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... Bentley so places it with very slight discussion . Franke , on the other hand , leans to the earlier date , and this is the one which has been in most favour with recent critics . The argu- 1 The mention of Quintilius ( v . 438 ) , in ...
... Bentley so places it with very slight discussion . Franke , on the other hand , leans to the earlier date , and this is the one which has been in most favour with recent critics . The argu- 1 The mention of Quintilius ( v . 438 ) , in ...
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... Bentley ) we may prefer the reading of a minority of MSS . , the majority reading ' adflixit . ' There is a similar variety where there can be little doubt that ' adfigit ' is the true reading in Sat. 2. 2. 79 ' adfigit ( adfligit ) ...
... Bentley ) we may prefer the reading of a minority of MSS . , the majority reading ' adflixit . ' There is a similar variety where there can be little doubt that ' adfigit ' is the true reading in Sat. 2. 2. 79 ' adfigit ( adfligit ) ...
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... Bentley objected to this , ( 1 ) the involved order of the words ' natura quos tibi dat ' interrupting the construction of ' nullo labore retinere , ' a harshness hardly met by the reference to Sat. I. 5. 72 and 2. I. 60 , ( 2 ) the ...
... Bentley objected to this , ( 1 ) the involved order of the words ' natura quos tibi dat ' interrupting the construction of ' nullo labore retinere , ' a harshness hardly met by the reference to Sat. I. 5. 72 and 2. I. 60 , ( 2 ) the ...
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... Bentley , taking it literally , and thinking that Horace could not ridicule in another an infirmity which attached to himself ( Sat. 1. 5. 30 ) , wished to read ' lippum . ' SATIRE II A FOOL'S WAY OF AVOIDING ONE FOLLY IS TO FALL INTO ...
... Bentley , taking it literally , and thinking that Horace could not ridicule in another an infirmity which attached to himself ( Sat. 1. 5. 30 ) , wished to read ' lippum . ' SATIRE II A FOOL'S WAY OF AVOIDING ONE FOLLY IS TO FALL INTO ...
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... Bentley's objection to this is a sound one , viz . that Horace is illustrating a disposition ' virtutes ipsas invertere , ' not merely to give a blacker colour to failings . ' Tarditas ' may not be a great fault , but it would never be ...
... Bentley's objection to this is a sound one , viz . that Horace is illustrating a disposition ' virtutes ipsas invertere , ' not merely to give a blacker colour to failings . ' Tarditas ' may not be a great fault , but it would never be ...
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Page 1 - OLIM truncus eram ficulnus, inutile lignum, » Cum faber, incertus scamnum faceretne Priapum, Maluit esse deum.
Page v - Ut critici dicunt, leviter curare videtur, Quo promissa cadant et somnia Pythagorea. Naevius in manibus non est et mentibus haeret Paene recens ? Adeo sanctum est vetus omne poema.
Page 7 - Licino commiserit. o ego laevus, qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam ! non alius faceret meliora poemata: verum nil tanti est. ergo fungar vice cotis, acutum reddere quae ferrum valet, exsors ipsa secandi...
Page 4 - Mimnermus uti censet, sine amore iocisque 65 nil est iucundum, vivas in amore iocisque. vive, vale. si quid novisti rectius istis, candidus imperti : si non, his utere mecum.
Page 15 - VI Hoc erat in votis : modus agri non ita magnus, hortus ubi et tecto vicinus iugis aquae fons et paulum silvae super his foret.