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Page 42
... Mæcenas eques ; ut paterni Fluminis ripæ , simul et jocosa Redderet laudes tibi Vaticani Montis imago * . Cæcubum , et prælo domitam Caleno Tu bibes uvam : mea nec Falernæ Temperant vites , neque Formiani Pocula colles , CARMEN XXI , IN ...
... Mæcenas eques ; ut paterni Fluminis ripæ , simul et jocosa Redderet laudes tibi Vaticani Montis imago * . Cæcubum , et prælo domitam Caleno Tu bibes uvam : mea nec Falernæ Temperant vites , neque Formiani Pocula colles , CARMEN XXI , IN ...
Page 43
Horace. ODE XX . TO MECENAS . The poet intiates to Mæcenas , who had offered himself to be his guest , that he should only treat him with common wine , unless he himself brought better along with him . My dear knight Maecenas , you shall ...
Horace. ODE XX . TO MECENAS . The poet intiates to Mæcenas , who had offered himself to be his guest , that he should only treat him with common wine , unless he himself brought better along with him . My dear knight Maecenas , you shall ...
Page 94
... Mæcenas , meliùs , ductaque per vias Regum colla minantium . Me dulcis dominæ Musa Lycimniæ † Cantus , me voluit dicere lucidùm Fulgentes oculos , et benè mutuis Fidum pectus amoribus : Quam nec ferre pedem dedecuit choris , 10 15 Nec ...
... Mæcenas , meliùs , ductaque per vias Regum colla minantium . Me dulcis dominæ Musa Lycimniæ † Cantus , me voluit dicere lucidùm Fulgentes oculos , et benè mutuis Fidum pectus amoribus : Quam nec ferre pedem dedecuit choris , 10 15 Nec ...
Page 95
... Mæcenas , with more propriety shall recount the battles of Cæsar , and the necks of haughty kings led in triumph through the streets , in historical prose . It was the mu- ses ' will that I should celebrate the sweet strains of my ...
... Mæcenas , with more propriety shall recount the battles of Cæsar , and the necks of haughty kings led in triumph through the streets , in historical prose . It was the mu- ses ' will that I should celebrate the sweet strains of my ...
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... Mæcenas , mearum Grande decus columenque rerum . Ah ! te meæ si partem animæ rapit Maturior vis , quid moror altera , Nec carus æquè , nec superstes Integer ? Ille dies utramque Ducet ruinam : non ego perfidum Dixi sacramentum : ibimus ...
... Mæcenas , mearum Grande decus columenque rerum . Ah ! te meæ si partem animæ rapit Maturior vis , quid moror altera , Nec carus æquè , nec superstes Integer ? Ille dies utramque Ducet ruinam : non ego perfidum Dixi sacramentum : ibimus ...
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æquor ætas agreeable amor Apollo aquæ atque Augustus Bacchus Bentl Cæsar Canidia CARMEN celebrated Chimæra CHORUS CHRISTOPHER SMART cœlo Colchian Cùm Cunn curas death decus delight Deorum Deos Diana domos domum dread Dulce dulci earth father Faunus fide Geloni genius Gods hæc happy Heins hinc honours Horace Illum impious inter Jovis Jupiter juventus lustrum LYDIA lyrâ lyre Mæcenas malè manus mare MECENATEM Medes mero mihi mind muse nefas neque nimiùm nunc omne pater pede Phoebus poet præter praises prece priùs puer Quâ quæ Quàm quibus Quid Quis Quò quòd rage Ritè Roman sacred sæpe Scythians semel semper Simoïs sinè sing Sive Smart Sthenelus tamen Tanaïs Telegonus Telephus temples Teucer thee thou Thracian tibi Tibur Trojan Troy tuæ ultrà ventis Venus verse vina Vindelici virgins virtue vultus Wakef wine youth
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Page 186 - 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.
Page 236 - Queruntur in silvis aves, Fontesque lymphis obstrepunt manantibus, Somnos quod invitet leves. At cum tonantis annus hibernus Jovis Imbres nivesque comparat, 30 Aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas, Aut amite levi rara tendit retia, Turdis edacibus dolos, Pavidumque leporem et advenam laqueo gruem 35 Jucunda captat praemia.
Page 30 - O navis, referent in mare te novi fluctus ! o quid agis ? fortiter occupa portum ! nonne vides ut nudum remigio latus et malus celeri saucius Africo 5 antennaeque gemant ac sine funibus vix durare carinae possint imperiosius aequor?
Page 208 - Cum semel occideris et de te splendida Minos Fecerit arbitria, Non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Restituet pietas.
Page 76 - Cedes coemptis saltibus et domo Villaque, flavus quam Tiberis lavit, Cedes, et exstructis in altum Divitiis potietur heres.
Page 76 - Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem, non secus in bonis ab insolenti temperatam laetitia, moriture Delli, seu maestus omni tempore vixeris, 5 seu te in remoto gramine per dies festos reclinatum bearis interiore nota Falerni.
Page viii - I perceived upon his table a quarto book, in which he had been writing, a prayer book and a Horace: after the first compliments, I said I had been at Margate, had seen his mother and his sister, who expressed great kindness for him, and made me promise to come and see him; to this he made no reply; nor did he make any enquiry after...
Page xiii - Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted; Infinity cannot be amplified; Perfection cannot be improved.
Page ix - But, Sir, I gave a receipt for a hundred.' My astonishment, however was now over, and 1 found that he received only thirteen pounds, because the rest had been advanced for his family; this was a tender point, and I found means immediately to divert him from it. He is with very decent people, in a house most delightfully situated, with a terrace that overlooks St. James's Park and has a door into it.
Page 182 - Jam clarus occultum Andromedae pater Ostendit ignem, jam Procyon furit Et stella vesani Leonis, Sole dies referente siccos.