The Satires of Persius Translated: with Notes |
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Page iii
... justly inflicted , is for the sake of example ; and the punishment , which we dread because it may ours , seems terrible even when it falls upon others . be General and abstract reasoning upon virtue and morality , may PREFACE . iii.
... justly inflicted , is for the sake of example ; and the punishment , which we dread because it may ours , seems terrible even when it falls upon others . be General and abstract reasoning upon virtue and morality , may PREFACE . iii.
Page viii
... seems seldom to constrain the facility of the master , or to cramp the genius of the poet . In the writings of Persius we have continually to lament his studied compression , his elaborate brevity , his painful energy . Not satisfied ...
... seems seldom to constrain the facility of the master , or to cramp the genius of the poet . In the writings of Persius we have continually to lament his studied compression , his elaborate brevity , his painful energy . Not satisfied ...
Page ix
... seem to have esteemed him ; and the best critic , and the wittiest epigram- matist of antiquity , were among the number of those who celebrated him . And then comes the elder Scaliger , with all his offensive pedantry , tó inform us ...
... seem to have esteemed him ; and the best critic , and the wittiest epigram- matist of antiquity , were among the number of those who celebrated him . And then comes the elder Scaliger , with all his offensive pedantry , tó inform us ...
Page xii
... seems to have been fastidious delicacy ; for refinement , when it becomes excessive , is not less hurtful to good writing , than the very coarseness and rude- ness which it would avoid . Quintilian , indeed , complains , that barbarisms ...
... seems to have been fastidious delicacy ; for refinement , when it becomes excessive , is not less hurtful to good writing , than the very coarseness and rude- ness which it would avoid . Quintilian , indeed , complains , that barbarisms ...
Page xvii
... seem to have thought , that unity of subject was by no means consistent with the nature of the poetry which they wrote . Had not this been the case , they would not have preferred the old Greek comedy to the new . Me- nander would have ...
... seem to have thought , that unity of subject was by no means consistent with the nature of the poetry which they wrote . Had not this been the case , they would not have preferred the old Greek comedy to the new . Me- nander would have ...
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adeo admired Alcibiades aliquid alludes ancient appears Arcesilas atque Attin bracca bulla Casaubon celebrated censure centum Chrysippus Cicero compitalia Cornutus doctrine Dryden Egyptians employed feasts Ferrarius fools genius gods Greek hæc Harpocrates Haud Heic Hinc honour Horace hunc illis Inque inquit inter Jews Jove Juvenal juxta lamps Lares laurel lyre Macrinus mane mihi mind Muse Nempe neque Nero nihilum nisi nunc o'er observes opinion pale passage passions Persius philosopher pleasure Pliny poet poetry prætor's praise pueris quæ quam quantum quibus quid Quintilian quis quod reader Romans Rome Rubenius SATIRE III SATIRE IV SATIRE VI SATIRES OF PERSIUS satirist says seems sense sibi signifies sius soul speak Stoics sublime Tacitus tamen taste thee thine thou thought tibi trabe translated Tunc umbo venit verba verses vice virtue wealth words write youth
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Page 82 - Indulge Genio, carpamus dulcia, nostrum est Quod vivis : cinis et Manes et fabula fies ; [Vive memor leti, fugit hora, hoc quod loquor inde est.] " En quid agis ? duplici in diversum scinderis hamo, Hunccine an hunc sequeris.
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