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 2T. Tegg, 1829 - Latin poetry |
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... SATIRES OF JUVENAL . VOL . II . B DECIMI JUNII JUVENALIS AQUINATIS SATIRE . SATIRA X. ARGUMENT .
... SATIRES OF JUVENAL . VOL . II . B DECIMI JUNII JUVENALIS AQUINATIS SATIRE . SATIRA X. ARGUMENT .
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... SATIRE . SATIRA X. ARGUMENT . The Poet's design in this Satire , which deservedly holds the first rank among all performances of the kind , is to repre- sent the various wishes and ... SATIRES OF JUVENAL . SATIRE X. * ARGUMENT . DECIMI ...
... SATIRE . SATIRA X. ARGUMENT . The Poet's design in this Satire , which deservedly holds the first rank among all performances of the kind , is to repre- sent the various wishes and ... SATIRES OF JUVENAL . SATIRE X. * ARGUMENT . DECIMI ...
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... SATIRES OF JUVENAL . SATIRE X. * ARGUMENT . possessors of them . He concludes , therefore , that we should leave it to the gods to make a choice for us , they knowing what is most for our good . All that we can safely ask is health of ...
... SATIRES OF JUVENAL . SATIRE X. * ARGUMENT . possessors of them . He concludes , therefore , that we should leave it to the gods to make a choice for us , they knowing what is most for our good . All that we can safely ask is health of ...
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... . The poet therefore means , a country of stupid fellows . Plaut . Pers . act ii . has , Ain ' vero vervecum caput ? 50. Thick air . ] Democritus was born Please himself , a slave is carried in the same GO SAT . X. JUVENALIS SATIRE .
... . The poet therefore means , a country of stupid fellows . Plaut . Pers . act ii . has , Ain ' vero vervecum caput ? 50. Thick air . ] Democritus was born Please himself , a slave is carried in the same GO SAT . X. JUVENALIS SATIRE .
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... Satire ; viz . that mortals are too short - sighted to see , and too ignorant to know , what is best for them , and there- fore those things which are most coveted , often prove the most destructive ; and the higher we rise in the ...
... Satire ; viz . that mortals are too short - sighted to see , and too ignorant to know , what is best for them , and there- fore those things which are most coveted , often prove the most destructive ; and the higher we rise in the ...
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Page 218 - Naribus indulges. An erit, qui velle recuset Os populi meruisse; et, cedro digna locutus, Linquere nee scombros metuentia carmina, nee thus?
Page 2 - He runs through all the several heads, of riches, honours, eloquence, fame for martial achievements, long life, and beauty ; and gives instances in each, how frequently they have proved the ruin of those that owned them.
Page 294 - Vertigo facit! Hic Dama est non tressis agaso, Vappa et lippus, et in tenui farragine mendax: Verterit hunc dominus, momento turbinis exit Marcus Dama.
Page 264 - Tertia compositas vidit nox currere venas, De majore domo modice sitiente lagena Lenia loturo sibi Surrentina rogavit. Heus bone, tu palles. Nihil est.
Page 12 - Augustum. iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli vendimus, effudit curas ; nam qui dabat olim imperium fasces legiones omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, 80 panem et circenses.
Page 94 - Nona aetas agitur pejoraque secula ferri Temporibus, quorum sceleri non invenit ipsa Nomen, et a nullo posuit natura metallo.
Page 206 - Venter, negatas artifex sequi voces. Quod si dolosi spes refulserit nummi, Corvos poetas et poetrias picas Cantare credas Pegasei'um nectar. SATIRA I. ' O CURAS hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane! Quis leget haec V Min' tu istud ais ?
Page 278 - ... caedimus inque vicem praebemus crura sagittis. vivitur hoc pacto, sic novimus. ilia subter caecum vulnus habes, sed lato balteus auro praetegit. ut mavis, da verba et decipe nervos, 45 si potes.' 'egregium cum me vicinia dicat, non credam?
Page 254 - Tusco ramum millesime ducis censoremve tuum vel quod trabeate salutas? 30 ad populum phaleras! ego te intus et in cute novi. non pudet ad morem discincti vivere Nattae. sed stupet hie vitio et fibris increvit opimum pingue, caret culpa, nescit quid perdat, et alto demersus summa rursus non bullit in unda.
Page 220 - Calidum scis ponere sumen : Scis comitem horridulum trita donare lacerna: Et verum, inquis, amo; verum mihi dicite, de me.