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... Greek poets while he was at Athens , and some of his imitations may have been written early . If so , they were most probably improved and polished , from time to time , ( for he must have had them by him , known perhaps only to a few ...
... Greek poets while he was at Athens , and some of his imitations may have been written early . If so , they were most probably improved and polished , from time to time , ( for he must have had them by him , known perhaps only to a few ...
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... Greek loves the Olympic games , the Roman to get place or money ; one is quiet , another restless , and so on ; while he only loves the lyre , and seeks to be ranked by Mæcenas among lyric poets . - ARGUMENT . Maecenas , my protector ...
... Greek loves the Olympic games , the Roman to get place or money ; one is quiet , another restless , and so on ; while he only loves the lyre , and seeks to be ranked by Mæcenas among lyric poets . - ARGUMENT . Maecenas , my protector ...
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... Greek aorist . The best illustration of what follows is in the Iliad ( xxiii . 338 , sqq . ) . Meta ' was the conical pillar at the end of the course round which the chariots turned on their way back to the starting- place . By the Greeks ...
... Greek aorist . The best illustration of what follows is in the Iliad ( xxiii . 338 , sqq . ) . Meta ' was the conical pillar at the end of the course round which the chariots turned on their way back to the starting- place . By the Greeks ...
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... Greek construction for ad patien- dum ' are very numerous . To go no further than this book , we have audax perpeti ... Greeks by Hera . 26. tenerae ] This word occurs frequently in Horace in the sense of ' young . ' See C. 5. 19 ...
... Greek construction for ad patien- dum ' are very numerous . To go no further than this book , we have audax perpeti ... Greeks by Hera . 26. tenerae ] This word occurs frequently in Horace in the sense of ' young . ' See C. 5. 19 ...
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... placantur carmine Manes . " 31. Nube candentes humeros amictus ] So Homer describes him , εἱμένος wμoïïv veþéλŋv ( Il . xv . 308 ) . Virg . ( Aen . viii . 720 ) : " candentis lumine Phoebi . " ' Humeros ' is the Greek accusative 244 NOTES .
... placantur carmine Manes . " 31. Nube candentes humeros amictus ] So Homer describes him , εἱμένος wμoïïv veþéλŋv ( Il . xv . 308 ) . Virg . ( Aen . viii . 720 ) : " candentis lumine Phoebi . " ' Humeros ' is the Greek accusative 244 NOTES .
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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 233 - 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 223 - HIIMANO capiti cervicem pictor equinam Jungere si velit, et varias inducere plumas Undique collatis membris, ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne, Spectatum admissi risum teneatis, amici...
Page 231 - Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur. Qui didicit, patriae quid debeat et quid amicis, Quo sit amore parens, quo frater amandus et hospes...
Page 227 - Conversis studiis aetas animusque virilis quaerit opes et amicitias, inservit honori, commisisse cavet quod mox mutare laboret. Multa senem circumveniunt incommoda, vel quod quaerit et inventis miser abstinet ac timet uti, 170 vel quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat, dilator, spe longus, iners avidusque futuri, difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti se puero, castigator censorque minorum.
Page 181 - ... solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne peccet ad extremum ridendus et ilia ducat.
Page 233 - Tu nihil invita dices faciesve Minerva; 385 id tibi iudicium est, ea mens. Si quid tamen olim scripseris in Maeci descendat iudicis aures et patris et nostras, nonumque' prematur in annum, membranis intus positis : delere licebit quod non edideris; nescit vox missa reverti.
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 230 - Graeca nocturna versate manu, versate diurna. at vestri proavi Plautinos et numeros et 270 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.
Page 347 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse heels, So that his rider shall fall backward.