The works of Horace: with English notes, for the use of schools and collegesD. Appleton, 1866 - 575 pages |
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... poet , as he tells us himself , ' in a fine strain of filial pride , when , in his boyhood , perhaps about twelve ... poetry , were not at all to his taste . With Orbilius , or some other teacher , he studied Homer ; probably he read ...
... poet , as he tells us himself , ' in a fine strain of filial pride , when , in his boyhood , perhaps about twelve ... poetry , were not at all to his taste . With Orbilius , or some other teacher , he studied Homer ; probably he read ...
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... poetry , at the impulse of " bold poverty , " that he might thereby in some way or other better his condition , and rise to fame and fortune . Though some of the Epodes as well as of the Odes were probably composed at the very beginning ...
... poetry , at the impulse of " bold poverty , " that he might thereby in some way or other better his condition , and rise to fame and fortune . Though some of the Epodes as well as of the Odes were probably composed at the very beginning ...
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... poets Virgil and Varius , he accompanied Maecenas on a journey to Brundusium , an incident which he has celebrated by ... poetry of Horace , the very name of which has a charm for every reader of his works . Its situation , extent , and ...
... poets Virgil and Varius , he accompanied Maecenas on a journey to Brundusium , an incident which he has celebrated by ... poetry of Horace , the very name of which has a charm for every reader of his works . Its situation , extent , and ...
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... poetry , which he cultivated , in all of which he was eminent , in some original and unequalled . It was his own ... poetic powers . If they do not indicate the pre- sence of the highest attributes of genius , they display a rare ...
... poetry , which he cultivated , in all of which he was eminent , in some original and unequalled . It was his own ... poetic powers . If they do not indicate the pre- sence of the highest attributes of genius , they display a rare ...
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... poetry is no sufficient ground for the opinion often expressed , that the Roman lyrist was a mere copyist of Greek ... poet , are such as none but a master could produce ; his trans- lations of single words and phrases are executed with ...
... poetry is no sufficient ground for the opinion often expressed , that the Roman lyrist was a mere copyist of Greek ... poet , are such as none but a master could produce ; his trans- lations of single words and phrases are executed with ...
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aetas alludes allusion amor ancient Antiqq Apollo Apulia atque Augustus Baiae battle of Actium Becker's Gallus Caesar called caput CARMEN celebrated Cicero Comp Compare conj cura dative dicere Dict Dillenb Dillenburger enim Ennius Epist Epod erat etiam expression Greek haec hence Homer honor Horace hunc idem illi illustration imitation inter Introd Julius Caesar Jupiter Juvenal Latin Livy lyric Maecenas magis mala mare means mihi modo multa neque nihil nisi nunc Octavianus olim omnes Orelli Ovid passage pater pede Pindar poet poet's poetic poetry puer pueri quae quam quia quibus quid quis quod quoque refers rerum Roman Rome saepe Satire satis semel semper seqq sibi sine sunt Tacitus tamen tibi tibiae Tibur verse Verum Vindelici Virg Virgil virtue wine word
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Page 294 - ... 10 scimus, et hanc veniam petimusque damusque vicissim; sed non ut placidis coeant immitia, non ut serpentes avibus geminentur, tigribus agni. Inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter...
Page 285 - ... mulcet, falsis terroribus implet, ut magus, et modo me Thebis, modo ponit Athenis: verum age et his, qui se lectori credere malunt quam spectatoris fastidia ferre superbi...
Page 113 - Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum.
Page 291 - cui sic extorta voluptas et demptus per vim mentis gratissimus error».
Page 310 - Tis chastity, my brother, chastity : She that has that is clad in complete steel, And, like a quivered nymph with arrows keen, May trace huge forests, and unharboured heaths, Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds ; Where, through the sacred rays of chastity, No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer, Will dare to soil her virgin purity.
Page 344 - How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
Page 290 - Vestae ; obscurata diu populo bonus eruet atque proferet in lucem speciosa vocabula rerum, quae priscis memorata Catonibus atque Cethegis nunc situs informis premit et deserta vetustas ; adsciscet nova, quae genitor produxerit usus. vehemens et liquidus puroque simillimus amni fundet opes Latiumque beabit divite lingua...
Page 184 - ... ingenium cui sit, cui mens divinior atque os magna sonaturum, des nominis huius honorem. idcirco quidam comoedia necne poema 45 esset quaesivere, quod acer spiritus ac vis nee verbis nee rebus inest, nisi quod pede certo differt sermoni, sermo merus.
Page 72 - JUSTUM et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solida, neque Auster, Dux inquieti turbidus Adriae, 5 Nee fulminantis magna manus Jovis : Si fractus illabatur orbis, * Impavidum ferient ruinae.
Page 250 - Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum : Grata superveniet, quae non sperabitur hora.