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Page 104
... fortunes were , and short - lived . He appeared on the streets in a style which was meant to be a decoy for clients ... fortune of his ' pupillus , ' who was left to starve or to support himself by the vilest means . 47. et hic damnatus ...
... fortunes were , and short - lived . He appeared on the streets in a style which was meant to be a decoy for clients ... fortune of his ' pupillus , ' who was left to starve or to support himself by the vilest means . 47. et hic damnatus ...
Page 109
... fortune ; or we may understand ' quinque tabernae ' to be banking houses in the forum . In that case the man means his transactions at the ' quinque tabernae ' bring him in this income . With quadringenta , ' ' sestertia ' must be ...
... fortune ; or we may understand ' quinque tabernae ' to be banking houses in the forum . In that case the man means his transactions at the ' quinque tabernae ' bring him in this income . With quadringenta , ' ' sestertia ' must be ...
Page 118
... Fortune ? " " 40. voluit ] The aorist tense . A. 58 , 5 , c ; H. 471 , 3 . 41. Quid Romae faciam ? ] " What am I to do at Rome ? " See references on i . 1 . 42. laudare et poscere ; ] Poscere ' is generally supposed to mean ' to ask for ...
... Fortune ? " " 40. voluit ] The aorist tense . A. 58 , 5 , c ; H. 471 , 3 . 41. Quid Romae faciam ? ] " What am I to do at Rome ? " See references on i . 1 . 42. laudare et poscere ; ] Poscere ' is generally supposed to mean ' to ask for ...
Page 146
... fortune - hunter to buy , and his old lady to sell . " These ' captatores , ' or will - hunters , are the sub- ject of Horace's fifth Satire , Lib . ii . Juvenal calls his ' captator ' Laenas , which was a cognomen of the plebeian ...
... fortune - hunter to buy , and his old lady to sell . " These ' captatores , ' or will - hunters , are the sub- ject of Horace's fifth Satire , Lib . ii . Juvenal calls his ' captator ' Laenas , which was a cognomen of the plebeian ...
Page 148
... fortune necessary for an ' eques , ' by Otho's law ; see iii . 155. From here to 145 is a digression . The dinner is resumed in 146 . 133. donaret homuncio , ] Homuncio ' is meant by way of amusing contrast to deus , ' in the line ...
... fortune necessary for an ' eques , ' by Otho's law ; see iii . 155. From here to 145 is a digression . The dinner is resumed in 146 . 133. donaret homuncio , ] Homuncio ' is meant by way of amusing contrast to deus , ' in the line ...
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Page 185 - When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.
Page 213 - 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 128 - 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 226 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 220 - As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Page 8 - Dum nova canities, dum prima et recta senectus, Dum superest Lachesi, quod torqueat, et pedibus me Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo.
Page 9 - 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.
Page 46 - 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 37 - Incertaeque rei ; Phalaris licet imperet, ut sis Falsus, et admoto dictet perjuria tauro, Summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori, Et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas.
Page 55 - ... notum qui pueri qualisque futura sit uxor. ut tamen et poscas aliquid voveasque sacellis exta et candiduli divina tomacula porci, 355 orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. fortem posce 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 Sardanapalli.