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... passage is to be found in this volume , or when , as in one or two cases , it is altogether too long for transcription . The references to ' Roby ' are to the pages in Roby's School Latin Grammar , published by Messrs . Macmillan and Co ...
... passage is to be found in this volume , or when , as in one or two cases , it is altogether too long for transcription . The references to ' Roby ' are to the pages in Roby's School Latin Grammar , published by Messrs . Macmillan and Co ...
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... passage , Virg . Georg . ii . 458 , beginning ' O fortunatos nimium , sua si bona norint , Agricolas . Cicero says ( Tusc . Disp . v . 10 ) that the idea contained in the word beatus is ' secretis malis omnibus , cumulata bonorum ...
... passage , Virg . Georg . ii . 458 , beginning ' O fortunatos nimium , sua si bona norint , Agricolas . Cicero says ( Tusc . Disp . v . 10 ) that the idea contained in the word beatus is ' secretis malis omnibus , cumulata bonorum ...
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Horace Herbert Andrew Dalton. great moral doctrine of Christianity . Juvenal has a fine passage to the same effect , xv . 147-174 . 13. vis acrior , a force too fierce to resist , ' i.e. some fatal necessity . 14. culpa , guilt ' rather ...
Horace Herbert Andrew Dalton. great moral doctrine of Christianity . Juvenal has a fine passage to the same effect , xv . 147-174 . 13. vis acrior , a force too fierce to resist , ' i.e. some fatal necessity . 14. culpa , guilt ' rather ...
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... Passages are aptly quoted here from the Hebrew prophets , Jer . viii . 1-3 ; Ezek . xxvi . 11 . 14. nefas videre . The more usual constr . would be nefas visu ( nefas acc . ) ; but here prob . the words are parenthetical , videre being ...
... Passages are aptly quoted here from the Hebrew prophets , Jer . viii . 1-3 ; Ezek . xxvi . 11 . 14. nefas videre . The more usual constr . would be nefas visu ( nefas acc . ) ; but here prob . the words are parenthetical , videre being ...
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... passages , Hor . Od . i . 5 , 13-16 - Me tabula sacer Votiva paries indicat uvida Sus- pendisse potenti Vestimenta maris ... passage from Juvenal , xii . 28 , shows that it was sometimes a painting . 22. amphora . Another illustration ...
... passages , Hor . Od . i . 5 , 13-16 - Me tabula sacer Votiva paries indicat uvida Sus- pendisse potenti Vestimenta maris ... passage from Juvenal , xii . 28 , shows that it was sometimes a painting . 22. amphora . Another illustration ...
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A. S. WALPOLE actor actus aetas alta animi animos Antonius Archilochus Assistant Master atque Book Cethegi Choerilus chorus Cicero comedy common cyclic poets domum dramatic poetry Edited elegiac enim Epode erit etiam Euripides expression fabula genius Greek haec Hence heroes Hesiod Homer Horace Horace's hunc iambic iambus Iliad invented juvat Juvenal Latium Liburnis Livy loqui M.A. Ready Maecenas meaning Menas metaphor metre mihi Multa nefas Neque nunc Octavian Odes omnes orator Orelli orichalco Ovid passage perhaps Piso Plautus play poem poëmata poet poëtae POETICA poëtis ponere privatis quae quam quid quod refers reponi rerum Roby Roman Rome satyric drama satyrs scriptor semel sense Sextus Pompeius sibi sine Sophocles speciosa supposed tamen Thespis tibi tion tragedy trimeter uncia unus verb verses Versibus videre Virg Virgil Vocabulary words
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Page 54 - Pyrrha, sub antrof cui flavam religas comam, simplex munditiis? heu quoties fidem mutatosque deos flebit et aspera nigris aequora ventis emirabitur insolens, qui nunc te fruitur credulus aurea; qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem sperat nescius aurae fallacis. miseri, quibus intentata nites ! me tabula sacer votiva paries indicat uvida suspendisse potenti vestimenta maris deo.
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Page 12 - HIIMANO capiti cervicem pictor equinam Jungere si velit, et varias inducere plumas Undique collatis membris, ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne, Spectatum admissi risum teneatis, amici...
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Page 25 - Saxa movere sono testudinis, et prece blanda Ducere quo vellet. Fuit haec sapientia quondam. Publica privatis secernere, sacra profanis ; Concubitu prohibere vago, dare jura maritis, Oppida moliri, leges incidere ligno.
Page 23 - Cum semel imbuerit, speramus carmina fingi Posse linenda cedro et levi servanda cupresso ? Aut prodesse volunt, aut delectare poetae, Aut simul et jucunda et idonea dicere vitae.
Page 2 - Beatus ille, qui procul negotiis, Ut prisca gens mortalium, Paterna rura bobus exercet suis...