D. Iunii Iuvenalis Saturae XIII. Thirteen Satires of Juvenal, Parts 1-2 |
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... Greek and the craze for Greek accomplishments , which were overspreading Roman society . Cicero had many years before remarked that a patriot should read a notoriously wretched translation of Sophocles rather than the original ...
... Greek and the craze for Greek accomplishments , which were overspreading Roman society . Cicero had many years before remarked that a patriot should read a notoriously wretched translation of Sophocles rather than the original ...
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... Greek handmaid , who is helped by some one or other , not unfrequently the lowest of all the household , and who is not even fitted for any serious service ; the tender and unformed minds presently receive the impress of these creatures ...
... Greek handmaid , who is helped by some one or other , not unfrequently the lowest of all the household , and who is not even fitted for any serious service ; the tender and unformed minds presently receive the impress of these creatures ...
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... Greek philosophy , the fierce diatribe against learned women , and the scorn of Greek versatility , must be taken as more than outweighing the genuine affection and respect evidently felt for Vergil and Tully , and the casual eulogies ...
... Greek philosophy , the fierce diatribe against learned women , and the scorn of Greek versatility , must be taken as more than outweighing the genuine affection and respect evidently felt for Vergil and Tully , and the casual eulogies ...
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... Greek literature and its political interests ; and he could not trust himself to convey a simple thought in the ade- quacy of a simple expression . There was another alternative to the arts of rhetoric . A poet might renounce the sense ...
... Greek literature and its political interests ; and he could not trust himself to convey a simple thought in the ade- quacy of a simple expression . There was another alternative to the arts of rhetoric . A poet might renounce the sense ...
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... Greek legend , and only speaks of Statius as a writer who captivated the mob ; leaving us in doubt whether he shared ... Greeks and Egyptians must have exposed him to many enmities . Where the two poets are alike is in certain common ...
... Greek legend , and only speaks of Statius as a writer who captivated the mob ; leaving us in doubt whether he shared ... Greeks and Egyptians must have exposed him to many enmities . Where the two poets are alike is in certain common ...
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Page 36 - quando artibus,' inquit, 'honestis nullus in urbe locus, nulla emolumenta laborum, res hodie minor est, here quam fuit, atque eadem eras deteret exiguis aliquid, proponimus illuc ire, fatigatas ubi Daedalus exuit alas, t$ dum nova canities, dum prima et recta senectus, dum superest Lachesi quod torqueat, et pedibus me porto meis nullo dextram subeunte bacillo.
Page 79 - ... nil ergo optabunt homines? si consilium vis, permittes ipsis expendere numinibus quid conveniat nobis rebusque sit utile nostris; nam pro iucundis aptissima quaeque dabunt di. carior est illis homo quam sibi.
Page 36 - Quamvis digressu veteris confusus amici laudo tamen, vacuis quod sedem figere Cumis destinet atque unum civem donare Sibyllae.
Page 317 - On parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled ; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.
Page 37 - Quae nunc divitibus gens acceptissima nostris et quos praecipue fugiam, properabo fateri, nee pudor opstabit. non possum ferre, Quirites, 60 Graecam urbem ; quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei ? iam pridem Syrus in Tiberim defluxit Orontes, et linguam et mores et cum tibicine chordas obliquas nee non gentilia tympana secum vexit et ad circum iussas prostare puellas.
Page 256 - Seek for thy noble father in the dust : Thou know'st 'tis common ; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity. Ham. Ay, madam, it is common. Queen. If it be, Why seems it. so particular with thee? Ham. Seems, madam ! nay, it is ; I know not 'seems.
Page 193 - See the wild waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad sepulchre appears, With nodding arches, broken temples spread!
Page 169 - Lay floating many a rood ; in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size...
Page 79 - Herculis aerumnas credat saevosque labores et venere et cenis et pluma Sardanapalli. monstro quod ipse tibi possis dare, semita certe tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.
Page 40 - ... atque recens linum ostendit non una cicatrix ? Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...