The Works of Horace: With English Notes, Critical and ExplanatoryHarper, 1846 - 681 pages |
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Page viii
... taken place at home . Caesar had been assassinated ; Antony was seeking to erect on the ruins of the Dictator's power a still more formidable despo- tism ; while Brutus and Cassius , the last hopes of the de- clining republic , were ...
... taken place at home . Caesar had been assassinated ; Antony was seeking to erect on the ruins of the Dictator's power a still more formidable despo- tism ; while Brutus and Cassius , the last hopes of the de- clining republic , were ...
Page xv
... taken from the latter part of an hexameter line ( a posteriore parte ver- sus hexametri ) , and is consequently opposed to the dactylic tetrameter a priore . This last is taken from the first part ( a priore parte ) of an hex- ameter ...
... taken from the latter part of an hexameter line ( a posteriore parte ver- sus hexametri ) , and is consequently opposed to the dactylic tetrameter a priore . This last is taken from the first part ( a priore parte ) of an hex- ameter ...
Page 275
... taken their general name from the town or district of Falernus . But the most conspicuous , or the best exposed among them , seems to have been the Massic ; and as in process of time several infe- rior growths were confounded under the ...
... taken their general name from the town or district of Falernus . But the most conspicuous , or the best exposed among them , seems to have been the Massic ; and as in process of time several infe- rior growths were confounded under the ...
Page 276
... Taken passively . - Manet . " Passes the night . " - Sub Jove frigido . " Beneath the cold sky . " Jupiter is here taken figura- tively for the higher regions of the air . Compare the Greek phrase iлÒ Aiós . - 28 . Teretes . " Well ...
... Taken passively . - Manet . " Passes the night . " - Sub Jove frigido . " Beneath the cold sky . " Jupiter is here taken figura- tively for the higher regions of the air . Compare the Greek phrase iлÒ Aiós . - 28 . Teretes . " Well ...
Page 278
... Taken as an adjective , and referring to ultorem . It alludes to the violence of the inundation . Some commenta tors connect it as an adverb with querenti : " the too - complaining . " - 19 . Jove non probante . Jupiter did not approve ...
... Taken as an adjective , and referring to ultorem . It alludes to the violence of the inundation . Some commenta tors connect it as an adverb with querenti : " the too - complaining . " - 19 . Jove non probante . Jupiter did not approve ...
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