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Page vi
... appears to have been dead by this time . The most distinguished philosopher then teaching at Athens was Cratippus the peripatetic , to whom Cicero had sent his son . Horace men- tions ( Epist . ii . 2 , 45 ) that he had attended the ...
... appears to have been dead by this time . The most distinguished philosopher then teaching at Athens was Cratippus the peripatetic , to whom Cicero had sent his son . Horace men- tions ( Epist . ii . 2 , 45 ) that he had attended the ...
Page viii
... He was at the same time well acquainted with , and had a fine taste for literature , and took the deepest interest in it . He attempted poetry himself too , not unsuccessfully . Horace , as it appears , became viii INTRODUCTION .
... He was at the same time well acquainted with , and had a fine taste for literature , and took the deepest interest in it . He attempted poetry himself too , not unsuccessfully . Horace , as it appears , became viii INTRODUCTION .
Page ix
Horace. not unsuccessfully . Horace , as it appears , became the chief lite- rary assistant of Maecenas : he gave him information about new books , helped him in his own compositions , and wrote poems for his gratification and amusement ...
Horace. not unsuccessfully . Horace , as it appears , became the chief lite- rary assistant of Maecenas : he gave him information about new books , helped him in his own compositions , and wrote poems for his gratification and amusement ...
Page xi
... appears from his conduct to Augustus . Maecenas had spoken of Horace to the emperor , and had given him a copy of his poems ; with which , being a man of taste , and from disposition as well as from political motives a patron of ...
... appears from his conduct to Augustus . Maecenas had spoken of Horace to the emperor , and had given him a copy of his poems ; with which , being a man of taste , and from disposition as well as from political motives a patron of ...
Page xiii
... appears , moreover , that the two books were issued together . They were composed on various occa- sions , partly for the amusement of Maecenas's social circle ; and appear to have been intended originally entirely for the enter ...
... appears , moreover , that the two books were issued together . They were composed on various occa- sions , partly for the amusement of Maecenas's social circle ; and appear to have been intended originally entirely for the enter ...
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Page 300 - ... conversis studiis aetas animusque virilis quaerit opes et amicitias, inservit honori, commisisse cavet quod mox mutare laboret. multa senem circumveniunt incommoda, vel quod quaerit et inventis miser abstinet ac timet uti...
Page 304 - 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. Nil intentatum nostri liquere poetae, 285 Nee minimum meruere decus, vestigia Graeca Ausi deserere et celebrare domestica facta, Vel qui praetextas vel qui docuere togatas.
Page 289 - cui sic extorta voluptas et demptus per vim mentis gratissimus error».
Page 106 - ODI profanum vulgus et arceo ; favete linguis : carmina non prius audita Musarum sacerdos virginibus puerisque canto.
Page 238 - ... sermo oritur, non de villis domibusve alienis, nee male necne Lepos saltet ; sed quod magis ad nos pertinet et nescire malum est agitamus...
Page 146 - Ille potens sui Laetusque deget, cui licet in diem Dixisse ' Vixi ;' eras vel atra Nube polum pater occupato Vel sole puro; non tamen irritum 45 Quodcunque retro est, efficiet, neque Diffinget infectumque reddet Quod fugiens semel hora vexit.
Page 305 - Licino commiserit. o ego laevus, qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam ! non alius faceret meliora poemata: verum nil tanti est. ergo fungar vice cotis, acutum reddere quae ferrum valet, exsors ipsa secandi...
Page 297 - Humani vultus : si vis me flere dolendum est Primum ipsi tibi : tune tua me infortunia laedent, Telephe vel Peleu ; male si mandata loqueris Aut dormitabo aut ridebo.
Page 159 - Faustitas, pacatum volitant per mare navitae, culpari metuit fides, nullis polluitur casta domus stupris, mos et lex maculosum edomuit nefas, laudantur simili prole puerperae, culpam poena premit comes.
Page 309 - Natura fieret laudabile carmen an arte Quaesitum est : ego nee Studium sine divite vena Nee rude quid possit video ingenium ; alterius sic 410 Altera poscit opem res et conjurat amice.