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Page 242
... sort of flageolet . When it is used in the plural ( as here , C. iv . 15. 30 , Epod . ix . 5 ) , it has reference to two of these instruments played by one per- son . Their pitch was different , the low - pitched tibia being called ...
... sort of flageolet . When it is used in the plural ( as here , C. iv . 15. 30 , Epod . ix . 5 ) , it has reference to two of these instruments played by one per- son . Their pitch was different , the low - pitched tibia being called ...
Page 256
... sort . It was a sweet wine , and probably after four years ' keeping was in its prime . Horace calls it elsewhere ( C. i . 20. 1 ) “ vile Sabinum , " but that was as compared with Mæcenas's more expensive sorts . • 14. Fors ] Chance ...
... sort . It was a sweet wine , and probably after four years ' keeping was in its prime . Horace calls it elsewhere ( C. i . 20. 1 ) “ vile Sabinum , " but that was as compared with Mæcenas's more expensive sorts . • 14. Fors ] Chance ...
Page 264
... sort ' Laudat ' or ' canit ' may be supplied . • 8 super mero over their wine , ' that is , while they were drinking . ' Super ' with the ablative generally means ' about , ' on behalf of , or con- cerning , ' a thing ; but it is also ...
... sort ' Laudat ' or ' canit ' may be supplied . • 8 super mero over their wine , ' that is , while they were drinking . ' Super ' with the ablative generally means ' about , ' on behalf of , or con- cerning , ' a thing ; but it is also ...
Page 265
... sort of altar was enjoined upon the Israelites in the wilderness in preference to any other ( Exod . xx . 24 ) . The word verbena ' was used for any boughs employed for crowning the altar or for sacred purposes . Verb , ' and ' herb ...
... sort of altar was enjoined upon the Israelites in the wilderness in preference to any other ( Exod . xx . 24 ) . The word verbena ' was used for any boughs employed for crowning the altar or for sacred purposes . Verb , ' and ' herb ...
Page 266
... sort of wine in Horace's time . It was grown in the Caecubus ager , ' in Latium , at the head of the bay of Amycle . The Calenian was from Cales ( now Calvi ) in Campania Close by Cales was the Falernus ager , ' which produced several ...
... sort of wine in Horace's time . It was grown in the Caecubus ager , ' in Latium , at the head of the bay of Amycle . The Calenian was from Cales ( now Calvi ) in Campania Close by Cales was the Falernus ager , ' which produced several ...
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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.