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... speak of them in detail from my own knowledge . With regard to those more recent and critical editions from which the present commentary has been in great measure compiled , I have contented myself with consulting throughout the five ...
... speak of them in detail from my own knowledge . With regard to those more recent and critical editions from which the present commentary has been in great measure compiled , I have contented myself with consulting throughout the five ...
Page xix
... ipse in- telligeret . ' This is not the way to speak of any one now in his grave but whose best years were devoted to the cause of literature . is the first edition which , rejecting the many useless b 2 PREFACE . xix.
... ipse in- telligeret . ' This is not the way to speak of any one now in his grave but whose best years were devoted to the cause of literature . is the first edition which , rejecting the many useless b 2 PREFACE . xix.
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... speak and think of female virtue as mere prudery and affectation , and to dislike it as pre- senting an obstacle to ... speaks of exclusive pos- session , for her character will not allow us to understand it otherwise . As the elegy was ...
... speak and think of female virtue as mere prudery and affectation , and to dislike it as pre- senting an obstacle to ... speaks of exclusive pos- session , for her character will not allow us to understand it otherwise . As the elegy was ...
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... speaks of it with a jealous dislike , as too fascinating to other eyes than his own . The toga ( the dress of a meretrix ) cannot here be meant , since in v . 2 , 23-4 , the Coan dress of a woman is plainly opposed to the toga of the ...
... speaks of it with a jealous dislike , as too fascinating to other eyes than his own . The toga ( the dress of a meretrix ) cannot here be meant , since in v . 2 , 23-4 , the Coan dress of a woman is plainly opposed to the toga of the ...
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... speak of with reserve . ' Ducere is a probable emendation , though libet is rather in favour of the vulgate . " 16 Hoc magis uterque nostrum te fallet , constantes manebimus data acceptaque fide .'- Kuinoel . 19 ' Non permittet ut tua ...
... speak of with reserve . ' Ducere is a probable emendation , though libet is rather in favour of the vulgate . " 16 Hoc magis uterque nostrum te fallet , constantes manebimus data acceptaque fide .'- Kuinoel . 19 ' Non permittet ut tua ...
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Page 6 - Nec sinere in propriis membra nitere bonis? Crede mihi, non ulla tuae est medicina figurae: Nudus Amor formae non amat artificem.
Page 17 - Fortuna iacere, 25 hanc animam extremae reddere nequitiae. multi longinquo periere in amore libenter, in quorum numero me quoque terra tegat. non ego sum laudi, non natus idoneus armis : hanc me militiam fata subire volunt.
Page 89 - QUICUMQUE ille fuit, puerum qui pinxit Amorem, nonne putas miras hunc habuisse manus? is primum vidit sine sensu vivere amantes, et levibus curis magna perire bona. idem non frustra ventosas addidit alas, 5 fecit et humano corde volare deum: scilicet alterna quoniam iactamur in unda, nostraque non ullis permanet aura locis.
Page 223 - Nox media, et dominae mihi uenit epistula nostrae: Tibure me missa iussit adesse mora, candida qua geminas ostendunt culmina turres, et cadit in patulos nympha Aniena lacus.
Page 9 - Andromede; nec minus assiduis Edonis fessa choreis qualis in herboso concidit Apidano: talis visa mihi mollem spirare quietem Cynthia non certis nixa caput manibus, ebria cum multo traherem vestigia Baccho, et quaterent sera nocte facem pueri.
Page 45 - HAEC certe deserta loca et taciturna querenti, et vacuum Zephyri possidet aura nemus. hic licet occultos proferre impune dolores, si modo sola queant saxa tenere fidem.
Page 168 - Musa triumphat equis, 10 et mecum in curru parvi vectantur Amores, scriptorumque meas turba secuta rotas. quid frustra missis in me certatis habenis ? non datur ad Musas currere lata via.
Page 250 - Non posse ad patrios sua pila referre Penates : Nempe meam firmant nunc duo busta fidem. Quippe Lupercus, equi dum saucia protegit ora, Heu sibi prolapso non bene cavit equo : Gallus at, in castris dum credita signa tuetur, 95 Concidit ante aquilae rostra cruenta suae.
Page 35 - Caucasus arboribus ; non tamen ista meo valeant contendere amori : nescit Amor magnis cedere divitiis. nam sive optatam mecum trahit illa quietem, seu facili totum ducit amore diem...
Page 90 - ... deum: scilicet alterna quoniam iactamur in unda, nostraque non ullis permanet aura locis. et merito hamatis manus est armata sagittis...