The Works of HoraceJ. Bartlett, 1857 - 588 pages |
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... hands . He became acquainted , among other literary persons , with Virgil and Varius , who , about three years after his return ( B. c . 39 ) , introduced him to Mecenas , who was careful of receiving into his circle a tribune of Brutus ...
... hands . He became acquainted , among other literary persons , with Virgil and Varius , who , about three years after his return ( B. c . 39 ) , introduced him to Mecenas , who was careful of receiving into his circle a tribune of Brutus ...
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... hand , and the high - pitched sinistra , ' be- cause it was held in the left . Euterpe , the Muse , was said to have invented the tibia , ' and she especially presided over music . Polyhymnia , or Polym- nia , another Muse , invented ...
... hand , and the high - pitched sinistra , ' be- cause it was held in the left . Euterpe , the Muse , was said to have invented the tibia , ' and she especially presided over music . Polyhymnia , or Polym- nia , another Muse , invented ...
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... hand , glowing with the light of the thunderbolt which it grasped . arces ] The sacred buildings on the Capitoline Hill . They were called collectively Capitolium or Arx ( from their position ) , Arx Capitolii , and sometimes " Arx et ...
... hand , glowing with the light of the thunderbolt which it grasped . arces ] The sacred buildings on the Capitoline Hill . They were called collectively Capitolium or Arx ( from their position ) , Arx Capitolii , and sometimes " Arx et ...
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... hands and happier means . One of the chief purposes professed by Augustus was the avenging of his adoptive father's death , and his enemies made this a handle against him . 21. cives acuisse ferrum ] ' Inter se ' or ' in semetipsos ...
... hands and happier means . One of the chief purposes professed by Augustus was the avenging of his adoptive father's death , and his enemies made this a handle against him . 21. cives acuisse ferrum ] ' Inter se ' or ' in semetipsos ...
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... hand to hand , or in consequence of a wound . See S. ii . 1. 13 : " Aut labentis equo describit vulnera Parthi . " The troops of Mauri- tania were chiefly cavalry . There is a particular meaning in the reference to them rather than to ...
... hand to hand , or in consequence of a wound . See S. ii . 1. 13 : " Aut labentis equo describit vulnera Parthi . " The troops of Mauri- tania were chiefly cavalry . There is a particular meaning in the reference to them rather than to ...
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Page 227 - Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus, Quem penes arbitrium est et jus et norma loquendi.
Page 183 - ... solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne peccet ad extremum ridendus et ilia ducat.
Page 400 - At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves...
Page 233 - Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error. Scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons : Rem tibi Socraticae poterunt ostendere chartae, 3io Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur.
Page 62 - Antiochum Hannibalemque dirum ; Sed rusticorum mascula militum Proles, Sabellis docta ligonibus Versare glebas et severae Matris ad arbitrium recisos Portare fustes, sol ubi montium Mutaret umbras et juga demeret Bobus fatigatis, amicum Tempus agens abeunte curru.
Page 213 - Pacuvius docti famam senis, Accius alti, dicitur Afrani toga convenisse Menandro, Plautus ad exemplar Siculi properare Epicharmi, vincere Caecilius gravitate, Terentius arte.
Page 460 - His ways are always grievous; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: For I shall never be in adversity.
Page 94 - Gaudes carminibus. Carmina possumus Donare et pretium dicere muneri. Non incisa notis marmora publicis, Per quae spiritus et vita redit bonis...
Page 228 - Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer, Jura neget sibi nata, nihil non arroget armis. Sit Medea ferox invictaque, flebilis Ino, Perfidus Ixion, lo vaga, tristis Orestes.
Page 232 - Successit vetus his comoedia non sine multa Laude, sed in vitium libertas excidit et vim Dignam lege regi : lex est accepta, chorusque Turpiter obticuit sublato jure nocendi.