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Page 30
... rich man subjects his favourite slave for the first time to the hands of the barber ; upon this or some other such occasion , we are expected to make presents , and his house is filled with cakes , which are afterwards sold by the ...
... rich man subjects his favourite slave for the first time to the hands of the barber ; upon this or some other such occasion , we are expected to make presents , and his house is filled with cakes , which are afterwards sold by the ...
Page 34
... rich man called abroad by business ? every one makes way , and my lord is borne on the shoulders of his lusty Liburnian chairmen above the heads of all meanwhile he reads or writes at his ease on the way ; or falls asleep , for drowsi ...
... rich man called abroad by business ? every one makes way , and my lord is borne on the shoulders of his lusty Liburnian chairmen above the heads of all meanwhile he reads or writes at his ease on the way ; or falls asleep , for drowsi ...
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... rich old wi- dower , in whose will he hoped to secure the principal place ; did he intend it even for some whore of quality , one of those dames who ride in closed litters , but display their fair forms through am- ple windows , I ...
... rich old wi- dower , in whose will he hoped to secure the principal place ; did he intend it even for some whore of quality , one of those dames who ride in closed litters , but display their fair forms through am- ple windows , I ...
Page 55
... rich men of our age are no- wise niggardly of praise ; they admire you profusely , and that is all ; there their liberality ends : children do as much at sight of a peacock . Meanwhile , adieu the most precious days of life . While one ...
... rich men of our age are no- wise niggardly of praise ; they admire you profusely , and that is all ; there their liberality ends : children do as much at sight of a peacock . Meanwhile , adieu the most precious days of life . While one ...
Page 58
... rich enough to purchase a tame lion , and to supply all the food which it requires . What then , does the subsistence of a poet cost more than that of so large an animal ? 73. Atreus . Son of Pelops , and father of Agamemnon and ...
... rich enough to purchase a tame lion , and to supply all the food which it requires . What then , does the subsistence of a poet cost more than that of so large an animal ? 73. Atreus . Son of Pelops , and father of Agamemnon and ...
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Page 18 - Dum nova canities, dum prima et recta senectus, Dum superest Lachesi, quod torqueat, et pedibus me Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo.
Page 167 - ... atque recens linum ostendit non una cicatrix ? Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...
Page 8 - Quidquid agunt homines, votum, timor, ira, voluptas, Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli. Et quando uberior vitiorum copia ? quando Major avaritiae patuit sinus ? alea quando 80 Hos animos ? Neque enim loculis comitantibus itur Ad casum tabulae, posita sed luditur area.
Page 101 - 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. 'Perituros audio multos.
Page 179 - Bithyno libeat vigilare tyranno. finem animae, quae res humanas miscuit olim, non gladii, non saxa dabunt nec tela, sed ille Cannarum vindex et tanti sanguinis ultor 165 anulus.
Page 172 - Nee tamen haec tantum metuas : nam, qui spoliet te, Non deerit, clausis domibus, postquam omnis ubique Fixa catenatae siluit compago tabernae.
Page 12 - ... poena tamen praesens, cum tu deponis amictus turgidus et crudum pavonem in balnea portas.
Page 197 - Tradidit arcano quodcumque volumine Moses, Non monstrare vias eadem nisi sacra colenti, Quaesitum ad fontem solos deducere verpos.
Page 123 - Temporibus, quorum sceleri non invenit ipsa Nomen, et a nullo posuit natura metallo.
Page 59 - Gloria quantalibet quid erit, si gloria tantum est? Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amicae Thebaidos, laetam fecit quum Statius Urbem Promisitque diem. Tanta dulcedine captos Afficit ille animos tantaque libidine vulgi 85 Auditur : sed quum fregit subsellia versu Esurit, intactam Paridi nisi vendat Agaven.