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... Virgil , and Ovid . A few selections have been taken from the earlier poets , but they are in general too difficult ; and the writers of the Silver Age , except Pliny and Martial , also proved unsuitable for the purpose in view . No ...
... Virgil , and Ovid . A few selections have been taken from the earlier poets , but they are in general too difficult ; and the writers of the Silver Age , except Pliny and Martial , also proved unsuitable for the purpose in view . No ...
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... anyone , who reads either Virgil or Cicero without constant regard to the quantities , cannot really appreciate their excellence . Each one of these passages should be read aloud both Preface vii ( 5 ) As there before and after.
... anyone , who reads either Virgil or Cicero without constant regard to the quantities , cannot really appreciate their excellence . Each one of these passages should be read aloud both Preface vii ( 5 ) As there before and after.
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... me- mento ; Hae tibi erunt artēs , pacisque imponere mōrem , Parcere subiectis et debellare superbōs . D. S. L. VIRGIL , Aeneid vi 846-853 . 1 5 2 Military Glory 2. Military Glory Murena was elected consul SILVA LATINA ...
... me- mento ; Hae tibi erunt artēs , pacisque imponere mōrem , Parcere subiectis et debellare superbōs . D. S. L. VIRGIL , Aeneid vi 846-853 . 1 5 2 Military Glory 2. Military Glory Murena was elected consul SILVA LATINA ...
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... VIRGIL , Georgic iii 515–530 . 9. Death is natural to the Old Happiness and virtue may be realised even in a short life . But the death of the young is contrary to the course of nature , whereas the old man dies like ripe fruit falling ...
... VIRGIL , Georgic iii 515–530 . 9. Death is natural to the Old Happiness and virtue may be realised even in a short life . But the death of the young is contrary to the course of nature , whereas the old man dies like ripe fruit falling ...
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... VIRGIL , Georgic ii 458-474 . 13. The Praise of Literature ( 1 ) In 61 B.C. Cicero addressed a jury in defence of Archias , a Greek poet , who had taught Cicero in his youth . The speech deals mainly with the benefit and the pleasure ...
... VIRGIL , Georgic ii 458-474 . 13. The Praise of Literature ( 1 ) In 61 B.C. Cicero addressed a jury in defence of Archias , a Greek poet , who had taught Cicero in his youth . The speech deals mainly with the benefit and the pleasure ...
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Page 26 - O praeclarum diem cum in illud divinum animorum concilium coetumque proficiscar cumque ex hac turba et colluvione discedam ! Proficiscar enim non ad eos solum viros, de quibus ante dixi, verum etiam ad Catonem meum, quo nemo vir melior natus est, nemo pietate praestantior...
Page 22 - Cupidinesque, et quantum est hominum venustiorum: passer mortuus est meae puellae, passer, deliciae meae puellae, quern plus ilia oculis suis amabat — nam mellitus erat suamque norat ipsam tam bene quam puella matrem, nee sese a gremio illius movebat, sed circumsiliens modo hue modo illuc ad solam dominam usque pipiabat.
Page 77 - Denique Democritum postquam matura vetustas admonuit memores motus languescere mentis, sponte sua leto caput obvius obtulit ipse. Ipse Epicurus obit decurso lumine vitae, qui genus humanum ingenio superavit et omnis restinxit, stellas exortus ut aetherius sol.
Page 133 - Nam genus et proavos et quae non fecimus ipsi, vix ea nostra voco; sed enim quia rettulit Aiax * esse lovis pronepos, nostri quoque sanguinis auctor luppiter est, totidemque gradus distamus ab illo.
Page 141 - ... huic versatile ingenium sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut natum ad id unum diceres quodcumque ageret...
Page 94 - Et velut anteacto nil tempore sensimus aegri, ad confligendum venientibus undique Poenis, omnia cum belli trepido concussa tumultu horrida contremuere sub altis aetheris oris in dubioque fuere utrorum ad regna cadendum omnibus humanis esset terraque marique, sic, ubi non erimus, cum corporis atque animai discidium fuerit quibus e sumus uniter apti.
Page 79 - Me patris Anchisae, quotiens umentibus umbris nox operit terras, quotiens astra ignea surgunt, admonet in somnis et turbida terret imago, me puer Ascanius capitisque iniuria cari, quem regno Hesperiae fraudo et fatalibus arvis.
Page 32 - Panchaia pinguis harenis. haec loca non tauri spirantes naribus ignem 140 invertere satis immanis dentibus hydri, nee galeis densisque virum seges horruit hastis; sed gravidae fruges et Bacchi Massicus umor implevere; tenent oleae armentaque laeta.
Page 14 - Quis fuit, horrendos primus qui protulit enses? quam ferus et vere ferreus ille fuit! tum caedes hominum generi, tum proelia nata, tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est. 5 an nihil ille miser meruit, nos ad mala nostra vertimus, in saevas quod dedit ille feras? divitis hoc vitium est auri, nec bella fuerunt, faginus adstabat cum scyphus ante dapes.
Page 50 - Et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem, Quandoquidem fortuna mihi tete abstulit ipsum, Heu miser indigne frater adempte mihi. Nunc tamen interea haec prisco quae more parentum Tradita sunt tristi munere ad inferias, Accipe fraterno multum manantia fletu. Atque in perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale.