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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... taken from the chariot - races in the Campus Martius . IMAG 20. The great pupil of Aurunca , & c . ] Lucilius , the first and most famous Roman satirist , born at Aurunca , an ancient city of Latium , in Italy . TTSO He means- -Perhaps ...
... taken from the chariot - races in the Campus Martius . IMAG 20. The great pupil of Aurunca , & c . ] Lucilius , the first and most famous Roman satirist , born at Aurunca , an ancient city of Latium , in Italy . TTSO He means- -Perhaps ...
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... taken notice of , as a person of consequence , at Rome . A se- vere reflection on certain favourites of the emperor , who , by being informers , and by other scandalous actions , had enriched themselves . Probity is praised , & c ...
... taken notice of , as a person of consequence , at Rome . A se- vere reflection on certain favourites of the emperor , who , by being informers , and by other scandalous actions , had enriched themselves . Probity is praised , & c ...
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... taken from them by great people ? · From hence . ] i . e . By what they receive from the dole - basket . A shoe . ] Shoes to their feet - as we say . 120. Smoke of the house . ] Wood , or other fewel for firing - or firing , as we say ...
... taken from them by great people ? · From hence . ] i . e . By what they receive from the dole - basket . A shoe . ] Shoes to their feet - as we say . 120. Smoke of the house . ] Wood , or other fewel for firing - or firing , as we say ...
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... taken from sailors , who , when they have a fair wind , spread open their sails as much as they can . The poet here insinuates , that there is now a fair oppor- tunity for satire to display all its powers . 150-1 . Whence is there ...
... taken from sailors , who , when they have a fair wind , spread open their sails as much as they can . The poet here insinuates , that there is now a fair oppor- tunity for satire to display all its powers . 150-1 . Whence is there ...
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... taken from matching or pairing gladiators , or others , in single combat . Martial says : Why do Cum JUVENALE meo cur me committere tentas ? you endeavour to match me with my friend Juvenal ? " i . e . in a poetical contest with him ...
... taken from matching or pairing gladiators , or others , in single combat . Martial says : Why do Cum JUVENALE meo cur me committere tentas ? you endeavour to match me with my friend Juvenal ? " i . e . in a poetical contest with him ...
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