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 : in Two Volumes, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 31
Page 11
... laft wills , & c . ] Who procure wills to be made in their favour . - The poet here fatirizes the lewd and indecent practices of certain rich old women at Rome , who kept men for their criminal pleasures , and then , at their death ...
... laft wills , & c . ] Who procure wills to be made in their favour . - The poet here fatirizes the lewd and indecent practices of certain rich old women at Rome , who kept men for their criminal pleasures , and then , at their death ...
Page 48
... laft degree . Many perfons , of both fexes , Domitian put to death for adul- tery . See Univ . Hift . vol . xv . p . 52 . 31. Mars and Venus . ] They were caught together by Vul- can , the fabled hufband of Venus , by means of a net ...
... laft degree . Many perfons , of both fexes , Domitian put to death for adul- tery . See Univ . Hift . vol . xv . p . 52 . 31. Mars and Venus . ] They were caught together by Vul- can , the fabled hufband of Venus , by means of a net ...
Page 62
... laft , got among the Roman women : in imitation of whom , thefe male- prostitutes alfo tinged their eyes . Lifting up - trembling - This defcribes the fituation of the eyes under the operation , which muft occafion fome pain from the ...
... laft , got among the Roman women : in imitation of whom , thefe male- prostitutes alfo tinged their eyes . Lifting up - trembling - This defcribes the fituation of the eyes under the operation , which muft occafion fome pain from the ...
Page 64
... laft was fet up , by the German foldiers , for emperor , and at laft fucceeded . 104. To kill Galba , & c . ] The nimirùm - doubtless - to be fure throws an irony over this , and the following three lines as if the poet faid - To aim at ...
... laft was fet up , by the German foldiers , for emperor , and at laft fucceeded . 104. To kill Galba , & c . ] The nimirùm - doubtless - to be fure throws an irony over this , and the following three lines as if the poet faid - To aim at ...
Page 68
... laft is the interpre- tation of J. Britannicus , and C. S. Curio : but Holyday is for the first and I rather think with him , as the word fedet is ufed in a like fenfe , where our poet fpeaks ( Sat. i . 1. 95—6 . ) of set- ting the dole ...
... laft is the interpre- tation of J. Britannicus , and C. S. Curio : but Holyday is for the first and I rather think with him , as the word fedet is ufed in a like fenfe , where our poet fpeaks ( Sat. i . 1. 95—6 . ) of set- ting the dole ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
againſt AINSW alfo alludes alſo antient atque becauſe Bona Dea Boötes Cæfar called Campania caufe cauſe Comp Crifpinus cùm Cybele defcribed defire denotes Domitian drefs effeminacy emperor expence fafe faid fame fatire fays fecret feems feftertia fenators fenfe fervants feven fhall fhew fhould fignifies firft fituation flaves fleep fmall fome fomething fometimes ftand fubject fuch fuppofed Gabii Hæc Hence herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe huſband itſelf Juvenal laft lefs mafter means moft moſt muft muſt Nævolus Nero noble obferved occafion Ovid paffage pafs perfon pleaſe poet poor Prætor prefent purpoſe quæ quàm quid Quintilian quis quod reafon reprefents Retiarius rich Romans Rome Satire ſeems ſhe ſmall ſtand ſuch tamen thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tibi tunc ufed ufual Umbritius underſtand uſed vice Virg Virro whofe wife women wretches yourſelf
Popular passages
Page 372 - Catinensi pumice lumbum squalentes traducit avos emptorque veneni frangenda miseram funestat imagine gentem? tota licet veteres exornent undique cerae atria, nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.
Page 417 - I'll tell you, friend; a wife man and a fool. 200 You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobler-like, the parfon will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The reft is all but leather or prunella.
Page 176 - Maecenas, upon whom at first he confetrefl the new honour. He was to precede all other city magistrates, having power to receive appeals from the inferior courts, and to decide almost all causes within the limits of Rome, or one hundred miles round. Before this, there was sometimes a pimfectus urbis created, when the kings, or the greater officers, were absent from the city, to administer justice in their room.
Page viii - The books that we learn at schools are generally laid aside, with this prejudice, that they were the labours as well as the sorrows of our childhood and education ; but they are among the best of books : the Greek and Roman authors have a spirit in them, a force both of thought and expression, that later ages have not been able to imitate...