The Works of Horace: With English Notes, Critical and ExplanatoryHarper & Brothers, 1840 - 681 pages |
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... regard the death of Horace as having been hastened by his own voluntary act . He died at the age of fifty - seven , and his remains were deposited on the Esquiline Hill , near the tomb of Mae- cenas . The works of Horace consist of four ...
... regard the death of Horace as having been hastened by his own voluntary act . He died at the age of fifty - seven , and his remains were deposited on the Esquiline Hill , near the tomb of Mae- cenas . The works of Horace consist of four ...
Page xvi
... regard to uniformity . ( Vid . Senec . Oedip , act 1. Troades , act 4. Herc . Fur . , act 3. Thyest . , act 3. ) 5. IAMBIC TRIMETER . Iambic verses take their name from the Iambus , ' which in pure Iambics , was the only foot admitted ...
... regard to uniformity . ( Vid . Senec . Oedip , act 1. Troades , act 4. Herc . Fur . , act 3. Thyest . , act 3. ) 5. IAMBIC TRIMETER . Iambic verses take their name from the Iambus , ' which in pure Iambics , was the only foot admitted ...
Page xxii
... regard to the caesura of the foot , it is worth notic- ing , that in the Greek Sapphics there is no necessity for any conjunction of the component feet by caesura , but every foot may be terminated by an entire word . This freedom forms ...
... regard to the caesura of the foot , it is worth notic- ing , that in the Greek Sapphics there is no necessity for any conjunction of the component feet by caesura , but every foot may be terminated by an entire word . This freedom forms ...
Page xxiii
... regard compound words only , and not simple ones . The ode of Horace ( 4. 2. ) which begins Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari Iule furnishes no exception to this remark . A Synaeresis operates in lule , which must be read as if written ...
... regard compound words only , and not simple ones . The ode of Horace ( 4. 2. ) which begins Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari Iule furnishes no exception to this remark . A Synaeresis operates in lule , which must be read as if written ...
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... regard to this epithet of the Tiber : " Yellow is an exceed- ingly undescriptive translation of that tawny colour , that mixture of red , brown , grey and yellow , which should answer to flavus here ; but I may not deviate from the ...
... regard to this epithet of the Tiber : " Yellow is an exceed- ingly undescriptive translation of that tawny colour , that mixture of red , brown , grey and yellow , which should answer to flavus here ; but I may not deviate from the ...
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Page 96 - Nutrita faustis sub penetralibus, Posset, quid Augusti paternus In pueros animus Nerones. Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis ; Est in juvencis, est in equis patrum 30 Virtus ; neque imbellem feroces Progenerant aquilae columbam.
Page 90 - EXEGI monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum. Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam. Usque ego postera Crescam laude recens, dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita Virgine pontifex.
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Page 29 - Parcus deorum cultor et infrequens, insanientis dum sapientiae consultus erro, nunc retrorsum vela dare atque iterare cursus cogor relictos : namque Diespiter, 5 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 66 - Portare fustes, sol ubi montium Mutaret umbras et juga demeret Bobus fatigatis, amicum Tempus agens abeunte curru.
Page 93 - Tendit, Antoni, quotiens in altos Nubium tractus : ego, apis Matinae More modoque, Grata carpentis thyma per laborem Plurimum circa nemus uvidique 30 Tiburis ripas operosa parvus Carmina fingo.
Page 48 - Linquenda tellus et domus et placens Uxor, neque harum, quas colis, arborum Te praeter invisas cupressos Ulla brevem dominum sequetur.
Page 50 - Tithonum minuit senectus, 30 et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, porriget hora. te greges centum Siculaeque circum mugiunt vaccae, tibi tollit hinnitum apta quadrigis equa, te bis Afro 35 murice tinctae vestiunt lanae : mihi parva rura et spiritum Graiae tenuem Camenae Parca non mendax dedit et malignum spernere vulgus.
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Page 102 - ... non incisa notis marmora publicis, per quae spiritus et vita redit bonis post mortem ducibus, non celeres fugae reiectaeque retrorsum Hannibalis minae, non incendia Carthaginis impiae eius, qui domita nomen ab Africa lucratus rediit, clarius indicant laudes quam Calabrae Pierides: neque, 20 si chartae sileant quod bene feceris, mercedem tuleris.