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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... vice and folly , he addict- ed himself to writing Satire : but , having said something ( sat . vii . 1. 88-92 . ) which was deemed a reflection on Paris the actor , a minion of Domitian's , he was banished into Ægypt , at * eighty years ...
... vice and folly , he addict- ed himself to writing Satire : but , having said something ( sat . vii . 1. 88-92 . ) which was deemed a reflection on Paris the actor , a minion of Domitian's , he was banished into Ægypt , at * eighty years ...
Page iv
... Vice in every shape . 66 As a writer , his style is unrivalled , in point of elegance and beauty , by any Satirist that we are acquainted with , Horace not excepted . The plainness of his expressions are derived from the honesty and ...
... Vice in every shape . 66 As a writer , his style is unrivalled , in point of elegance and beauty , by any Satirist that we are acquainted with , Horace not excepted . The plainness of his expressions are derived from the honesty and ...
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... vice , and so influenced with a de- sire to reform it , as to make him , according to . the light he had , a severe and able reprover , a powerful and diligent witness against the vices and follies of the people among which he lived ...
... vice , and so influenced with a de- sire to reform it , as to make him , according to . the light he had , a severe and able reprover , a powerful and diligent witness against the vices and follies of the people among which he lived ...
Page vi
... 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 .. " Past . Care , c . vii . 66 This ...
... 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 .. " Past . Care , c . vii . 66 This ...
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... vice itself , however sancti- fied by custom , or dignified by the examples of the great . SHALL I always be only a hearer ? -shall I never repay , Who am teiz'd so often with the Theseis of hoarse Codrus ? Shall one ( poet ) recite his ...
... vice itself , however sancti- fied by custom , or dignified by the examples of the great . SHALL I always be only a hearer ? -shall I never repay , Who am teiz'd so often with the Theseis of hoarse Codrus ? Shall one ( poet ) recite his ...
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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.
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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.
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