The Works of HoraceJ. Bartlett, 1857 - 588 pages |
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Page vii
... slave of some person of the Horatia gens . As Horace implies that he himself was ingenuus , his father must have obtained his freedom before his birth . He afterwards followed the calling of a coactor , § a collector of money in some ...
... slave of some person of the Horatia gens . As Horace implies that he himself was ingenuus , his father must have obtained his freedom before his birth . He afterwards followed the calling of a coactor , § a collector of money in some ...
Page 265
... slaves ; bring boughs and incense and wine , for I would soften the goddess with a victim . 1. Mater saeva Cupidinum ] This verse occurs again C. iv . 1. 5. The multiplication of the forms of pws was derived from the Greeks by the ...
... slaves ; bring boughs and incense and wine , for I would soften the goddess with a victim . 1. Mater saeva Cupidinum ] This verse occurs again C. iv . 1. 5. The multiplication of the forms of pws was derived from the Greeks by the ...
Page 289
... slaves of the Homeric warriors , the daughter of a royal house . The name Xanthias must be fictitious , and Phoccus indicates that the person was also supposed to be a Phocian . Why Horace , assuming a Greek name for his real or ...
... slaves of the Homeric warriors , the daughter of a royal house . The name Xanthias must be fictitious , and Phoccus indicates that the person was also supposed to be a Phocian . Why Horace , assuming a Greek name for his real or ...
Page 290
... slave , Chryseis ( Il . i . 320 , sqq . ) . 6. Tecmessae ; ] Tecmessa was the daughter of Teleutas , king of Phrygia , who was killed by the Greeks during the Trojan war , and his daughter became the prize of Ajax , the son of Telamon ...
... slave , Chryseis ( Il . i . 320 , sqq . ) . 6. Tecmessae ; ] Tecmessa was the daughter of Teleutas , king of Phrygia , who was killed by the Greeks during the Trojan war , and his daughter became the prize of Ajax , the son of Telamon ...
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... slave from Cnidus in Caria , and he is said to be so beautiful that , if he were introduced at supper among the girls , the cleverest of the company could not detect him . ' Discrimen obscu- means a difference hard to see . rum 24 ...
... slave from Cnidus in Caria , and he is said to be so beautiful that , if he were introduced at supper among the girls , the cleverest of the company could not detect him . ' Discrimen obscu- means a difference hard to see . rum 24 ...
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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...
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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.
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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.