The Works of Horace: With English Notes. For the Use of Schools and CollegesD. Appleton & Company, 1860 - 575 pages |
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... poet , as he tells us himself , 1 in a fine strain of filial pride , when , in his boyhood , perhaps about twelve ... poetry , were not at all to his taste . With Orbilius , or some other teacher , he studied Homer ; probably he read ...
... poet , as he tells us himself , 1 in a fine strain of filial pride , when , in his boyhood , perhaps about twelve ... poetry , were not at all to his taste . With Orbilius , or some other teacher , he studied Homer ; probably he read ...
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... poetry , at the impulse of " bold poverty , " that he might thereby in some way or other better his condition , and rise to fame and fortune . Though some of the Epodes as well as of the Odes were probably composed at the very beginning ...
... poetry , at the impulse of " bold poverty , " that he might thereby in some way or other better his condition , and rise to fame and fortune . Though some of the Epodes as well as of the Odes were probably composed at the very beginning ...
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... poets Virgil and Varius , he accompanied Maecenas on a journey to Brundusium , an incident which he has celebrated by ... poetry of Horace , the very name of which has a charm for every reader of his works . Its situation , extent , and ...
... poets Virgil and Varius , he accompanied Maecenas on a journey to Brundusium , an incident which he has celebrated by ... poetry of Horace , the very name of which has a charm for every reader of his works . Its situation , extent , and ...
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... poetry , which he cultivated , in all of which he was eminent , in some original and unequalled . It was his own ... poetic powers . If they do not indicate the pre- sence of the highest attributes of genius , they display a rare ...
... poetry , which he cultivated , in all of which he was eminent , in some original and unequalled . It was his own ... poetic powers . If they do not indicate the pre- sence of the highest attributes of genius , they display a rare ...
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... poetry is no sufficient ground for the opinion often expressed , that the Roman lyrist was a mere copyist of Greek ... poet , are such as none but a master could produce ; his trans- lations of single words and phrases are executed with ...
... poetry is no sufficient ground for the opinion often expressed , that the Roman lyrist was a mere copyist of Greek ... poet , are such as none but a master could produce ; his trans- lations of single words and phrases are executed with ...
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aetas allusion amor ancient Antiqq Apollo Apulia atque Augustus Baiae battle of Actium Becker's Gallus Caesar caput CARMEN celebrated Cicero Comp conj cura dative deorum dicere Dict Dillenb Dillenburger enim Ennius Epist Epod erat etiam expression Greek haec honor Horace hunc idem ille illi illustration inter Introd Julius Caesar Jupiter Juvenal Latin Livy Maecenas magis mala mare means melius mihi modo multa neque nihil nisi nunc nunquam Octavianus olim omnes omnis Orelli Ovid passage pater pede poet poet's poetic poetry prius puer pueri quae quam quia quibus quid quidquid quis quod quoque refers Roman Rome saepe Satire satis semel semper seqq sibi simul sine Sive sunt Tacitus tamen Tarentum tibi Tibur verse verum Vindelici Virg Virgil vitae wine word
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Page 212 - ... solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne peccet ad extremum ridendus et ilia ducat.
Page 343 - It's no in titles nor in rank ; It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and rest ; It's no in making muckle, mair : It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest...
Page 266 - Si possum, invideor, cum lingua Catonis et Enni Sermonem patrium ditaverit et nova rerum Nomina protulerit ? Licuit, semperque licebit, Signatum praesente nota producere nomen. Ut silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos, 60 Prima cadunt ; ita verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque.
Page 174 - Atque ego cum Graecos facerem, natus mare citra, Versiculos , vetuit me tali voce Quirinus, Post mediam noctem visus, cum somnia vera: „In silvam non ligna feras insanius , ac si „Magnas Graecorum malis implere catervas.
Page 156 - Esset, quaesivere, quod acer spiritus ac vis Nee verbis nee rebus inest, nisi quod pede certo Differt sermoni, sermo merus. At pater ardens Saevit, quod meretrice nepos insanus arnica Filius uxorem grandi cum dote recuset, 50 Ebrius et, magnum quod dedecus, ambulet ante Noctem cum facibus.
Page 220 - Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum : Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.
Page 203 - ... sermo oritur, non de villis domibusve alienis, nee male necne Lepos saltet ; sed quod magis ad nos pertinet et nescire malum est agitamus : utrumne divitiis homines an sint virtute beati ; quidve ad amicitias, usus rectumne, trahat nos ; 75 et quae sit natura boni summumque quid eius.
Page 267 - Alternis aptum sermonibus et populares Vincentem strepitus et natum rebus agendis. Musa dedit fidibus divos puerosque deorum, Et pugilem victorem et equum certamine primum, Et juvenum curas et libera vina referre.
Page 269 - Atque ita mentitur, sic veris falsa remiscet, Primo ne medium, medio ne discrepet imum. Tu, quid ego et populus mecum desideret, audi : Si plausoris eges aulaea manentis et usque Sessuri, donee cantor, ' Vos plaudite,' dicat, 155 Aetatis cujusque notandi sunt tibi mores, Mobilibusque decor naturis dandus et annis.
Page 216 - De te pendentis, te respicientis amici. 105 Ad summam : sapiens uno minor est Jove, dives, Liber, honoratus, pulcher, rex denique regum, Praecipue sanus, nisi cum pituita molesta est. EPISTOLA II. TROJANI belli scriptorem, maxime Lolli, Dum tu declamas Romae, Praeneste relegi, Qui, quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non, Planius ac melius Chrysippo et Crantore dicit.