, venas et pone in pectore dextram, ,,nil calet hie;" summosque pedes attinge manusque, ,,non frigent.
Page 36 - Virginia.] A Roman virgin exceedingly beautiful, whom her own father, to prevent her being exposed to the lust of Appius, one of the Decemviri, stabbed in the middle of the forum.
Page 250 - O miser ; inque dies ultra miser, huccine rerum. Venimus ? at cur non potius, teneroque columbo, Et similis regum pueris, pappare minutum Poscis, et iratus mammae lallare recusas ? An tali studeam calamo ? cui verba ? quid istas Succinis ambages ? tibi luditur : effluis amcns.
Page 44 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Page 214 - Intrant, et tremulo scalpuntur ubi intima versu. Tun', vetule, auriculis alienis colligis escas? Auriculis, quibus et dicas cute perditus, ohe?
Page 258 - Discite, o miseri, et causas cognoscite rerum : Quid sumus, et quidnam victuri gignimur; ordo Quis datus, aut...
Page 22 - Bithyno libeat vigilare tyranno. finem animae quae res humanas miscuit olim, non gladii, non saxa dabunt nee tela, sed ille Cannarum vindex et tanti sanguinis ultor 165 anulus. i demens et saevas curre per Alpes, ut pueris placeas et declamatio fias...