Thirteen SatiresMacmillan, 1882 - 132 pages |
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Page vii
... verses before he ventured to publish them , and that some of these were afterwards incorporated with his Satires , is allowed . It is also admitted that he attended the usual schools in early life ; and practised rhetoric till middle ...
... verses before he ventured to publish them , and that some of these were afterwards incorporated with his Satires , is allowed . It is also admitted that he attended the usual schools in early life ; and practised rhetoric till middle ...
Page x
... verses , and shows him in the best char- acter . This also is in the form of an epistle to a friend , and so is the eleventh , which contains an invitation to dinner and contrasts the poet's own plainness of living with the luxurious ...
... verses , and shows him in the best char- acter . This also is in the form of an epistle to a friend , and so is the eleventh , which contains an invitation to dinner and contrasts the poet's own plainness of living with the luxurious ...
Page 101
... verse 47 ) . Whether it was written first or not , it serves very well as an introduction to the volume . The ' libellus ' of which the author speaks ( verse 86 ) may be this poem or the whole collection . ARGUMENT . - Am I always to ...
... verse 47 ) . Whether it was written first or not , it serves very well as an introduction to the volume . The ' libellus ' of which the author speaks ( verse 86 ) may be this poem or the whole collection . ARGUMENT . - Am I always to ...
Page 104
... of parasites ( ' comi- tum , ' see verse 119 ) , supported by the fortune of his ' pupillus , ' who was left to starve or to support himself by the vilest means . 47. et hic damnatus inani Judicio ] We have the 104 NOTES .
... of parasites ( ' comi- tum , ' see verse 119 ) , supported by the fortune of his ' pupillus , ' who was left to starve or to support himself by the vilest means . 47. et hic damnatus inani Judicio ] We have the 104 NOTES .
Page 105
... verse 13. Mugitum ' refers of course to the Minotaur . 55. Quum leno accipiat moechi bona . ] This man connives at his wife's intrigues at his own table , and gets her paramour to make him his ' heres , ' which the woman could not be ...
... verse 13. Mugitum ' refers of course to the Minotaur . 55. Quum leno accipiat moechi bona . ] This man connives at his wife's intrigues at his own table , and gets her paramour to make him his ' heres , ' which the woman could not be ...
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Page 225 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Page 225 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 140 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 17 - quando artibus,' inquit, ' honestis nullus in urbe locus, nulla emolumenta laborum, res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem eras deteret exiguis aliquid, proponimus illuc ire, fatigatas ubi Daedalus exuit alas, 25 dum nova canities, dum prima et recta senectus, dum superest Lachesi quod torqueat, et pedibus me porto meis nullo dextram subeunte bacillo.
Page 58 - " sequitur fortunam, ut semper, et odit damnatos. idem populus, si Nurtia Tusco favisset, si oppressa foret secura senectus 75 principis, hac ipsa Seianum diceret hora Augustum. iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli vendimus, effudit curas ; nam qui dabat olim imperium fasces legiones omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, 80 panem et circenses."
Page 61 - Bithyno libeat vigilare tyranno. Finem animae, quae res humanas miscuit olim, Non gladii, non saxa dabunt, nec tela, sed ille Cannarum vindex et tanti sanguinis ultor 165 Annulus. I demens et saevas curre per Alpes, Ut pueris placeas et declamatio fias!
Page 101 - Inde furor vulgo, quod numina vicinorum Odit uterque locus, quum solos credat habendos Esse Deos, quos ipse colit.
Page 223 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Page 19 - Isaeo torrentior. ede, quid ilium esse putes? quemvis hominem secum attulit ad nos: 75 grammaticus rhetor geometres pictor aliptes augur schoenobates medicus magus, omnia novit Graeculus esuriens: in caelum, iusseris, ibit.