A new and literal translation of Juvenal and Persius; with notes by M. Madan. [2 issues].Brett Smith and son, 1813 |
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... chief of Satirists . ‡ Ammianus Marcellinus says , that some who did detest learn- ing , did , notwithstanding , in their most profound retiredness , diligently employ themselves in his works . The attentive reader of Juvenal may see ...
... chief of Satirists . ‡ Ammianus Marcellinus says , that some who did detest learn- ing , did , notwithstanding , in their most profound retiredness , diligently employ themselves in his works . The attentive reader of Juvenal may see ...
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... chief instrument of gaming - put here for gaming ΜΕΤΟΝ . 89. These spirits . ] Animus signifies spirit or courage ; and in this sense we are to understand it here . As if the poet said , when was gaming so encouraged ? or when had games ...
... chief instrument of gaming - put here for gaming ΜΕΤΟΝ . 89. These spirits . ] Animus signifies spirit or courage ; and in this sense we are to understand it here . As if the poet said , when was gaming so encouraged ? or when had games ...
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... chief magistrate , something like the lord - mayor of London - He was called Prætor Urbanus , and had power to judge matters of law be- tween citizen and citizen . This seems to be the officer here meant- but for a further account of ...
... chief magistrate , something like the lord - mayor of London - He was called Prætor Urbanus , and had power to judge matters of law be- tween citizen and citizen . This seems to be the officer here meant- but for a further account of ...
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... chief promoter of his banishment . This Clodius was a most debauched and profli- gate person He debauched Pompeia the wife of Cæsar , and like- wise his own sister . Soon after Cicero's return , Clodius was slain by Milo , and his body ...
... chief promoter of his banishment . This Clodius was a most debauched and profli- gate person He debauched Pompeia the wife of Cæsar , and like- wise his own sister . Soon after Cicero's return , Clodius was slain by Milo , and his body ...
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... chiefs . Juvenal seems to insinuate , that this wretch rejoiced as much in being possessed of Otho's mirror , taken ... chief , in a civil war , wherein no less than the pos up : Another holds a looking glass , the bearing 54 SAT . II ...
... chiefs . Juvenal seems to insinuate , that this wretch rejoiced as much in being possessed of Otho's mirror , taken ... chief , in a civil war , wherein no less than the pos up : Another holds a looking glass , the bearing 54 SAT . II ...
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Page 361 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 148 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly god in triumph comes; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums...
Page vi - Poets, Horace, Juvenal, and Persius, may contribute wonderfully to give a man a detestation of vice, and a contempt of the common methods of mankind; which they have set out in such true colours, that they must give a very generous sense to those who delight in reading them often. Persius his second satyr may well pass for one of the best lectures in divinity.
Page 86 - Esquilias dictumque petunt a vimine collem, viscera magnarum domuum dominique futuri. ingenium velox, audacia perdita, sermo promptus et Isaeo torrentior. ede, quid ilium esse putes? quemvis hominem secum attulit ad nos: 75 grammaticus rhetor geometres pictor aliptes augur schoenobates medicus magus, omnia novit Graeculus esuriens: in caelum, iusseris, ibit.
Page 28 - ... poena tamen praesens, cum tu deponis amictus turgidus et crudum pavonem in balnea portas.
Page 23 - If a numeral noun agree in number, case, and gender, with sestertius, then it denotes so many sestertii — as decem sestertii. Secondly : If a numeral noun of another case be joined with the genitive plural of sestertius it denotes so many thousand, as decem ses tertinm signifies 10,000 sestertii.
Page 216 - Labente officio, crudis donanda : nee illud, Quod prima pro nocte datur ; cum lance beata Dacicus, et scripto radiat Germanicus auro. Si tibi simplicitas uxoria, deditus uni 205 Est animus : submitte caput cervice parata Ferre jugum : nullam invenies, quae parcat amanti.
Page 63 - Manes, et subterranea regna, Et contum, et Stygio ranas in gurgite nigras, Atque una transire vadum tot millia cymba, Nee pueri credunt, nisi qui nondum aere lavantur.