Catulli carmina. Poems of Catullus, with notes and several odes written in imitation of this author [ed. by A.J. Valpy?]. |
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Page iii
... various primitive fa- culties of the mind in very different degrees and proportions ; and are also very unequally endowed with the powers of ob- servation and comparison . Hence arise the imperfect views people take of the characters of ...
... various primitive fa- culties of the mind in very different degrees and proportions ; and are also very unequally endowed with the powers of ob- servation and comparison . Hence arise the imperfect views people take of the characters of ...
Page v
... various kinds ; how different the dignity and descriptive disposition of Virgil from the sa- tirical turn of Horace and Juvenal , or the mysterious air of Ovid's fictions ! How modified the same passion in different individuals ...
... various kinds ; how different the dignity and descriptive disposition of Virgil from the sa- tirical turn of Horace and Juvenal , or the mysterious air of Ovid's fictions ! How modified the same passion in different individuals ...
Page vi
... various qualities possessed singly by other writers . For this reason I have amused myself during my former lei- sure hours with interspersing , with some English notes on his works I had gathered , a few parallel passages and vi ...
... various qualities possessed singly by other writers . For this reason I have amused myself during my former lei- sure hours with interspersing , with some English notes on his works I had gathered , a few parallel passages and vi ...
Page 81
... various others . " 4 Carm . v . Vivamus , mea Lesbia , & c . It has been supposed by some critics , that under the feigned name of Lesbia did Catullus in reality intend to celebrate Clodia . This however seems doubt- ' Vide Apollonius ...
... various others . " 4 Carm . v . Vivamus , mea Lesbia , & c . It has been supposed by some critics , that under the feigned name of Lesbia did Catullus in reality intend to celebrate Clodia . This however seems doubt- ' Vide Apollonius ...
Page 85
... various rich odours were called Syrian by the Romans : and this is probably one of those numerous cases wherein imagination has gone farther than authority in assigning to the indefinite expressions of the ancient , ( taken in the ...
... various rich odours were called Syrian by the Romans : and this is probably one of those numerous cases wherein imagination has gone farther than authority in assigning to the indefinite expressions of the ancient , ( taken in the ...
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according Achilles Achilles Statius Acme allusion Amor amore Anacreon ancients anser Aulus Gellius bound bride Cæsar called Carm Castor Catulle Catullus Catullus's character common Currite custom Cybele different Diuis ducentes subtemina dulci English Notes Epithalamium expression first following French FRENCH LANGUAGE fusi great Greek hence Hesperus Horace Hymen ades Hymen Hymenaee Iuppiter Juvenal Latin Lesbia likewise line lines lubet lumina made manner mente mentions Mentula mihi mind miser Moschus munera name Namque neque noua nupta nunc observes omnibus Ovid particularly Passer pectore peculiar Peleus perhaps Phosphorus Pliny poem poet poetical poetry poets Prodeas puella Quare read Romans same says Scaliger Second Edition seems similar simul sine Sirmio siue Statius supposed Tagus tamen Theseus Thetis tibi Tibullus Troia tympanum used various Venus vertice Virgil virgins virgo vnquam vsque word writers δὲ καὶ
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Page 26 - Otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est: otio exsultas nimiumque gestis: otium et reges prius et beatas 15 perdidit urbes.
Page 96 - Cadenus many things had writ : Vanessa much esteem'd his wit, And call'd for his poetic works : Meantime the boy in secret lurks ; And, while the book was in her hand, The urchin from his private stand Took aim, and shot with all his strength A dart of such prodigious length, It pierced the feeble volume through, And deep transfixed her bosom too.
Page 65 - Chommoda dicebat, si quando commoda vellet dicere, et insidias Arrius hinsidias, et turn mirifice sperabat se esse locutum, cum quantum poterat dixerat hinsidias. credo, sic mater, sic liber avunculus eius, 5 sic maternus avus dixerat atque avia. hoc misso in Syriam requierant omnibus aures: audibant eadem haec leniter et leviter...
Page 17 - Bithynos liquisse campos et videre te in tuto ! o quid solutis est beatius curis ? cum mens onus reponit, ac peregrino labore fessi venimus larem ad nostrum desideratoque acquiescimus lecto. hoc est, quod unum est pro laboribus tantis.
Page 58 - Cessarent tristique imbre madere genae Qualis in aerii perlucens vertice montis Rivus muscoso prosilit e lapide, Qui cum de prona praeceps est valle volutus, Per medium densi transit iter populi, Dulce viatori lasso in sudore levamen, Cum gravis exustos aestus hiulcat agros...
Page 3 - Comata silva: nam Cytorio in iugo Loquente saepe sibilum edidit coma. Amastri Pontica et Cytore buxifer, Tibi haec fuisse et esse cognitissima Ait phaselus...
Page 61 - Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle quam mihi, non si se luppiter ipse petat. dicit; sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.
Page 5 - MISER Catulle, desinas ineptire, et quod vides perisse perditum ducas. fulsere quondam candidi tibi soles, cum ventitabas quo puella ducebat amata nobis quantum amabitur nulla.
Page 111 - Achaei ? jam pridem Syrus in Tiberim defluxit Orontes, et linguam et mores et cum tibicine chordas obliquas nee non gentilia tympana secum vexit...