The works of Horace, followed by Engl. intr. and notes, abridged and adapted [by T.K. Arnold] from the ed. of F. Dübner |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 56
Page v
... probably been a slave in a household of the Gens Horatia , but had obtained his freedom before his son's birth . When Horace was ten or eleven years old , his father , who was anxious to give him the best education that Rome afforded ...
... probably been a slave in a household of the Gens Horatia , but had obtained his freedom before his son's birth . When Horace was ten or eleven years old , his father , who was anxious to give him the best education that Rome afforded ...
Page vi
... probably after that of his beloved patron , and in remarkable coincidence with his own affectionate words : - " Ah ! te meæ si partem animæ rapit Maturior vis , quid moror altera , Nec carus æque , nec superstes Integer Ille dies ...
... probably after that of his beloved patron , and in remarkable coincidence with his own affectionate words : - " Ah ! te meæ si partem animæ rapit Maturior vis , quid moror altera , Nec carus æque , nec superstes Integer Ille dies ...
Page 19
... probably a fictitious name , indi- cating the life of indulgence which the youth was at the time leading . 66 4. Campum ; the Campus Martius . Patiens , he who was once so willing and able to bear . - 6 . Gallica ora lupatis frenis ...
... probably a fictitious name , indi- cating the life of indulgence which the youth was at the time leading . 66 4. Campum ; the Campus Martius . Patiens , he who was once so willing and able to bear . - 6 . Gallica ora lupatis frenis ...
Page 21
... probably either of candour of mind , or want of mind , -and dissuades her from indulging so idle a curiosity . 1. Tu ne quæsieris = noli quærere . - 2 . Babylonios = Chaldaicos ; the Chaldæans were the inventors of judicial astrology ...
... probably either of candour of mind , or want of mind , -and dissuades her from indulging so idle a curiosity . 1. Tu ne quæsieris = noli quærere . - 2 . Babylonios = Chaldaicos ; the Chaldæans were the inventors of judicial astrology ...
Page 26
... probably the same Varus , whose loss the poet laments in the twentieth Ode . = 1. Sacra ; i . e . to Bacchus . Severis ; in the sense of the impera- tive sero is used of vine - planting . - 2 . Catilus = Catillus " metri gratia ...
... probably the same Varus , whose loss the poet laments in the twentieth Ode . = 1. Sacra ; i . e . to Bacchus . Severis ; in the sense of the impera- tive sero is used of vine - planting . - 2 . Catilus = Catillus " metri gratia ...
Other editions - View all
The Works of Horace, Followed by Engl. Intr. and Notes, Abridged and Adapted ... Quintus Horatius Flaccus No preview available - 2016 |
Popular passages
Page 74 - Grata carpentis thyma per laborem Plurimum circa nemus uvidique 30 Tiburis ripas operosa parvus Carmina fingo. Concines...
Page 105 - ... 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 25 - Parcus deorum cultor et infrequens insanientis dum sapientiae consultus erro, nunc retrorsum vela dare atque iterare cursus cogor relictos: namque Diespiter, igni corusco nubila dividens plerumque, per purum tonantis egit equos volucremque currum quo bruta tellus et vaga flumina, quo Styx et invisi horrida Taenari 10 sedes Atlanteusque finis concutitur.
Page 61 - ... nunc itaque et versus et cetera ludicra pono ; 10 quid verum atque decens euro et rogo et omnis in hoc sum : condo et compono quae mox depromere possim. ac ne forte roges quo me duce, quo Lare tuter, nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.
Page 7 - Quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa Perfusus liquidis urget odoribus Grato, Pyrrha, sub antro?
Page 116 - 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.
Page 102 - cui sic extorta voluptas et demptus per vim mentis gratissimus error».
Page 12 - Cum prorepserunt primis animalia terris, Mutum et turpe pecus, glandem atque cubilia propter Unguibus et pugnis, dein fustibus, atque ita porro Pugnabant armis, quae post fabricaverat usus ; Donee verba, quibus voces sensusque notarent, Nominaque invenere : dehinc absistere bello, Oppida coeperunt muñiré, et poneré leges, Ne quis fur esset, neu latro, neu quis adulter.
Page 105 - 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...
Page 109 - Non fumum ex fulgore sed ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat, ut speciosa dehinc miracula promat, Antiphaten Scyllamque et cum Cyclope Chary bdin. 145 Nec reditum Diomedis ab interitu Meleagri, Nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo ; Semper ad eventum festinat et in medias res Non secus ac notas auditorem rapit, et quae Desperat tractata nitescere posse relinquit ; 150 Atque ita mentitur, sic veris falsa remiscet, Primo ne medium, medio ne discrepet imum.