Eclogae ex Q. Horatii Flacci poematibusBlanchard & Lea, 1854 - 289 pages |
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Page vi
... Rome , and rose to wealth and influence , was of itself something to be proud of ( compare Sat. i . 6 , 7. ) Horace acknowledges his humble birth ; but his education , he says , was equal to that of one destined for the highest position ...
... Rome , and rose to wealth and influence , was of itself something to be proud of ( compare Sat. i . 6 , 7. ) Horace acknowledges his humble birth ; but his education , he says , was equal to that of one destined for the highest position ...
Page vii
... Rome , where alone he could hope to rise by his abilities . His patrimonial estate , which had never been large , had during the civil war been quite lost ( Epist . ii . 2 , 50 ) , not by the proscrip- tions , by which the trium virs ...
... Rome , where alone he could hope to rise by his abilities . His patrimonial estate , which had never been large , had during the civil war been quite lost ( Epist . ii . 2 , 50 ) , not by the proscrip- tions , by which the trium virs ...
Page viii
... Rome but recitations of poetry and criticisms thereon . Among the dis- tinguished poets of the time we may mention especially Virgil , whose charming pastorals had delighted all , and gained for him the favour and patronage of ...
... Rome but recitations of poetry and criticisms thereon . Among the dis- tinguished poets of the time we may mention especially Virgil , whose charming pastorals had delighted all , and gained for him the favour and patronage of ...
Page ix
... Rome prevents him from having any leisure . The favour of Maecenas soon obtained for our poet the means of mak- ing a sufficient livelihood : he became a scriba . This he himself indicates in Sat. ii . 6 , 36 ; and his biographer ...
... Rome prevents him from having any leisure . The favour of Maecenas soon obtained for our poet the means of mak- ing a sufficient livelihood : he became a scriba . This he himself indicates in Sat. ii . 6 , 36 ; and his biographer ...
Page x
... Rome only during the time when he must be there - namely , the beginning of the year . He returns to his Sabine farm as soon as he possibly can , and lives there for the remainder of the year ; except when he goes , as the state of his ...
... Rome only during the time when he must be there - namely , the beginning of the year . He returns to his Sabine farm as soon as he possibly can , and lives there for the remainder of the year ; except when he goes , as the state of his ...
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Page 284 - Orestes. si quid inexpertum scaenae committis et audes 125 personam formare novam, servetur ad imum qualis ab incepto processerit, et sibi constet. difficile est proprie communia dicere ; tuque rectius Iliacum carmen deducis in actus, quam si proferres ignota indictaque primus.
Page 25 - Spernit ; nunc viridi membra sub arbuto Stratus, nunc ad aquae lene caput sacrae. Multos castra juvant, et lituo tubae Permixtus sonitus, bellaque, matribus Detestata. Manet sub Jove frigido Venator, tenerae conjugis immemor ; Seu visa est catulis cerva fidelibus, Seu rupit teretes Marsus aper plagas. Me doctarum hederae praemia frontium...
Page 148 - Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam : usque ego postera Crescam laude recens dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita virgine pontifex. Dicar qua violens obstrepit Aufidus Et qua pauper aquae Daunus agrestium Regnavit populorum, ex humili potens, Princeps Aeolium carmen ad Italos Deduxisse modos. Sume superbiam Quaesitam meritis et mihi Delphica Lauro cinge volens, Melpomene, comam.
Page 265 - Nam spirat tragicum satis et feliciter audet, Sed turpem putat inscite metuitque lituram. Creditur ex medio quia res arcessit habere Sudoris minimum, sed habet comoedia tanto Plus oneris quanto veniae minus.
Page 203 - ... et Laberi mimos ut pulchra poemata mirer. ergo non satis est risu diducere rictum auditoris...
Page 156 - Nutrita faustis sub penetralibus, Posset, quid Augusti paternus In pueros animus Nerones. Fortes creantur fortibus ; et bonis Est in juvencis, est in equis, patrum 30 Virtus : nee imbellem feroces Progenerant aquilae columbam.
Page 289 - Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus, Pes citus ; unde etiam trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen iambeis, quum senos redderet ictus Primus ad extremum similis sibi. Non ita pridem, Tardior ut paulo graviorque veniret ad aures, 255 Spondees stabiles in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens, non ut de sede secunda Cederet aut quarta socialiter.
Page 294 - Silvestres homines sacer interpresque deorum Caedibus et victu foedo deterruit Orpheus, Dictus ob hoc lenire tigres rabidosque leones ; Dictus et Amphion, Thebanae conditor arcis, Saxa movere sono testudinis et prece blanda Ducere quo vellet.
Page 128 - Bandusiae splendidior vitro dulci digne mero non sine floribus, eras donaberis haedo, cui frons turgida cornibus primis et venerem et proelia destinat frustra: nam gelidos inficiet tibi rubro sanguine rivos lascivi suboles gregis. te flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae nescit tangere, tu frigus amabile 10 fessis vomere tauris praebes et pecori vago. fies nobilium tu quoque fontium, me dicente cavis impositam ilicem saxis, unde loquaces lymphae desiliunt tuae.
Page 290 - At vestri proavi Plautinos et numeros et Laudavere sales, nimium patienter utrumque, Ne dicam stulte, mirati, si modo ego et vos Scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto , Legitimumque sonum digitis callemus et aure.