The Satires of Juvenal and Persius: From the Texts of Ruperti and Orellius: with English Notes, Partly Comp., and Partly Original |
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... death ; and Waller appears not , in my opinion , to have lost , at eighty - two , any part of his poetical power . " Young , too , published his " Resignation " on the other side of fourscore : yet there is no " proof of decaying ...
... death ; and Waller appears not , in my opinion , to have lost , at eighty - two , any part of his poetical power . " Young , too , published his " Resignation " on the other side of fourscore : yet there is no " proof of decaying ...
Page viii
... death . That our author was in Egypt is certain ' ; but he might have gone thither from motives of personal safety : for in 94 A. D. Domitian banished the philosophers from Rome , and soon after from Italy , with many circumstances of ...
... death . That our author was in Egypt is certain ' ; but he might have gone thither from motives of personal safety : for in 94 A. D. Domitian banished the philosophers from Rome , and soon after from Italy , with many circumstances of ...
Page ix
... death would seem to be S. iv " ; and now he began to revise for publication his previous writings , pre- fixing to them S. i ° , by way of introduction . To this period we may also refer S. x ' ; and S. xi , which probably closed his ...
... death would seem to be S. iv " ; and now he began to revise for publication his previous writings , pre- fixing to them S. i ° , by way of introduction . To this period we may also refer S. x ' ; and S. xi , which probably closed his ...
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... death on the information of Heliodorus , although they had given him hush - money . The latter was executed on suspicion of having in- trigued with Messalina . VS. [ But these particulars are questionable . ] Bæbius Massa was prosecuted ...
... death on the information of Heliodorus , although they had given him hush - money . The latter was executed on suspicion of having in- trigued with Messalina . VS. [ But these particulars are questionable . ] Bæbius Massa was prosecuted ...
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... death by Nero for his wealth . VS. R. Licinius , a German , was a freedman of Augustus ; he was likewise very rich : xiv . 306. but there were also wealthy families of the Licinian clan , viz . the Calvi Stolones ; Liv . vii . 16. and ...
... death by Nero for his wealth . VS. R. Licinius , a German , was a freedman of Augustus ; he was likewise very rich : xiv . 306. but there were also wealthy families of the Licinian clan , viz . the Calvi Stolones ; Liv . vii . 16. and ...
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Page 270 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations. and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
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