Selections from the Satires of Juvenal: To which is Added the Fifth Satire of Persius. With Notes |
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... references to the personal history of their author in the Satires themselves ; for the reticent Juvenal is very unlike the confiding Hor- ace , who wears his heart upon his sleeve . Putting together such scanty indications of the facts ...
... references to the personal history of their author in the Satires themselves ; for the reticent Juvenal is very unlike the confiding Hor- ace , who wears his heart upon his sleeve . Putting together such scanty indications of the facts ...
Page 125
... references in classical writers . 18. Vatibus , bards ; here used satirically . In the time of Ennius vates was used contemptuously of those poets who adhered to the old Saturnian measure , while those who adopted the more artistic mea ...
... references in classical writers . 18. Vatibus , bards ; here used satirically . In the time of Ennius vates was used contemptuously of those poets who adhered to the old Saturnian measure , while those who adopted the more artistic mea ...
Page 127
... reference is probably to any notorious informer . 34 sq . Cito - superest , about to clutch , ere long , all that remains of the devoured nobility . — Nobilitas nobiles . " So levis armatura , juventus , mortalitas , peregrinitas ...
... reference is probably to any notorious informer . 34 sq . Cito - superest , about to clutch , ere long , all that remains of the devoured nobility . — Nobilitas nobiles . " So levis armatura , juventus , mortalitas , peregrinitas ...
Page 136
... reference being made to Nero's execution of the Christians ( whom he falsely charged with setting fire to Rome , to avert the odium of the crime from himself and his favorite ) , by covering their bodies with tar and setting fire to ...
... reference being made to Nero's execution of the Christians ( whom he falsely charged with setting fire to Rome , to avert the odium of the crime from himself and his favorite ) , by covering their bodies with tar and setting fire to ...
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... reference is to Daedalus . 81. Horum . Notice the passage , in lively discourse , from the generic singular to the plural . Conchylia . I. e . purple robes . 82. Signabit . I. e . as witness , e . g . to a marriage - deed ( x . 336 ) or ...
... reference is to Daedalus . 81. Horum . Notice the passage , in lively discourse , from the generic singular to the plural . Conchylia . I. e . purple robes . 82. Signabit . I. e . as witness , e . g . to a marriage - deed ( x . 336 ) or ...
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Page 45 - Incertaeque rei ; Phalaris licet imperet, ut sis Falsus, et admoto dictet perjuria tauro, Summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori, Et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas.
Page 210 - When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.
Page 229 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 54 - Tum quoque materiam risus invenit ad omnes Occursus hominum, cujus prudentia monstrat Summos posse viros et magna exempla daturos Vervecum in patria crassoque sub aere nasci.
Page 215 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Page 65 - ... animum mortis terrore carentem, qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores, nesciat irasci, cupiat nihil et potiores 360 Herculis aerumnas credat saevosque labores et venere et cenis et pluma Sardanapalli. monstro quod ipse tibi possis dare, semita certe tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.
Page 13 - Ite quibus grata est picta lupa barbara mitra ! Rusticus ille tuus sumit trechedipna, Quirine, Et ceromatico fert niceteria collo.
Page 104 - Nescio quod certe est, quod me tibi temperat, astrum. Mille hominum species, et rerum discolor usus. Velle suum cuique est, nee voto vivitur uno...
Page 267 - LATIN GRAMMAR. THE publication of this edition of the Classics was suggested by the constantly increasing demand by teachers for an edition which, by judicious notes, would give to the student the assistance really necessary to render his study profitable, furnishing explanations of passages difficult of interpretation, of peculiarities of Syntax, &c., and yet would require him to make faithful use of his Grammar and Dictionary.
Page 64 - Nil ergo optabunt homines ?" Si consilium vis, Permittes ipsis expendere numinibus, quid Conveniat nobis, rebusque sit utile nostris. Nam pro jucundis aptissima quaeque dabunt Di. Carior est illis homo, quam sibi.