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... known than they are ; but his poetry cannot be praised for its ele- gance , nor his language for its urbanity . It is one thing , to esteem the excellent sense of an author , and another , to propose his style as a model of imi- tation ...
... known than they are ; but his poetry cannot be praised for its ele- gance , nor his language for its urbanity . It is one thing , to esteem the excellent sense of an author , and another , to propose his style as a model of imi- tation ...
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... known that Persius wrote before Juvenal ? Besides , it cannot be supposed that the Latin lan- guage had lost very much of its purity in the time of either of these poets . Persius was born about eighteen years after the death of ...
... known that Persius wrote before Juvenal ? Besides , it cannot be supposed that the Latin lan- guage had lost very much of its purity in the time of either of these poets . Persius was born about eighteen years after the death of ...
Page ix
... known , that new expressions had been frequently employed by the best Latin authors . Cicero intro- duced many words from the Greek , in his philo- sophical works , which are models of eloquence . Horace , the purest of the Roman poets ...
... known , that new expressions had been frequently employed by the best Latin authors . Cicero intro- duced many words from the Greek , in his philo- sophical works , which are models of eloquence . Horace , the purest of the Roman poets ...
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... known to the Ro- mans . The Fescennine verses were generally sung , or recited , at the annual celebration of the feast of Saturn , and upon other occasions of public re- joicing . But the Tuscans were at this time the most es- teemed ...
... known to the Ro- mans . The Fescennine verses were generally sung , or recited , at the annual celebration of the feast of Saturn , and upon other occasions of public re- joicing . But the Tuscans were at this time the most es- teemed ...
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Persius. public were known by the name of Satira . Many disputes have arisen on the derivation of this word . According to Diomedes the grammarian , it may be derived , either à Satyris , because it abounds with immodest and ridiculous ...
Persius. public were known by the name of Satira . Many disputes have arisen on the derivation of this word . According to Diomedes the grammarian , it may be derived , either à Satyris , because it abounds with immodest and ridiculous ...
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admired aliquid atque censure centum Chrysippus Cleanthes Cornutus dare delight Dicere dost thou Dryden Egyptians feasts Fescennine verses fidelia fools glow gods hæc hath Haud Heic Hinc honours Horace Horus hour hunc illi Inque ipse Jews Jove joys Juvenal laurel lictor lyre mane mihi mind Muse nempe nihilum nisi nunc o'er obscure observations oculos pale palles passions Pingue pleasure poet poetry populi prætor's praise pueris purple Quæ quam quantum quibus quicquid quid Quintilian quis quò quod rage reader rerum Roman Rome Sæpe sage SATIRE III SATIRE IV SATIRE VI SATIRES OF PERSIUS satirist shame sibi sistrum soul Stoics strigiles sung tacitus tamen thee thine thought tibi tion toil tongue translated Tunc umbo unity of subject Unmark'd venit verba verses vice virtue vivere water-clock wealth words wretch youth
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Page 16 - ... ait Pedio. Pedius quid? crimina rasis 85 librat in antithetis, doctas posuisse figuras laudatur: 'bellum hoc.' hoc bellum? an, Romule, ceves? men moveat?
Page 10 - Ten' cirratorum centum dictata fuisse Pro nihilo pendas V Ecce inter pocula quaerunt 30 Romulidae saturi, quid dia poemata narrent. Hic aliquis, cui circum humeros hyacinthina laena est, Rancidulum quiddam balba de nare locutus, Phyllidas, Hypsipylas, vatum et plorabile si quid, Eliquat, et tenero supplantat verba palato.
Page 16 - Arma virum", nonne hoc spumosum et cortice pingui ut ramale vetus vegrandi subere coctum?' quidnam igitur tenerum et laxa cervice legendum? 'torva Mimalloneis inplerunt cornua bombis, et raptum vitulo caput ablatura superbo Bassaris et lyncem Maenas flexura corymbis euhion ingeminat, reparabilis adsonat echo.
Page 30 - An quia non fibris ovium Ergennaque jubente Triste jaces lucis evitandumque bidental, Idcirco stolidam praebet tibi vellere barbam Jupiter ? aut quidnam est, qua tu mercede Deorum Emeris auriculas?
Page 44 - Quis datus, aut metae quam mollis flexus, et unde ? Quis modus argento ? quid fas optare? quid asper Utile nummus habet? patriae carisque propinquis 70 Quantum elargiri deceat ? quem te deus esse Jussit, et humana qua parte locatus es in re?
Page 68 - Consentire dies, et ab uno sidere duci. Nostra vel aequali suspendit tempora Libra Parca tenax veri, seu nata fidelibus hora Dividit in Geminos concordia fata duorum, Saturnumque gravem nostro Jove frangimus unaL 50 Nescio quod certe est, quod me tibi temperat, astrum.
Page xxii - Imus praecipites, quam si sibi dicat, et intus Palleat infelix quod proxima nesciat uxor? Saepe oculos, memini, tangebam parvus olivo, Grandia si nollem morituri verba Catonis Discere, non sano multum laudanda magistro, Quae pater adductis sudans audiret amicis. Jure etenim id summum, quid dexter senio ferret Scire, erat in voto ; damnosa canicula quantum Raderet ; angustae collo non fallier oreae ; 50 Neu quis callidior buxum torquere flagello.
Page 12 - Quisquis es, O, modo quem ex adverso dicere feci, Non ego cum scribo, si forte quid aptius exit, 45 Quando haec rara avis est, si quid tamen aptius exit, Laudari metuam, neque enim mihi cornea fibra est ; Sed recti finemque extremumque esse recuso EUGE tuum et BELLE.
Page xxi - Alas ! the flower was just expanded in full blossom to the morning sun, when the day overcast, and this promised pride of the garden perished by the relentless storm. THE LIFE OF PERSIUS. AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS, according to the fragment ascribed to Probus, was born on the day before the Nones of December, in the consulship of Fabius Persicus, and Lucius Vitellius; and died in that of Rubrius Marius, and Asinius Gallus, on the eighth of the Kalends of December. But as there were only twenty-eight...
Page 12 - Euge tuum et belle. Nam belle hoc excute totum : 50 Quid non intus habet? Non hic est Ilias Acct Ebria veratro ? non, si qua elegidia crudi Dictarunt proceres ? non, quicquid denique lectis Scribitur in citreis? Calidum scis ponere sumen, Scis comitem horridulum trita donare lacerna, Et, Verum, inquis, amo ; verum mihi dicite de me.