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 iv
... seem to be his first after Domitian's death . Juvenal died aged upwards of fourscore . [ The student should adopt the dates given in the following Chronology . ] A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF THE PERIOD IN WHICH JUVENAL LIVED iv LIFE OF JUVENAL .
... seem to be his first after Domitian's death . Juvenal died aged upwards of fourscore . [ The student should adopt the dates given in the following Chronology . ] A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF THE PERIOD IN WHICH JUVENAL LIVED iv LIFE OF JUVENAL .
Page v
... LIVED . [ FROM RUPERTI . ] A. U. C.An , Ch . Et . Ju . Ir is more probable that Juvenal was not born be- Varro ] 795 42 fore than after this year : for the 13th Satire was written sixty - one years after the consulship of Fonteius , i ...
... LIVED . [ FROM RUPERTI . ] A. U. C.An , Ch . Et . Ju . Ir is more probable that Juvenal was not born be- Varro ] 795 42 fore than after this year : for the 13th Satire was written sixty - one years after the consulship of Fonteius , i ...
Page xvii
... lived from A. U. c . 515 to 585. He enjoyed the friendship of Scipio Africanus the elder . Not only was this great poet the founder of the epic poetry of the Romans , but was also " rudis et Græcis intacti car- minis ( scil . didactic ...
... lived from A. U. c . 515 to 585. He enjoyed the friendship of Scipio Africanus the elder . Not only was this great poet the founder of the epic poetry of the Romans , but was also " rudis et Græcis intacti car- minis ( scil . didactic ...
Page xxiv
... lived in the age of Varro , or a little later . The Satire of Varro somewhat resembled the Ennian , in blending various metres and subjects , the grave with the jocose ; but it inter- mingled prose with verse , and , like the Lucilian ...
... lived in the age of Varro , or a little later . The Satire of Varro somewhat resembled the Ennian , in blending various metres and subjects , the grave with the jocose ; but it inter- mingled prose with verse , and , like the Lucilian ...
Page xxv
... lived in the fifth century of the present era : Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius , a man of * The only difficulty in the understanding of the above quotation lies in the word prius . It is , as we see above , explained by ...
... lived in the fifth century of the present era : Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius , a man of * The only difficulty in the understanding of the above quotation lies in the word prius . It is , as we see above , explained by ...
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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.