The Works of Horace: With English Notes. For the Use of Schools and CollegesD. Appleton & Company, 1860 - 575 pages |
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... verses ; but warned by a vision from Romulus , or rather by the teachings of his own good sense , he speedily abandoned the gratuitous task , doubtless convinced " that no man can be a great poet except in his own native speech . " 4 3 ...
... verses ; but warned by a vision from Romulus , or rather by the teachings of his own good sense , he speedily abandoned the gratuitous task , doubtless convinced " that no man can be a great poet except in his own native speech . " 4 3 ...
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... verses . " 2 These words have given rise to much speculation touching the immediate motives and expectations of Horace ; but it seems obvious from the words themselves and from the scope of the This is a point involved in obscurity ...
... verses . " 2 These words have given rise to much speculation touching the immediate motives and expectations of Horace ; but it seems obvious from the words themselves and from the scope of the This is a point involved in obscurity ...
Page xvii
... verses.1 It was situated about fifteen miles north - east from Tibur , ( the modern Tivoli , ) in a secluded valley , which was watered by " the cool Digentia , " and sheltered by the high Sabine hills alike from " the rainy winds and ...
... verses.1 It was situated about fifteen miles north - east from Tibur , ( the modern Tivoli , ) in a secluded valley , which was watered by " the cool Digentia , " and sheltered by the high Sabine hills alike from " the rainy winds and ...
Page xix
... verse , of the majesty of his person , of the triumphs of his arms , and the peaceful glories of his reign , have provoked from hasty critics the charge of servile adulation , and of a weak abandonment of cherished sentiments . It was ...
... verse , of the majesty of his person , of the triumphs of his arms , and the peaceful glories of his reign , have provoked from hasty critics the charge of servile adulation , and of a weak abandonment of cherished sentiments . It was ...
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... verse , the characteristic incidents of his eventful times , the features of Roman life and manners , and the great facts of human life and experience . The value of these writings to the student of Roman history and Roman character ...
... verse , the characteristic incidents of his eventful times , the features of Roman life and manners , and the great facts of human life and experience . The value of these writings to the student of Roman history and Roman character ...
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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.