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... . V. This satire is a humorous relation of a journey to Brundisium , in which Horace had been invited to accom- pany Mæcenas , who was employed on a state embassy , The poet is said to have had for his model A 3 INTRODUCTION .
... . V. This satire is a humorous relation of a journey to Brundisium , in which Horace had been invited to accom- pany Mæcenas , who was employed on a state embassy , The poet is said to have had for his model A 3 INTRODUCTION .
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... Mæcenas so early as the first theory presumes ; and probably the early date assigned for his introduction rested on the assumption that this Iter ' could not be placed later than the Brundisian peace . SAT . VI . An answer to his ...
... Mæcenas so early as the first theory presumes ; and probably the early date assigned for his introduction rested on the assumption that this Iter ' could not be placed later than the Brundisian peace . SAT . VI . An answer to his ...
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... Mæcenas , are of the noblest birth , but this does not make you contemptuous , nor do you think merit in a lower rank beneath your notice . You feel that in all ages men of sterling worth have been found among the humbler classes , and ...
... Mæcenas , are of the noblest birth , but this does not make you contemptuous , nor do you think merit in a lower rank beneath your notice . You feel that in all ages men of sterling worth have been found among the humbler classes , and ...
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... Mæcenas , ut nemo , quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit seu fors objecerit , illa Contentus vivat , laudet diversa sequentes ? O fortunati mercatores ! gravis annis Miles ait multo jam fractus membra labore . Contra mercator navem ...
... Mæcenas , ut nemo , quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit seu fors objecerit , illa Contentus vivat , laudet diversa sequentes ? O fortunati mercatores ! gravis annis Miles ait multo jam fractus membra labore . Contra mercator navem ...
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... Mæcenas , ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat quovis sermone molestus : Communi sensu plane caret , inquimus . Eheu Quam temere in nosmet legem sancimus iniquam ! Nam vitiis nemo sine nascitur ; optimus ille est , Qui minimis urgetur ...
... Mæcenas , ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat quovis sermone molestus : Communi sensu plane caret , inquimus . Eheu Quam temere in nosmet legem sancimus iniquam ! Nam vitiis nemo sine nascitur ; optimus ille est , Qui minimis urgetur ...
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Page 215 - ... scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons: rem tibi Socraticae poterunt ostendere chartae, 310 verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur. qui didicit patriae quid debeat et quid amicis, quo sit amore parens, quo frater amandus et hospes, quod sit conscripti, quod iudicis officium, quae partes in bellum missi ducis, ille profecto 315 reddere personae scit convenientia cuique.
Page 218 - 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 ; Sic honor et nomen divinis vatibus atque 400 Carminibus venit.
Page 126 - De te pendentis, te respicientis amici. 105 Ad summam : sapiens uno minor est Jove, dives, Liber, honoratus, pulcher, rex denique regum, Praecipue sanus, nisi cum pituita molesta est. EPISTOLA II. TROJANI belli scriptorem, maxime Lolli, Dum tu declamas Romae, Praeneste relegi, Qui, quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non, Planius ac melius Chrysippo et Crantore dicit.
Page 230 - Candour, which spares its foes, nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends ; Candour, which loves in see-saw strain to tell Of acting foolishly, but meaning well; Too nice to praise by wholesale or to blame, Convinced that all men's motives are the same ; And finds, with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black, nor white so very white.
Page 216 - Verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis Offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit Aut humana parum cavit natura.
Page 213 - Graeca nocturna versate manu, versate diurna. at vestri proavi Plautinos et numeros et 270 laudavere sales ; nimium patienter utrumque, ne dicam stulte, mirati, si modo ego et vos scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto, legitimumque sonum digitis callemus et aure.
Page 174 - Fabula si dubitem, clament periisse pudorem 80 Cuncti paene patres, ea cum reprehendere coner Quae gravis Aesopus, quae doctus Roscius egit : Vel quia nil rectum, nisi quod placuit sibi, ducunt, Vel quia turpe putant parere minoribus, et quae Imberbes didicere, senes perdenda fateri.
Page 203 - Vicinas urbes alit et grave sentit aratrum, Seu cursum mutavit iniquum frugibus amnis Doctus iter melius, mortalia facta peribunt, Nedum sermonum stet honos et gratia vivax. Multa renascentur, quae jam cecidere, cadentque 70 Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus, Quem penes arbitrium est et jus et norma loquendi.
Page 55 - Lucili ritu nostrum melioris utroque. ille velut fidis arcana sodalibus olim 30 credebat libris, neque si male cesserat usquam decurrens alio, neque si bene; quo fit ut omnis votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella vita senis.
Page 177 - Carmine Di superi placantur, carmine Manes. Agricolae prisci, fortes, parvoque beati, Condita post frumenta, levantes tempore festo Corpus et ipsum animum spe finis dura ferentem, Cum sociis operum, pueris, et conjuge fida, Tellurem porco, Silvanum lacte piabant, Floribus et vino Genium, memorem brevis aevi. Fescennina per hune inventa licentia morem Versibus alternis opprobria rustica fudit...