A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Explanatory Notes in which These Difficult Satirists are Rendered Easy and Familiar to the Reader, Volume 2N. Bliss, R. Bliss, and R. Bliss, Jun., 1807 |
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... given him , speaks , as if he intended to repay them in kind , by writing and reciting his verses , as they had done theirs . Sat. vii . 1. 40-4 . PERSIUS , prolog . 1. 7. HOR . lib . I. sat . iv . 1. 73 , 4 . 2. Theseis . ] A poem , of ...
... given him , speaks , as if he intended to repay them in kind , by writing and reciting his verses , as they had done theirs . Sat. vii . 1. 40-4 . PERSIUS , prolog . 1. 7. HOR . lib . I. sat . iv . 1. 73 , 4 . 2. Theseis . ] A poem , of ...
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... given counsel to Sylla , that , a private man , soundly He should sleep . It is a foolish clemency , when every where so many Poets you may meet , to spare paper , that will perish . But why it should please me rather to run along in ...
... given counsel to Sylla , that , a private man , soundly He should sleep . It is a foolish clemency , when every where so many Poets you may meet , to spare paper , that will perish . But why it should please me rather to run along in ...
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... given to the Africans ; and , besides this , Marius - had reserved sufficient to maintain himself in a luxurious manner . See above , note on I. 47 , 8 . 51. Worthy the Venusinian lamp ? ] i . e . The pen of Horace him- self ? This ...
... given to the Africans ; and , besides this , Marius - had reserved sufficient to maintain himself in a luxurious manner . See above , note on I. 47 , 8 . 51. Worthy the Venusinian lamp ? ] i . e . The pen of Horace him- self ? This ...
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... given to them .. Taught to look upon the ceiling . ] As inobservant of his wife's infamy then transacting before him - this he was well skilled in . See HOR . lib . III . od . vi . 1. 25-32 . 57. At a cup , & c . ] Another device was to ...
... given to them .. Taught to look upon the ceiling . ] As inobservant of his wife's infamy then transacting before him - this he was well skilled in . See HOR . lib . III . od . vi . 1. 25-32 . 57. At a cup , & c . ] Another device was to ...
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... given his estate to stables . ] i . e . Has squandered away all his patrimony in breeding and keeping horses . Præsepe some- times means - a cell , stews , or brothel . Perhaps , this may be the sense here , and the poet may mean , that ...
... given his estate to stables . ] i . e . Has squandered away all his patrimony in breeding and keeping horses . Præsepe some- times means - a cell , stews , or brothel . Perhaps , this may be the sense here , and the poet may mean , that ...
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