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... imperishable gems . The first peculiar excellence of Horace is in his personal character and temperament rather than his intellectual capa- cities ; it is in his genial humanity . He xvi THE ODES OF HORACE . THE ODES.
... imperishable gems . The first peculiar excellence of Horace is in his personal character and temperament rather than his intellectual capa- cities ; it is in his genial humanity . He xvi THE ODES OF HORACE . THE ODES.
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... humanity is that of his inclina- tion towards the agreeable aspects of our mortal state . He invests the virtues of patience amidst the trials of adversity with the dignity of a serene sweetness , and exalts even the frivolities of ...
... humanity is that of his inclina- tion towards the agreeable aspects of our mortal state . He invests the virtues of patience amidst the trials of adversity with the dignity of a serene sweetness , and exalts even the frivolities of ...
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... human perfectibility on earth , dies in his dungeon with Horace by his side , open at the verse which says , by what arts of con- 1 See Milton's Sonnet xxi . , To Cyriac Skinner . stancy and fortitude in mortal travail Pollux and ...
... human perfectibility on earth , dies in his dungeon with Horace by his side , open at the verse which says , by what arts of con- 1 See Milton's Sonnet xxi . , To Cyriac Skinner . stancy and fortitude in mortal travail Pollux and ...
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... human heart , and our profounder acquaintance with the events and circumstances of the age . We see in the poems themselves , when fairly examined , with what evident sincerity Horace vindicates his enthusiastic admiration of a prince ...
... human heart , and our profounder acquaintance with the events and circumstances of the age . We see in the poems themselves , when fairly examined , with what evident sincerity Horace vindicates his enthusiastic admiration of a prince ...
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... human infir- mities , or an elegant lecture in the style of an Epistle . These last require but talents , however great , which are more or less within the province of prose - writers . The novel of ' Gil Blas ' or the Essays of ...
... human infir- mities , or an elegant lecture in the style of an Epistle . These last require but talents , however great , which are more or less within the province of prose - writers . The novel of ' Gil Blas ' or the Essays of ...
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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...
Page 21 - Gratiae decentes alterno terram quatiunt pede, dum graves Cyclopum Volcanus ardens visit officinas. nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto aut flore, terrae quem ferunt solutae; nunc et in umbrosis Fauno decet immolare lucis, seu poscat agna sive malit haedo.
Page 255 - Persarum vigui rege beatior. >Donec non alia magis Arsisti neque erat Lydia post Chloen, Multi Lydia nominis, Romana vigui clarior Ilia...
Page 271 - Frustra: nam gelidos inficiet tibi Rubro sanguine rivos Lascivi suboles gregis. Te flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae Nescit tangere, tu frigus amabile 10 Fessis vomere tauris Praebes et pecori vago. Fies nobilium tu quoque fontium, Me dicente cavis impositam ilicem Saxis, unde loquaces 15 ODE XIV.
Page 137 - Fila trium patiuntur atra. Cedes coemptis saltibus et domo Villaque, flavus quam Tiberis lavit, Cedes, et exstructis in altum Divitiis potietur heres.
Page 173 - Aeacum, sedesque discretas piorum et Aeoliis fidibus querentem Sappho puellis de popularibus, et te sonantem plenius aureo, Alcaee, plectro dura navis, dura fugae mala, dura belli.
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Page 17 - Atticis reddas incolumem, precor, et serves animae dimidium meae. illi robur et aes triplex circa pectus erat, qui fragilem truci commisit pelago ratem primus...