A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius, Volume 1editor, 1789 - Satire, Latin |
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... Set you afide , fupplant you in the good graces of Teftators . Who earn laft wills , & c . ] Who procure wills to be made in their favour . - The poet here fatirizes the lewd and indecent practices of certain rich old women at Rome ...
... Set you afide , fupplant you in the good graces of Teftators . Who earn laft wills , & c . ] Who procure wills to be made in their favour . - The poet here fatirizes the lewd and indecent practices of certain rich old women at Rome ...
Page 36
... Lucilius , and this , most feverely , by name . See note on Perf . Sat. i . 1. 115 . Lucilius feared no bad confequences of this , in thofe days of liberty . 155. Set ALL VICE IS AT THE HEIGHT . Ufe fails , 36 SAT . I. JUVENALIS SATIREÆ .
... Lucilius , and this , most feverely , by name . See note on Perf . Sat. i . 1. 115 . Lucilius feared no bad confequences of this , in thofe days of liberty . 155. Set ALL VICE IS AT THE HEIGHT . Ufe fails , 36 SAT . I. JUVENALIS SATIREÆ .
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... Set down Tigellinus , and you will fhine in that torch , 155 " In which standing they burn , who with fixed throat smoke ; " And you draw out a wide furrow in the midst of sand .. 155. Set down Tigellinus . ] i . e . Expofe him as an ...
... Set down Tigellinus , and you will fhine in that torch , 155 " In which standing they burn , who with fixed throat smoke ; " And you draw out a wide furrow in the midst of sand .. 155. Set down Tigellinus . ] i . e . Expofe him as an ...
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... set bles of profcription , or outlawry , by which many thousand Ro- mans were put to death in cold blood . 28. Three difciples . ] There were two triumvirates , the one confifting of Cæfar , Pompey , and Craffus , the other of Auguftus ...
... set bles of profcription , or outlawry , by which many thousand Ro- mans were put to death in cold blood . 28. Three difciples . ] There were two triumvirates , the one confifting of Cæfar , Pompey , and Craffus , the other of Auguftus ...
Page 103
... Set his name before mine , as a witness to any deed , & c . which we may be called upon to fign . 82. Supported by a better couch , & c . ] The Romans lay on couches at their convivial entertainments - thefe couches were ornamented more ...
... Set his name before mine , as a witness to any deed , & c . which we may be called upon to fign . 82. Supported by a better couch , & c . ] The Romans lay on couches at their convivial entertainments - thefe couches were ornamented more ...
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