The Art of poetry of Horace, with free and explanatory tr. in prose and verse by D. Bagot |
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... laws of speech which authors must obey . Sad wars of chiefs , and grand exploits of kings , In epic verse immortal Homer sings . First plaintive strains lines elegiac move , Then vows of lovers realised in love ; 130 16 The Different ...
... laws of speech which authors must obey . Sad wars of chiefs , and grand exploits of kings , In epic verse immortal Homer sings . First plaintive strains lines elegiac move , Then vows of lovers realised in love ; 130 16 The Different ...
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... law respect , And words magniloquent in sound reject ; Must shun bombastic talk with due restraint , 19 160 If they would move us with their sad complaint . 170 ' Tis not enough that poems should be fine , A pleasing air should breathe ...
... law respect , And words magniloquent in sound reject ; Must shun bombastic talk with due restraint , 19 160 If they would move us with their sad complaint . 170 ' Tis not enough that poems should be fine , A pleasing air should breathe ...
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... laws were ever made for him , let him indignantly in- sist upon everything being left to the arbitration of arms . Let Medea be ferocious and relentless , Ino in tears , Ixion perfidious , Io a vagrant , Orestes sad . If you commit to ...
... laws were ever made for him , let him indignantly in- sist upon everything being left to the arbitration of arms . Let Medea be ferocious and relentless , Ino in tears , Ixion perfidious , Io a vagrant , Orestes sad . If you commit to ...
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... laws can bind ; Swords are his umpires , and his rule of right The blazing battle and the scorching fight . Let fierce Medea tread the tragic stage , Impersonation of unconquered rage , Ino in tears , Ixion false and bad , Io a vagrant ...
... laws can bind ; Swords are his umpires , and his rule of right The blazing battle and the scorching fight . Let fierce Medea tread the tragic stage , Impersonation of unconquered rage , Ino in tears , Ixion false and bad , Io a vagrant ...
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... law which regulates the execution of your adopted style of composi- tion , will prevent you from retreating . Nor should you begin in the way that a strolling ballad - monger once did- " I shall sing of the destiny of Priam and the ...
... law which regulates the execution of your adopted style of composi- tion , will prevent you from retreating . Nor should you begin in the way that a strolling ballad - monger once did- " I shall sing of the destiny of Priam and the ...
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Page 14 - Aquilonibus arcet, regis opus, sterilisve diu palus aptaque remis 65 vicinas urbes alit et grave sentit aratrum, seu cursum mutavit iniquum frugibus amnis, doctus iter melius : mortalia facta peribunt ; nedum sermonum stet honos et gratia vivax. multa renascentur quae iam cecidere, cadentque 70 quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus, quem penes arbitrium est et ius et norma loquendi.
Page 80 - Hoc, aiebat, et hoc.' Melius te posse negares Bis terque expertum frustra, delere jubebat 440 Et male tornatos incudi reddere versus. Si defendere delictum quam vertere malles, Nullum ultra verbum aut operam insumebat inanem, Quin sine rivali teque et tua solus amares. Vir bonus et prudens versus reprehendet inertes...
Page 10 - Continget, dabiturque licentia sumpta pudenter ; Et nova fictaque nuper habebunt verba fidem, si Graeco fonte cadent, parce detorta.
Page 64 - Verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis Offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit Aut humana parum cavit natura.
Page 30 - Atque ita mentitur, sic veris falsa remiscet, Primo ne medium, medio ne discrepet imum. Tu quid ego et populus mecum desideret audi : Si plausoris eges aulaea manentis et usque Sessuri donec cantor ' Vos plaudite' dicat, Aetatis cujusque notandi sunt tibi mores, Mobilibusque decor naturis dandus et annis.
Page 56 - Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo ; Unde parentur opes ; quid alat formetque poetam ; Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error.
Page 28 - Trojanum orditur ab ovo ; Semper ad eventum festinat et in medias res Non secus ac notas auditorem rapit, et quae Desperat tractata nitescere posse relinquit ; 150 Atque ita mentitur, sic veris falsa remiscet, Primo ne medium, medio ne discrepet imum.
Page 80 - Offendam in nugis?' Hae nugae seria ducent In mala derisum semel exceptumque sinistre. Ut mala quem scabies aut morbus regius urget Aut fanaticus error et iracunda Diana, Vesanum tetigisse timent fugiuntque poetam, 455 Qui sapiunt; agitant pueri incautique sequuntur. Hie, dum sublimis versus ructatur et errat, Si veluti merulis intentus decidit auceps In puteum foveamve, licet, ' Succurrite,
Page 70 - 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 34 - Multa recedentes adimunt. Ne forte seniles Mandentur juveni partes pueroque viriles, Semper in adjunctis aevoque morabimur aptis. Aut agitur res in scenis, aut acta refertur.