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Page 266
... offered to Venus , the blood of the victim was not allowed to stain the altar ( Tac Hist . ii . 3 ) . ODE XX . THIS Ode informs Mæcenas of the wine he will get when he comes to sup with Horace , who had it appears invited him - ARGUMENT ...
... offered to Venus , the blood of the victim was not allowed to stain the altar ( Tac Hist . ii . 3 ) . ODE XX . THIS Ode informs Mæcenas of the wine he will get when he comes to sup with Horace , who had it appears invited him - ARGUMENT ...
Page 276
... offering a libation ( whether in private or at the temple is uncertain ) , and asking for that which , according to Juvenal ( x . 356 ) , should be the end of all prayer , mens sana in corpore sano ! ' - ARGUMENT.- - What asks the poet ...
... offering a libation ( whether in private or at the temple is uncertain ) , and asking for that which , according to Juvenal ( x . 356 ) , should be the end of all prayer , mens sana in corpore sano ! ' - ARGUMENT.- - What asks the poet ...
Page 281
... offered sacritice to her . She is called by Virgil ( Aen . i . 292 ) , ' Cana Fides , ' but there it probably means aged . ' According to Livy ( i . 21 ) , Numa established religious rites for Fides . 6 22. nec comitem abnegat , ] ' nor ...
... offered sacritice to her . She is called by Virgil ( Aen . i . 292 ) , ' Cana Fides , ' but there it probably means aged . ' According to Livy ( i . 21 ) , Numa established religious rites for Fides . 6 22. nec comitem abnegat , ] ' nor ...
Page 285
... offered his victors ' grand- sons on the tomb of Jugurtha . What land , what waters , are not stained with our blood ? But stay , my Muse , approach not such high themes . 1. Motum ex Metello consule ] The foundation of the civil wars ...
... offered his victors ' grand- sons on the tomb of Jugurtha . What land , what waters , are not stained with our blood ? But stay , my Muse , approach not such high themes . 1. Motum ex Metello consule ] The foundation of the civil wars ...
Page 286
... offered up as an atonement ( rettulit ' ) the grandsons of those victors , on the grave of Jugurtha . ' Inferiac ' or ' parentalia ' were offerings presented by relatives at the tombs of the dead . Ten thousand of the Pom- peian army ...
... offered up as an atonement ( rettulit ' ) the grandsons of those victors , on the grave of Jugurtha . ' Inferiac ' or ' parentalia ' were offerings presented by relatives at the tombs of the dead . Ten thousand of the Pom- peian army ...
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Page 343 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Page 458 - His ways are always grievous; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: For I shall never be in adversity.
Page 233 - Et longorum operum finis : ne forte pudori Sit tibi Musa lyrae sollers et cantor Apollo. Natura fieret laudabile carmen an arte Quaesitum est : ego nee Studium sine divite vena Nee rude quid possit video ingenium ; alterius sic 410 Altera poscit opem res et conjurat amice.
Page 181 - ... nunc itaque et versus et cetera ludicra pono ; 10 quid verum atque decens euro et rogo et omnis in hoc sum : condo et compono quae mox depromere possim. ac ne forte roges quo me duce, quo Lare tuter, nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.
Page 232 - verum operi longo fas est obrepere somnum. 360 ut pictura poesis : erit quae si propius stes te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes...
Page 19 - Arida nutrix. Pone me pigris ubi nulla campis Arbor aestiva recreatur aura, Quod latus mundi nebulae malusque luppiter urget ; 20 Pone sub curru nimium propinqui Solis in terra domibus negata : Dulce ridentem Lalagen amabo, Dulce loquentem.
Page 230 - Vos, o Pompilius sanguis, carmen reprehendite quod non Multa dies et multa litura coercuit atque Perfectum decies non castigavit ad unguem.
Page 207 - Quid sentire putas ? quid credis, amice, precari ? Sit mihi quod nunc est, etiam minus ; et mihi vivam Quod superest aevi, si quid superesse volunt di ; Sit bona librorum et provisae frugis in annum Copia, neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus borae ! Sed satis est orare Jovem quae ponit et aufert : Det vitam, det opes ; aequum mi animum ipse parabo.
Page 302 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 347 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.