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Page 115
... fortune - hunters , the treachery of guardians , and the peculation of officers of state , he censures the general pas- sion for gambling , the avarice and gluttony of the rich , and the mis- crable poverty and subjection of their ...
... fortune - hunters , the treachery of guardians , and the peculation of officers of state , he censures the general pas- sion for gambling , the avarice and gluttony of the rich , and the mis- crable poverty and subjection of their ...
Page 126
... fortune . The sum here mentioned would be in our currency equal to $ 15,600 . — Quadringenta . Supply sestertia . Purpura major . " The greater purple , " i . e . , the lati- clave . By this is meant the rank of senator . The allusion ...
... fortune . The sum here mentioned would be in our currency equal to $ 15,600 . — Quadringenta . Supply sestertia . Purpura major . " The greater purple , " i . e . , the lati- clave . By this is meant the rank of senator . The allusion ...
Page 137
... fortunes and calculating nativities , and , in particular , by informing some spendthrift son when he may expect the long - wish- ed - for death of a parsimonious parent . - Ranarum viscera , & c . " I have never peered into the ...
... fortunes and calculating nativities , and , in particular , by informing some spendthrift son when he may expect the long - wish- ed - for death of a parsimonious parent . - Ranarum viscera , & c . " I have never peered into the ...
Page 145
... fortune was 400,000 sesterces , and a person not having this was excluded from the fourteen rows . Bankrupts lost their seats . Many persons , moreover , belonging to the equites , whose estates were impaired , feared to take their ...
... fortune was 400,000 sesterces , and a person not having this was excluded from the fourteen rows . Bankrupts lost their seats . Many persons , moreover , belonging to the equites , whose estates were impaired , feared to take their ...
Page 146
Juvenal Charles Anthon. small fortunes labour with respect to marriage . - Atque puellæ sarci- nulis impar . " And if not a match for the money - bags of the young lady . " - Quis pauper scribitur heres ? Who , asks Umbritius , ever re ...
Juvenal Charles Anthon. small fortunes labour with respect to marriage . - Atque puellæ sarci- nulis impar . " And if not a match for the money - bags of the young lady . " - Quis pauper scribitur heres ? Who , asks Umbritius , ever re ...
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adeo Ægyptus aliquid Alluding allusion amici ancient Apicius atque Cæsar called Catullus celebrated Cicero Claudius common text Compare Sat consul Consult note cujus denote dicere Domitian domus eadem emperor enim epithet erat Ergo erit fræna gladios Greek habet hæc Heinrich Hence hinc hunc idea igitur illa ille illis inde inquit ipse ipsis Juvenal lacerna Latin Latium licet Literally Madvig magna magni magno Marius Mayor meant mihi modo nemo Nero nihil Nocte note on Sat nulla nunc nunquam omnes omni omnia Pacuvius pater poet prætor properly means puer pueri quæ quam quantum quibus quid Quintilian quis quod quoque quorum quum reading reference rich Roman Rome SATIRE scholiast Sejanus senectus sesterces sibi slave sunt Supply tamen tantum temple term Tiberius tibi tibicine Tigellinus tota Trajan tunc Umbritius Vascones venit vitæ wine
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