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Another play on the Hiera , Vulcan was supposed to keep his story of Orestes ,
the son of Agamemnon shop and forge there . and Clytemnestra . He slew his
own Here also Æolus was supposed to mother , and Ægisthus , her adulterer ...
Another play on the Hiera , Vulcan was supposed to keep his story of Orestes ,
the son of Agamemnon shop and forge there . and Clytemnestra . He slew his
own Here also Æolus was supposed to mother , and Ægisthus , her adulterer ...
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Has squandered away all his patri25–32 . mony in breeding and keeping horses
. 57. At a cup , & c . ] Another device was Præsepe sometimes means , a cell ,
stews , to set a large cup on the table , which or brothel . Perhaps this may be the
...
Has squandered away all his patri25–32 . mony in breeding and keeping horses
. 57. At a cup , & c . ] Another device was Præsepe sometimes means , a cell ,
stews , to set a large cup on the table , which or brothel . Perhaps this may be the
...
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... a necessary wea- sumptuous entertainment for themselves pon at a gaming -
table , to stake at play , only , which they sat down to in private . instead of
keeping and dispensing it , or Which of our ancestors , says the poet , laying it out
for the ...
... a necessary wea- sumptuous entertainment for themselves pon at a gaming -
table , to stake at play , only , which they sat down to in private . instead of
keeping and dispensing it , or Which of our ancestors , says the poet , laying it out
for the ...
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Indeed , assumed over others , and the self - import“ when I see a nobleman
reduced to ance which they assumed to themselves ; keep sheep for his
livelihood , I cannot a notable instance of which appears in perceive any great
advantage he ...
Indeed , assumed over others , and the self - import“ when I see a nobleman
reduced to ance which they assumed to themselves ; keep sheep for his
livelihood , I cannot a notable instance of which appears in perceive any great
advantage he ...
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First they are unlearned : tho ' all things full with plaster Of Chrysippus you may
find : for the most perfect of these is , If any one buys Aristotle like , or Pittacus ,
And commands a book - case to keep original images of Cleanthes . No credit to
the ...
First they are unlearned : tho ' all things full with plaster Of Chrysippus you may
find : for the most perfect of these is , If any one buys Aristotle like , or Pittacus ,
And commands a book - case to keep original images of Cleanthes . No credit to
the ...
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Page 3 - The satyrical Poets, Horace, Juvenal, and Persius, may contribute wonderfully to give a man a detestation of vice, and a contempt of the common methods of mankind; which they have set out in such true colours, that they must give a very generous sense to those who delight in reading them often. Persius his second satyr may well pass for one of the best lectures in divinity.
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| Title | A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Copious Explanatory Notes, by which These Difficult Satirists are Rendered Easy and Familiar to the Reader, Volume 1 A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Copious Explanatory Notes, by which These Difficult Satirists are Rendered Easy and Familiar to the Reader, Martin Madan |
| Authors | Juvenal, Martin Madan |
| Publisher | T. Tegg, 1829 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Apr 2007 |
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