The Works of Horace, with English Notes, Critical and ExplanatoryHarper & brothers, 1843 - 681 pages |
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... things : either the youth of Britain , the classical students in the land of Bentley and Porson , are very badly taught , and , therefore , want all the aid which copious commentaries can afford , while our own youth in this respect are ...
... things : either the youth of Britain , the classical students in the land of Bentley and Porson , are very badly taught , and , therefore , want all the aid which copious commentaries can afford , while our own youth in this respect are ...
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... things connected with the worship of the gods , on solemn festivals . These were carried round , and the ceremony began by the waving to and fro of the sacred vases and utensils . - Nec variis obsila frondibus , & c . " Nor will I hurry ...
... things connected with the worship of the gods , on solemn festivals . These were carried round , and the ceremony began by the waving to and fro of the sacred vases and utensils . - Nec variis obsila frondibus , & c . " Nor will I hurry ...
Page 306
... things in the ode directly at variance with such an opinion . Let us adopt for a moment the distribution of parts which these com- mentators recommend , and examine the result . The first line is to be sung by the chorus of youths , the ...
... things in the ode directly at variance with such an opinion . Let us adopt for a moment the distribution of parts which these com- mentators recommend , and examine the result . The first line is to be sung by the chorus of youths , the ...
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... things from the lowest to the highest degree , and to humble to the dust the man that now occupies the loftiest and most conspicuous station among his fellow - creatures . Compare Hesiod , čoy . kaì hp . 5. seqq . - 14 . Hinc apicem ...
... things from the lowest to the highest degree , and to humble to the dust the man that now occupies the loftiest and most conspicuous station among his fellow - creatures . Compare Hesiod , čoy . kaì hp . 5. seqq . - 14 . Hinc apicem ...
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... things must yield to the power of fortune . This is beautifully expressed in the language of the text , " Thee thy handmaid Necessity ever precedes . " -Anteit must be pronounced ant - yit , as a EXPLANATORY NOTES . - BOOK I. ODE XXXV .
... things must yield to the power of fortune . This is beautifully expressed in the language of the text , " Thee thy handmaid Necessity ever precedes . " -Anteit must be pronounced ant - yit , as a EXPLANATORY NOTES . - BOOK I. ODE XXXV .
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Page 209 - ... 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 29 - Parcus deorum cultor et infrequens insanientis dum sapientiae consultus erro, nunc retrorsum vela dare atque iterare cursus cogor relictos: namque Diespiter, igni corusco nubila dividens plerumque, per purum tonantis egit equos volucremque currum quo bruta tellus et vaga flumina, quo Styx et invisi horrida Taenari 10 sedes Atlanteusque finis concutitur.
Page 268 - Tu nihil invita dices faciesve Minerva ; 385 Id tibi judicium est, ea mens ; si quid tamen olim Scripseris, in Maeci descendat judicis aures Et patris et nostras, nonumque prematur in annum : Membranis intus positis delere licebit, Quod non edideris ; nescit vox missa reverti.
Page 199 - Larem proprium vescor vernasque procaces pasco libatis dapibus. prout cuique libido est siccat inaequalis calices conviva, solutus legibus insanis, seu quis capit acria fortis pocula seu modicis uvescit laetius. ergo 70 sermo oritur, non de villis domibusve alienis, nee male necne Lepos saltet ; sed quod magis ad nos pertinet et nescire malum est agitamus : utrumne divitiis homines an sint virtute bead ; quidve ad amicitias, usus rectumne, trahat nos ; 75 et quae sit natura boni summumque quid eius.
Page 34 - Motum ex Metello consule civicum bellique causas et vitia et modos ludumque Fortunae gravesque principum amicitias et arma nondum expiatis uncta cruoribus, periculosae plenum opus aleae, tractas et incedis per ignes suppositos cineri doloso.
Page 241 - Q. HORATII FLACCI EPISTOLARUM LIBER II. EPIST. I. AD AUGUSTUM. Сим tot sustineas et tanta negotia solus, Res ítalas armis tuteris, moribus ornes, Legibus emendes ; in publica commoda peccem, Si longo sermone morer tua tempora, Caesar.
Page 268 - ... qui studet optatam cursu contingere metam, multa tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit, abstinuit venere et vino ; qui Pythia cantat tibicen, didicit prius extimuitque magistrum. nunc satis est dixisse ' ego mira poemata pango ; occupet extremum scabies ; mihi turpe relinqui est, et quod non didici sane nescire fateri.
Page 261 - Imberbus juvenis tandem custode remoto Gaudet equis canibusque et aprici gramine campi, Cereus in vitium flecti, monitoribus asper, Utilium tardus provisor...
Page 197 - Hoc erat in votis : modus agri non ita magnus, Hortus ubi et tecto vicinus jugis aquae fons Et paulum silvae super his foret. Auctius atque Di melius fecere. Bene est. Nil amplius oro, Maia nate, nisi ut propria haec mihi munera faxis.
Page 265 - Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo ; Unde parentur opes ; quid alat formetque poetam ; Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error.