Juvenal: satires, iii, x, xiii, and xiv, from the text of Ruperti; with Engl. notes &c., compiled by W.C. Boyd |
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Page vii
... Persius Flaccus dies . Nero weds Poppaa Sabina , who so rioted in luxury that , wheresoever she jour- neyed , she had 500 asses to give her milk , an article which the Roman ladies used , to make the skin white and tender . See ...
... Persius Flaccus dies . Nero weds Poppaa Sabina , who so rioted in luxury that , wheresoever she jour- neyed , she had 500 asses to give her milk , an article which the Roman ladies used , to make the skin white and tender . See ...
Page xiv
... Persius gives in his prologue ) , the didactic ( as the poem of Simonides , on the manners of women ) , and the íaλ or aλì , abusive poems , which received their name , not from the Σιληνοι , but from σίλλειν οι σιλλαίνειν , “ to move ...
... Persius gives in his prologue ) , the didactic ( as the poem of Simonides , on the manners of women ) , and the íaλ or aλì , abusive poems , which received their name , not from the Σιληνοι , but from σίλλειν οι σιλλαίνειν , “ to move ...
Page xviii
... Persius wrote compositions of this kind . But the original satire , such as Pacuvius and Ennius wrote , consisted in a VARIETY of subjects , whence also its appellation , satire , is derived . " Quintilian says , " the satire is ...
... Persius wrote compositions of this kind . But the original satire , such as Pacuvius and Ennius wrote , consisted in a VARIETY of subjects , whence also its appellation , satire , is derived . " Quintilian says , " the satire is ...
Page xx
... Persius gave either to his books or individual poems . Pithæus asserts that in some old MS . he found these words " Thebaidorum Persii Satyra , " and at the conclusion " Ex- plicuit Theb . P. Satyra Feliciter . " The grammarians always ...
... Persius gave either to his books or individual poems . Pithæus asserts that in some old MS . he found these words " Thebaidorum Persii Satyra , " and at the conclusion " Ex- plicuit Theb . P. Satyra Feliciter . " The grammarians always ...
Page xxi
... Persius ' gravity pointed , and Juvenal's unbending severity armed , as it were with poison , was the result of uncompromising moral rectitude , and depended upon an enlightened and liberal judgment of human affairs , and on the ...
... Persius ' gravity pointed , and Juvenal's unbending severity armed , as it were with poison , was the result of uncompromising moral rectitude , and depended upon an enlightened and liberal judgment of human affairs , and on the ...
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Page 15 - Nil ergo optabunt homines ?" Si consilium vis, Permittes ipsis expendere numinibus, quid Conveniat nobis, rebusque sit utile nostris. Nam pro jucundis aptissima quaeque dabunt Di. Carior est illis homo, quam sibi.
Page 4 - Omnibus hic idem, si foeda et scissa lacerna, Si toga sordidula est et rupta calceus alter Pelle patet : vel si, consuto vulnere, crassum 150 Atque recens linum ostendit non una cicatrix. Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, Quam quod ridiculos homines facit.
Page 24 - Non monstrare vias eadem nisi sacra colenti, Quaesitum ad fontem solos deducere verpos.
Page 107 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 82 - Demosthenes is the most sublime and the purest tragic character, with which history is acquainted. When, still trembling with the vehement force of his language, we read his life in Plutarch ; when we transfer ourselves into his times and his situation ; we are carried away by a deeper interest than can be excited by any hero of the epic muse or of tragedy.
Page xv - ... it is said, that on this occasion, among other devices for appeasing the wrath of heaven, scenic plays were introduced; a new thing to a warlike people ; for hitherto there had been only the shows of the Circus. However, this kind of performance was, as in general all beginnings are, but a trifling matter, and even that borrowed from abroad. Actors were sent for from Etruria, who, though without any poetical language, or any gestures correspondent...
Page 7 - ... dicere si temptes aliquid tacitusve recedas, tantumdem est: feriunt pariter, vadimonia deinde irati faciunt. libertas pauperis haec est: 300 pulsatus rogat et pugnis concisus adorat ut liceat paucis cum dentibus inde reverti.
Page 11 - O gloria ! vincitur idem Nempe, et in exsilium praeceps fugit, atque ibi magnus Mirandusque cliens sedet ad praetoria regis, Donec Bithyno libeat vigilare tyranno.
Page 28 - Sardanapalli. monstro quod ipse tibi possis dare; semita certe tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae. nullum numen habes, si sit prudentia: nos te, nos facimus, Fortuna, deam caeloque locamus.
Page 1 - Sed dum tota domus raeda componitur una, 10 substitit ad veteres arcus madidamque Capenam. hic, ubi nocturnae Numa constituebat amicae, nunc sacri fontis nemus et delubra locantur ludaeis, quorum cophinus faenumque supellex (omnis enim populo mercedem pendere iussa est 15 arbor et eiectis mendicat silva Camenis). in vallem Egeriae descendimus et speluncas dissimiles veris.