A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Explanatory Notes in which These Difficult Satirists are Rendered Easy and Familiar to the Reader, Volume 1N. Bliss, R. Bliss, and R. Bliss, Jun., 1807 |
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... seems to be , that as all , whether good or bad , wrote poems , why should not he , who had had an education in learning , write as well as they ? 15. Have withdrawn my hand , & c . ] The ferule was an instru- ment of punishment , as at ...
... seems to be , that as all , whether good or bad , wrote poems , why should not he , who had had an education in learning , write as well as they ? 15. Have withdrawn my hand , & c . ] The ferule was an instru- ment of punishment , as at ...
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... seem , that the person meant was some great man , who had been a friend to Regulus , and whom Regulus had basely betrayed . 31. From the devoured nobility . ] i . e . Destroyed through , secret accusations , or pillaged by informers for ...
... seem , that the person meant was some great man , who had been a friend to Regulus , and whom Regulus had basely betrayed . 31. From the devoured nobility . ] i . e . Destroyed through , secret accusations , or pillaged by informers for ...
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... seems to be meant . -The poet is mentioning various subjects , as highly proper for sa- tire ; and , among others , some favourite at court , who , after spend- ing all his paternal estate in riot , extravagance , and debauchery , was ...
... seems to be meant . -The poet is mentioning various subjects , as highly proper for sa- tire ; and , among others , some favourite at court , who , after spend- ing all his paternal estate in riot , extravagance , and debauchery , was ...
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... seems a proverbial saying-- and applies to what goes before , as well as to what follows , wherein the poet is shewing , that vice was , in those days , the only way to riches and honours . Honesty and innocence will be commended , but ...
... seems a proverbial saying-- and applies to what goes before , as well as to what follows , wherein the poet is shewing , that vice was , in those days , the only way to riches and honours . Honesty and innocence will be commended , but ...
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... seems to be the officer here meant -but for a further account of the Prætor , see AINSW . - Prætor . 101. The Tribune . ] A chief officer in Rome . - The tribunes , at their first institution , were two , afterwards came to be ten ...
... seems to be the officer here meant -but for a further account of the Prætor , see AINSW . - Prætor . 101. The Tribune . ] A chief officer in Rome . - The tribunes , at their first institution , were two , afterwards came to be ten ...
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abolla adulterer Ægypt AINSW alludes ancient appearance atque attend Bona Dea Cæsar called Campania carried clients Codrus Comp consul crime Crispinus Cybele denotes Domitian dress effeminacy emperor enim ergo famous father favour fish Gabii Galba garments give gladiator Grecian Greeks Hæc hath Hence hired honour humourously husband illis impudence ipse Jupiter Juvenal king ladies lewd live manner master mentioned meton metonym mihi Nævolus Nero nobility noble occasion Ovid perhaps person Phrygia poet poet means poison poor Prætor priests Psecas quâ quæ quam quid Quintilian quis quod reckoned Retiarius rich Romans Rome satire seems servants sestertia sestertii shew signifies slave sort sportula supposed tamen temple thence things thou Tiber tibi tunc Umbritius vice VIRG Virro wife wine woman women word wretches
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Page 347 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Page 218 - O demens, ita servus homo est? nil fecerit, esto: Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas.
Page 234 - Audio, quid veteres olim moneatis amici: Pone seram, cohibe: sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes ? cauta est et ab illis incipit uxor.
Page 192 - Credo Pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris visamque diu, cum frigida parvas praeberet spelunca domos, ignemque Laremque et pecus et dominos communi clauderet umbra...
Page 148 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly god in triumph comes; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums...
Page vi - The satyrical Poets, Horace, Juvenal, and Persius, may contribute wonderfully to give a man a detestation of vice, and a contempt of the common methods of mankind; which they have set out in such true colours, that they must give a very generous sense to those who delight in reading them often. Persius his second satyr may well pass for one of the best lectures in divinity.
Page 220 - Is there any woman that blushes at divorce now that certain illustrious and noble ladies reckon their years, not by the number of consuls, but by the number of their husbands...
Page 218 - Pone crucem servo: meruit quo crimine servus Supplicium ? quis testis adest ? quis detulit ? audi : Nulla unquam de morte hominis cunctatio longa est.
Page 76 - Dum nova canities, dum prima et recta senectus, Dum superest Lachesi, quod torqueat, et pedibus me Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo.
Page 50 - Thus and no farther shall my passion stray ; " The first crime past, compels us on to more, " And guilt proves fate, which was but choice before.