The Works of HoraceJ. Bartlett, 1857 - 588 pages |
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Page vii
... speaks of both his parents with affection . His father , probably seeing signs of talent in him as a child , was not content to have him educated at a pro- vincial school , but took him ( at what age he does not say , but probably about ...
... speaks of both his parents with affection . His father , probably seeing signs of talent in him as a child , was not content to have him educated at a pro- vincial school , but took him ( at what age he does not say , but probably about ...
Page 245
... speaks of himself as ' adolescens at the time he put down Catiline's conspiracy , when he was forty - four years old , and as ' senex ' when he delivered his 2d Philippic , at which time he was sixty - two . 42. Ales ] Agreeing with ...
... speaks of himself as ' adolescens at the time he put down Catiline's conspiracy , when he was forty - four years old , and as ' senex ' when he delivered his 2d Philippic , at which time he was sixty - two . 42. Ales ] Agreeing with ...
Page 256
... speak com- monly of a ' green old age . ' " Cruda ac viridis senectus , " Tac . Agr . 29 . 18. areae ] Courts and open places about the temples and in different parts of the town , used as promenades and for games . Any place in a city ...
... speak com- monly of a ' green old age . ' " Cruda ac viridis senectus , " Tac . Agr . 29 . 18. areae ] Courts and open places about the temples and in different parts of the town , used as promenades and for games . Any place in a city ...
Page 257
... speak , time flies . Live to - day ; trust not to - morrow . 1. scire nefas , ] ' Nefas ' means that which is not permitted by the gods . It does not always signify what is wrong , but sometimes what is impossible for the above reason ...
... speak , time flies . Live to - day ; trust not to - morrow . 1. scire nefas , ] ' Nefas ' means that which is not permitted by the gods . It does not always signify what is wrong , but sometimes what is impossible for the above reason ...
Page 261
... speak , because the sea - gods were endowed with the gift of prophecy . Mala avi ' is like " alite lugubri , " C. iii . 3. 61 ; " mala alite , " Epod . x . 1 . ' Rum- 7. Conjurata - rumpere ] This is a legitimate prose construction ...
... speak , because the sea - gods were endowed with the gift of prophecy . Mala avi ' is like " alite lugubri , " C. iii . 3. 61 ; " mala alite , " Epod . x . 1 . ' Rum- 7. Conjurata - rumpere ] This is a legitimate prose construction ...
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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.