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... born in the year A.D. 34 , somewhat more than two years before the death of the Emperor Tiberius , and that he died in the year 62 . He thus lived through the reigns of Caius and Claudius and the first eight years of Nero . For other ...
... born in the year A.D. 34 , somewhat more than two years before the death of the Emperor Tiberius , and that he died in the year 62 . He thus lived through the reigns of Caius and Claudius and the first eight years of Nero . For other ...
Page xxii
... born at Volaterrae on the 4th of December , A.D. 34 , and that he died of an affection of the stomach on the 24th of November , A.D. 62. He was a Roman Eques , of good position , and became heir to a considerable fortune . His father ...
... born at Volaterrae on the 4th of December , A.D. 34 , and that he died of an affection of the stomach on the 24th of November , A.D. 62. He was a Roman Eques , of good position , and became heir to a considerable fortune . His father ...
Page xxiv
... born at Volaterrae in Etruria rests on the authority of the Biography , as also of the Eusebian chronicle ; yet learned commentaries have been written to wrest the words of Sat. vi . 6-7 from their natural meaning in the endeavour to ...
... born at Volaterrae in Etruria rests on the authority of the Biography , as also of the Eusebian chronicle ; yet learned commentaries have been written to wrest the words of Sat. vi . 6-7 from their natural meaning in the endeavour to ...
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... born at Suessa Aurunca , in Campania , in B.C. 148 ; he died in B.C. 103. If not actually the inventor of Roman satire , he was the first to mould it into that form which subsequently acquired consistency and full development in the ...
... born at Suessa Aurunca , in Campania , in B.C. 148 ; he died in B.C. 103. If not actually the inventor of Roman satire , he was the first to mould it into that form which subsequently acquired consistency and full development in the ...
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... born , what husband can endure a woman who is all perfection , and is for ever casting her high qualities in his teeth ? Away with your high ancestry , Cornelia ! away with your Hannibal , your Syphax , and your Carthage ! Re- member ...
... born , what husband can endure a woman who is all perfection , and is for ever casting her high qualities in his teeth ? Away with your high ancestry , Cornelia ! away with your Hannibal , your Syphax , and your Carthage ! Re- member ...
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Page 198 - 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. 'perituros audio multos.
Page 318 - ... quo didicisse, nisi hoc fermentum et quae semel intus innata est rupto iecore exierit caprificus?' 25 en pallor seniumque! o mores, usque adeone scire tuum nihil est nisi te scire hoc sciat alter? 'at pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier "hic est." ten cirratorum centum dictata fuisse pro nihilo pendes?
Page 328 - Omne vafer vitium ridenti Flaccus amico Tangit, et admissus circum praecordia ludit, Callidus excusso populum suspendere naso. Men' mutire nefas, nee clam, nee cum scrobe?
Page 220 - ... animum, mortis terrore carentem, qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores, nesciat irasci, cupiat nihil, et potiores 360 Herculis aerumnas credat saevosque labores et Venere et cenis et pluma Sardauapalli.
Page 386 - Jus habet ille sui palpo quem ducit hiantem Cretata ambitio ? Vigila, et cicer ingere large Rixanti populo, nostra ut Floralia possint Aprici meminisse senes...
Page 318 - ... serena ingentis trepidare Titos, cum carmina lumbum 20 intrant et tremulo scalpuntur ubi intima versu. tun, vetule, auriculis alienis colligis escas, articulis quibus et dicas cute perditus 'ohe'?
Page 36 - ... ite, quibus grata est picta lupa barbara mitra. rusticus ille tuus sumit trechedipna, Quirine, et ceromatico fert niceteria collo.
Page 316 - O CURAS hominum, o quantum est in rebus inane ! " "quis leget haec ? " " min tu istud ais ? nemo hercule." " nemo ?
Page 334 - Haud cuivis promptum est murmurque humilesque susurros Tollere de templis et aperto vivere voto. Mens bona, fama, fides...
Page 320 - Quisquis es, o modo quem ex adverso dicere feci, Non ego, quum scribo, si forte quid aptius exit, (Quando haec rara avis est) si quid tamen aptius exit', Laudari metuam ; neque enim mihi cornea fibra est. Sed recti finemque extremumque esse recuso EUGE tuum et BELLE. Nam BELLE hoc excute totum : Quid non intus habet?