The Odes and Epodes of Horace, a metrical tr. into Engl., with intr. and comm., by lord Lytton. With Lat. text |
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... affections , most congenial to the taste , of the complex multitude of students in every land and in every age . It is an era in the life of the schoolboy when he first com- mences his acquaintance with Horace . He gets favourite a ...
... affections , most congenial to the taste , of the complex multitude of students in every land and in every age . It is an era in the life of the schoolboy when he first com- mences his acquaintance with Horace . He gets favourite a ...
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... affection which few writers have the happiness to inspire . We give willing ear to the praise of his merits , and feel a certain displeasure at the criticisms which appear harshly to qualify and restrict them ; we are indulgent to his ...
... affection which few writers have the happiness to inspire . We give willing ear to the praise of his merits , and feel a certain displeasure at the criticisms which appear harshly to qualify and restrict them ; we are indulgent to his ...
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... affection to a single adorer , had inspired him with one of those rare passions which influence an entire existence . We should feel as much shame as compassion for any wise friend of ours whom Venus linked lastingly in her brazen yoke ...
... affection to a single adorer , had inspired him with one of those rare passions which influence an entire existence . We should feel as much shame as compassion for any wise friend of ours whom Venus linked lastingly in her brazen yoke ...
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... affectionate nature , as is evinced by the warmth of his friendships should have been pretty often in what is com- monly called ' love ' during , say , thirty - nine years out of the fifty - seven in which he led a bachelor's life . And ...
... affectionate nature , as is evinced by the warmth of his friendships should have been pretty often in what is com- monly called ' love ' during , say , thirty - nine years out of the fifty - seven in which he led a bachelor's life . And ...
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... affection of the people and avoided all chance of exciting the jealousy of Augustus . He twice refused a triumph . The reader will observe with what ease Horace avoids all servility in the brief homage he delicately renders to Agrippa ...
... affection of the people and avoided all chance of exciting the jealousy of Augustus . He twice refused a triumph . The reader will observe with what ease Horace avoids all servility in the brief homage he delicately renders to Agrippa ...
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Page 19 - Acroceraunia? 20 nequiquam deus abscidit prudens Oceano dissociabili terras, si tamen impiae non tangenda rates transiliunt vada. audax omnia perpeti gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas.
Page 185 - Euro. laetus in praesens animus quod ultra est oderit curare et amara lento temperet risu; nihil est ab omni parte beatum.
Page 329 - EXEGI monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum. Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam. Usque ego postera Crescam laude recens, dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita Virgine pontifex. Dicar...
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