The Works of Horace, with English NotesSever, Francis & Company, 1869 - 588 pages |
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... death that he might not have the pain of surviving his patron . According to Suetonius , his death ( which he places after his fifty - ninth year ) was so sudden , that he had not time to execute his will , which is opposed to the ...
... death that he might not have the pain of surviving his patron . According to Suetonius , his death ( which he places after his fifty - ninth year ) was so sudden , that he had not time to execute his will , which is opposed to the ...
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... death , as evidences of the divine wrath for the guilt of the civil wars . then invokes one god after another to come and restore the state , and finally fixes upon Mercury , whom he entreats to take upon himself the form of a man , and ...
... death , as evidences of the divine wrath for the guilt of the civil wars . then invokes one god after another to come and restore the state , and finally fixes upon Mercury , whom he entreats to take upon himself the form of a man , and ...
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... death of Julius Cæsar . They are related also by Virgil ( Georg . i . 466- 489 ) , which description Horace may have had in his mind . See also Ovid , Met . xv . 782 sqq . dirae ] It is very common in Horace ( though not peculiar to him ) ...
... death of Julius Cæsar . They are related also by Virgil ( Georg . i . 466- 489 ) , which description Horace may have had in his mind . See also Ovid , Met . xv . 782 sqq . dirae ] It is very common in Horace ( though not peculiar to him ) ...
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... death of Julius Cæsar , the descendant of Iulus , her ancestor . Ilia , or Rea Silvia , the mother of Romulus and Remus , is variously reported to have been married to the Tiber and the Anio , because into one of those streams she was ...
... death of Julius Cæsar , the descendant of Iulus , her ancestor . Ilia , or Rea Silvia , the mother of Romulus and Remus , is variously reported to have been married to the Tiber and the Anio , because into one of those streams she was ...
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... death , who unmoved could look on the monsters of the deep , and the swelling waves , and dangerous rocks ? In vain did God separate lands , if man is to leap over the forbidden waters . So doth he ever rush into sin . Prometheus ...
... death , who unmoved could look on the monsters of the deep , and the swelling waves , and dangerous rocks ? In vain did God separate lands , if man is to leap over the forbidden waters . So doth he ever rush into sin . Prometheus ...
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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 222 - Ego cur, adquirere pauca 55 si possum, invideor, cum lingua Catonis et Enni sermonem patrium ditaverit et nova rerum nomina protulerit? Licuit semperque licebit signatum praesente nota producere nomen.
Page 225 - Vel quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat, Dilator, spe longus, iners, avidusque futuri, Difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti Se puero, castigator censorque minorum.
Page 229 - Discunt in partes centum diducere. Dicat Filius Albini, Si de quincunce remota est Uncia, quid superat ? Poteras dixisse.
Page 230 - ... verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit aut humana parum cavit natura.
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...
Page 179 - Est mihi purgatam crebro qui personet aurem : Solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne Peccet ad extremum ridendus et ilia ducat.