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Page xiv
... masters , I cannot think he has shewn his judgment to be very accurate , or his taste to be very correct . The whole , indeed , of his admi- rable preface to Juvenal , displays his fine bold ge- nius , but is not remarkable for depth ...
... masters , I cannot think he has shewn his judgment to be very accurate , or his taste to be very correct . The whole , indeed , of his admi- rable preface to Juvenal , displays his fine bold ge- nius , but is not remarkable for depth ...
Page xxii
... masters at Rome , one of whom was a grammarian , and the other a rhetorician . The author of the fragment says , Persius did not be- come the pupil of Cornutus , till he had reached his sixteenth year . But our Poet tells us , his ...
... masters at Rome , one of whom was a grammarian , and the other a rhetorician . The author of the fragment says , Persius did not be- come the pupil of Cornutus , till he had reached his sixteenth year . But our Poet tells us , his ...
Page xxviii
... master might sweet verse admire , Might love the Muse , and listen to the lyre ; Might seek the festive board , where Horace sung , And learn what accents fell from Maro's tongue . Our Sovereign Lord , avenging Europe's wrongs , Turns ...
... master might sweet verse admire , Might love the Muse , and listen to the lyre ; Might seek the festive board , where Horace sung , And learn what accents fell from Maro's tongue . Our Sovereign Lord , avenging Europe's wrongs , Turns ...
Page xxx
... master of the heart ; Ardent , impressive , eloquent , sublime , Th ' Aquinian brook'd no compromise with crime : Nor with less lustre that stern satirist shone , Whose moral thunders roll'd around the throne , Whose vengeful bolts at ...
... master of the heart ; Ardent , impressive , eloquent , sublime , Th ' Aquinian brook'd no compromise with crime : Nor with less lustre that stern satirist shone , Whose moral thunders roll'd around the throne , Whose vengeful bolts at ...
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... master turn this varlet round , And Marcus Dama is à Roman found . Marcus is bound : your money do you grudge ? You need not fear , ' tis Marcus sits as judge . Marcus said thus . - Nay , then the thing is true . Marcus , the will must ...
... master turn this varlet round , And Marcus Dama is à Roman found . Marcus is bound : your money do you grudge ? You need not fear , ' tis Marcus sits as judge . Marcus said thus . - Nay , then the thing is true . Marcus , the will must ...
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admired aliquid atque censure centum Chrysippus Cleanthes Cornutus dare delight Dicere dost thou Dryden Egyptians feasts Fescennine verses fidelia fools glow gods hæc hath Haud Heic Hinc honours Horace Horus hour hunc illi Inque ipse Jews Jove joys Juvenal laurel lictor lyre mane mihi mind Muse nempe nihilum nisi nunc o'er obscure observations oculos pale palles passions Pingue pleasure poet poetry populi prætor's praise pueris purple Quæ quam quantum quibus quicquid quid Quintilian quis quò quod rage reader rerum Roman Rome Sæpe sage SATIRE III SATIRE IV SATIRE VI SATIRES OF PERSIUS satirist shame sibi sistrum soul Stoics strigiles sung tacitus tamen taste thee thine thought tibi tion toil tongue Tunc umbo unity of subject Unmark'd venit verba verses vice virtue vivere water-clock wealth words wretch youth
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Page 46 - Summosque pedes attinge, manusque : " Non frigent." Visa est si forte pecunia; sive Candida vicini subrisit molle puella ; 110 Cor tibi rite salit ? positum est algente catino Durum olus; et populi cribro decussa farina : Tentemus fauces.
Page 14 - et qui caeruleum dirimebat Nerea delphin; ,,sic costam longo subduximus Apennino. 95 ,,Arma virum, nonne hoc spumosum et cortice pingui, „ut ramale vetus, praegrandi subere coctum?" Quidnam igitur tenerum , et laxa cervice legendum? Torva Mimalloneis implerunt cornua bombis, et raptum vitulo caput ablatura superbo Bassaris, et lyncem Maenas flexura corymbis 100 Euion ingeminat: reparabilis assonat Echo.
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Page 14 - ... ait Pedio. Pedius quid? crimina rasis 85 librat in antithetis, doctas posuisse figuras laudatur: 'bellum hoc.' hoc bellum? an, Romule, ceves? men moveat?
Page xi - Et sermone opus est modo tristi, saepe iocoso, Defendente vicem modo rhetoris atque poetae, Interdum urbani parcentis viribus atque Extenuantis eas consulto. Ridiculum acri Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res.
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Page 48 - Cor tibi rite salit? Positum est algente catino Durum olus, et populi cribro decussa farina : Tentemus fauces ; tenero latet ulcus in ore Putre, quod haud deceat plebeia radere beta.
Page 10 - Quisquis es, O, modo quem ex adverso dicere feci, Non ego cum scribo, si forte quid aptius exit, 45 Quando haec rara avis est, si quid tamen aptius exit, Laudari metuam, neque enim mihi cornea fibra est ; Sed recti finemque extremumque esse recuso EUGE tuum et BELLE.
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