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Page vii
... hand , I had long been of opinion that an edition of Pro- pertius , adapted to the ordinary requirements of English Students , * would be acceptable to many ; and that it was a reproach to the scholarship of this country that one of the ...
... hand , I had long been of opinion that an edition of Pro- pertius , adapted to the ordinary requirements of English Students , * would be acceptable to many ; and that it was a reproach to the scholarship of this country that one of the ...
Page viii
Sextus Propertius. in the hands of the young any writings which have a tendency to corrupt . Now it would be vain to deny , that the misuse of these amatory elegies might prove highly prejudicial to the morals of youth . To this fact ...
Sextus Propertius. in the hands of the young any writings which have a tendency to corrupt . Now it would be vain to deny , that the misuse of these amatory elegies might prove highly prejudicial to the morals of youth . To this fact ...
Page ix
... hands of youth , I know not how an exception could reasonably be made in dis- favour of Propertius . But , if he is to be read at all , it is of course advisable that a correct text should be used , and that his meaning should be ...
... hands of youth , I know not how an exception could reasonably be made in dis- favour of Propertius . But , if he is to be read at all , it is of course advisable that a correct text should be used , and that his meaning should be ...
Page xxi
... hand and almost reckless versification of Propertius . With regard to orthography , I entirely agree with those who think that the best MSS . should be followed , where there is anything like consent in a certain form of a word , and ...
... hand and almost reckless versification of Propertius . With regard to orthography , I entirely agree with those who think that the best MSS . should be followed , where there is anything like consent in a certain form of a word , and ...
Page xxiii
... hand remember , that the stage on which the former acted their part in history was an insignificant corner of the world — a mere pro- montory of an inland sea , with its opposite coast and intervening islands ; while the other nation ...
... hand remember , that the stage on which the former acted their part in history was an insignificant corner of the world — a mere pro- montory of an inland sea , with its opposite coast and intervening islands ; while the other nation ...
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alluded amore amoris Apollodor aqua arma Atque Barth and Kuinoel berg Cæsar caput castra Compare conjecture copies correction Cybele Cynthia deos dicere distich edition editors elegy equis erat erit Esch etiam explains fata fuit Gallus Greek Gron Groning hæc Heinsius Hertz Hertzberg ignes illa inter ipsa ipse Jacob and Hertzberg Jacob reads Jovis Juvenal Kuinoel give Lach Lachmann Latin lecto licet litora longa manus means meis mihi modo Naples nobis noctes nulla nunc omnes ossa Ovid passage pedes perhaps poem poet probably Propertius Pucci puella quæ Quæst quam quamvis quid quis quod quoque quotes reading Rheg Roman Rome sacra sæpe says Scaliger seems semper sense signa sine sive Strabo sunt tamen Tarpeia tibi Tibullus Tibur tion tuæ tuis turba unda verba verse Virg vulgate word δὲ καὶ τὴν τοῦ
Popular passages
Page 6 - Nec sinere in propriis membra nitere bonis? Crede mihi, non ulla tuae est medicina figurae: Nudus Amor formae non amat artificem.
Page 17 - Fortuna iacere, 25 hanc animam extremae reddere nequitiae. multi longinquo periere in amore libenter, in quorum numero me quoque terra tegat. non ego sum laudi, non natus idoneus armis : hanc me militiam fata subire volunt.
Page 89 - QUICUMQUE ille fuit, puerum qui pinxit Amorem, nonne putas miras hunc habuisse manus? is primum vidit sine sensu vivere amantes, et levibus curis magna perire bona. idem non frustra ventosas addidit alas, 5 fecit et humano corde volare deum: scilicet alterna quoniam iactamur in unda, nostraque non ullis permanet aura locis.
Page 223 - Nox media, et dominae mihi uenit epistula nostrae: Tibure me missa iussit adesse mora, candida qua geminas ostendunt culmina turres, et cadit in patulos nympha Aniena lacus.
Page 9 - Andromede; nec minus assiduis Edonis fessa choreis qualis in herboso concidit Apidano: talis visa mihi mollem spirare quietem Cynthia non certis nixa caput manibus, ebria cum multo traherem vestigia Baccho, et quaterent sera nocte facem pueri.
Page 45 - HAEC certe deserta loca et taciturna querenti, et vacuum Zephyri possidet aura nemus. hic licet occultos proferre impune dolores, si modo sola queant saxa tenere fidem.
Page 168 - Musa triumphat equis, 10 et mecum in curru parvi vectantur Amores, scriptorumque meas turba secuta rotas. quid frustra missis in me certatis habenis ? non datur ad Musas currere lata via.
Page 250 - Non posse ad patrios sua pila referre Penates : Nempe meam firmant nunc duo busta fidem. Quippe Lupercus, equi dum saucia protegit ora, Heu sibi prolapso non bene cavit equo : Gallus at, in castris dum credita signa tuetur, 95 Concidit ante aquilae rostra cruenta suae.
Page 35 - Caucasus arboribus ; non tamen ista meo valeant contendere amori : nescit Amor magnis cedere divitiis. nam sive optatam mecum trahit illa quietem, seu facili totum ducit amore diem...
Page 90 - ... deum: scilicet alterna quoniam iactamur in unda, nostraque non ullis permanet aura locis. et merito hamatis manus est armata sagittis...