The Works of Horace, with English NotesSever, Francis & Company, 1869 - 588 pages |
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Page viii
... Italy , hav- ing obtained permission to do so , like many others who were willing to give up a desperate cause and settle quietly at home . His patrimony , however , was forfeited , and he seems to have had no means of subsistence ...
... Italy , hav- ing obtained permission to do so , like many others who were willing to give up a desperate cause and settle quietly at home . His patrimony , however , was forfeited , and he seems to have had no means of subsistence ...
Page x
... Italy . When this happened , nobody knows . After the publica- tion of the three books of Odes , Horace seems to have ceased from that style of writing , or nearly so ; and the only other com- positions we know of his having produced in ...
... Italy . When this happened , nobody knows . After the publica- tion of the three books of Odes , Horace seems to have ceased from that style of writing , or nearly so ; and the only other com- positions we know of his having produced in ...
Page 247
... Italian sailors the fire of St. Elmo , a corruption ( it is believed ) from Helena , sister of Castor and Pollux . Com ... Italy to Greece were liable to be driven upon it , which accounts for its mention here . 22. dissociabili Used ...
... Italian sailors the fire of St. Elmo , a corruption ( it is believed ) from Helena , sister of Castor and Pollux . Com ... Italy to Greece were liable to be driven upon it , which accounts for its mention here . 22. dissociabili Used ...
Page 268
... Italy Militaris ' means ' famous for soldiers . ' We do not hear that the Apulians were particularly warlike They were Horace's own countrymen . aesculetis , This word is not found elsewhere . The slopes of the Apen- nines which run ...
... Italy Militaris ' means ' famous for soldiers . ' We do not hear that the Apulians were particularly warlike They were Horace's own countrymen . aesculetis , This word is not found elsewhere . The slopes of the Apen- nines which run ...
Page 283
... Italy , as the hawk pursues the dove or the hunter the hare , to chain the accursed monster ; who feared not the sword nor fled to secret hiding - places , but chose to die , rather than submit to be led in triumph by the conqueror . 2 ...
... Italy , as the hawk pursues the dove or the hunter the hare , to chain the accursed monster ; who feared not the sword nor fled to secret hiding - places , but chose to die , rather than submit to be led in triumph by the conqueror . 2 ...
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Page 456 - His ways are always grievous; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: For I shall never be in adversity.
Page 358 - And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his figtree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
Page 80 - Aura feret geminusque Pollux. XXX. EXEOI monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum. Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam : usque ego postera Crescam laude recens dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita virgine pontifex.
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Page 229 - Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur. Qui didicit, patriae quid debeat et quid amicis, Quo sit amore parens, quo frater amandus et hospes...
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