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... nature ; he has sympathies with such infinite varieties of men ; he is so equally at home with us in town and country , in our hours of mirth , in our mo- ments of dejection . Are we poor ? he disarms our envy of the rich by greeting as ...
... nature ; he has sympathies with such infinite varieties of men ; he is so equally at home with us in town and country , in our hours of mirth , in our mo- ments of dejection . Are we poor ? he disarms our envy of the rich by greeting as ...
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... natures ; for most men are to this day in part Epi- curean , in part Stoic . Horace is the poet of Eclecticism . From ... nature of his philosophy , and his lively wit , that secure to him this distinction , but he owes much also to that ...
... natures ; for most men are to this day in part Epi- curean , in part Stoic . Horace is the poet of Eclecticism . From ... nature of his philosophy , and his lively wit , that secure to him this distinction , but he owes much also to that ...
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... nature , which makes him the favourite companion of those whom cool woodlands , peopled with the beings of fable , ' set apart from the crowd . ' He might be as familiar with Sir Philip Sidney in the shades of Penshurst , as with Lord ...
... nature , which makes him the favourite companion of those whom cool woodlands , peopled with the beings of fable , ' set apart from the crowd . ' He might be as familiar with Sir Philip Sidney in the shades of Penshurst , as with Lord ...
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... nature in the man himself that Horace owes his unrivalled popularity -a popularity which has indeed both widened in its circle and deepened in its degree in proportion to the increase of modern civilisation . And as the popularity is ...
... nature in the man himself that Horace owes his unrivalled popularity -a popularity which has indeed both widened in its circle and deepened in its degree in proportion to the increase of modern civilisation . And as the popularity is ...
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... nature so limited to a circumscribed range of mind , that , even in England , neither the mirthful nor the melancholy man , unless he be a poet or a student , recog- nises in either poem his own favourite tastes and pleasures . But ...
... nature so limited to a circumscribed range of mind , that , even in England , neither the mirthful nor the melancholy man , unless he be a poet or a student , recog- nises in either poem his own favourite tastes and pleasures . But ...
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according addressed adopted Apollo appears applies Augustus authority battle bear beauty Book born Cæsar called CARM character charm commentators conjecture considered critics death doubt earth English expression father favour fortune give gods grave Greek hand heart honours Horace Horace's imitated interpretation Italy Jove king less lines lively Lydia lyrical Macleane Mæcenas means Mercury metre mihi mind Muse nature neque never observes ocean once Orelli original perhaps person poem poet probably quæ Quid Quis quod race reader reading reason reference rich Roman Rome sacred says seek seems sense side sing song speaks stanza suggested supposed sweet taste temple thee thou tibi translation Venus verse Virgil virtue waters whole winds wine written young youth
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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.
Page 161 - Rectius vives, Licini, neque altum semper urgendo neque, dum procellas ',, cautus horrescis, nimium premendo litus iniquum. 5 auream quisquis mediocritatem diligit, tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.
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...