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 1T. Tegg, 1829 - Latin poetry |
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... fortunes by secret informations ; inso- much that nobody was safe , however in- nocent ; even one informer was afraid of another . See below , 1. 35 , 6 , and notes . 33. Full of himself . ] Now grown bulky and fat . By this expression ...
... fortunes by secret informations ; inso- much that nobody was safe , however in- nocent ; even one informer was afraid of another . See below , 1. 35 , 6 , and notes . 33. Full of himself . ] Now grown bulky and fat . By this expression ...
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... fortune on the stews , in lewdness and debauchery . 59 , 60. Lacks all the income , & c . ] Has spent the family estate . 60. While he flies , & c . ] The person here meant is far from certain . Commen- tators differ much in their ...
... fortune on the stews , in lewdness and debauchery . 59 , 60. Lacks all the income , & c . ] Has spent the family estate . 60. While he flies , & c . ] The person here meant is far from certain . Commen- tators differ much in their ...
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... fortune than the prætor or the tribune . What can even a patrician wish for more ? Indeed , " when I see a nobleman reduced to keep sheep for his livelihood , I cannot perceive any great advantage he de- " rives from his nobility ; what ...
... fortune than the prætor or the tribune . What can even a patrician wish for more ? Indeed , " when I see a nobleman reduced to keep sheep for his livelihood , I cannot perceive any great advantage he de- " rives from his nobility ; what ...
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... fortune again . 108. The quivered Semiramis . ] The fa- mous warlike queen of Assyria , who , after the death of her husband Ninus , put on man's apparel , and did many warlike actions . 109. Sad Cleopatra . ] The famous and unfortunate ...
... fortune again . 108. The quivered Semiramis . ] The fa- mous warlike queen of Assyria , who , after the death of her husband Ninus , put on man's apparel , and did many warlike actions . 109. Sad Cleopatra . ] The famous and unfortunate ...
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... Fortune raises up , as often as she has a mind to joke . What can I do at Rome ? I know not to lie : a book If bad I ... fortune in a string ? DRYDEN . 39. Such , as , from low estate . ] The poet here reckons the advancement of such low ...
... Fortune raises up , as often as she has a mind to joke . What can I do at Rome ? I know not to lie : a book If bad I ... fortune in a string ? DRYDEN . 39. Such , as , from low estate . ] The poet here reckons the advancement of such low ...
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abolla AINSW Alba alludes ancient Apicius Apulia atque attend Bona Dea Cæsar called Campania carried clients Comp Crispinus Cybele denotes Domitian dress effeminacy emperor enim ergo expence famous favour fish Gabii give gladiator Grecian Greeks Hæc hath hence hired honour humourously husband illa illis ipse Italy Jupiter Juvenal king ladies lest lewdness Liburnian live manner master mentioned meton mihi Nævolus Nero nobility noble nunc occasion Ovid perhaps person poet poet means poison poor Prætor priests Psecas quâ quæ quam quid Quintilian quis quod reckoned Retiarius rich Romans Rome satire seems servants sestertia sestertii shew signifies slaves sort sportula supposed tamen temple thence things thou tibi tion tunc turbot Umbri Umbritius vice VIRG Virro wife wine woman women word wretches
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Page 108 - For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Page 248 - Ne collapsa ruant subductis tecta columnis. Stratus humi palmes viduas desiderat ulmos. Esto bonus miles, tutor bonus, arbiter idem Integer. Ambiguae si quando citabere testis 80 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 271 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Page 284 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
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Page 166 - Pone crucem servo. Meruit quo crimine servus Supplicium? quis testis adest ? quis detulit? Audi, Nulla unquam de morte hominis cunctatio longa est.
Page 178 - Audio, quid veteres olim moneatis amici: Pone seram, cohibe: sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes ? cauta est et ab illis incipit uxor.
Page 64 - Quamvis digressu veteris confusus amici, laudo tamen, vacuis quod sedem figere Cumis destinet atque unum civem donare Sibyllae.
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