A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Explanatory Notes in which These Difficult Satirists are Rendered Easy and Familiar to the Reader, Volume 1N. Bliss, R. Bliss, and R. Bliss, Jun., 1807 |
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... follows , therefore , from the example of Democritus , who was happy without the things which people so anxiously seek after , and petition the gods for , that they are su- perfluous and unnecessary . - It likewise follows , that they ...
... follows , therefore , from the example of Democritus , who was happy without the things which people so anxiously seek after , and petition the gods for , that they are su- perfluous and unnecessary . - It likewise follows , that they ...
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... follow the rope ; Then , the driven axe , the very wheels of two - horse cars [ 55 Demolishes , and the legs of the undeserving horses are broken . 60 Now the fires roar , now with bellows and stoves , The head adored by the people ...
... follow the rope ; Then , the driven axe , the very wheels of two - horse cars [ 55 Demolishes , and the legs of the undeserving horses are broken . 60 Now the fires roar , now with bellows and stoves , The head adored by the people ...
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... follows- Dragg'd by a hook , & c . ] To the Scale Gemoniæ , and then thrown into the Tiber . 67. To be look'd upon . ] As a spectacle of contempt to the whole city . All rejoice . ] At his disgrace and misery the people triumph , " What ...
... follows- Dragg'd by a hook , & c . ] To the Scale Gemoniæ , and then thrown into the Tiber . 67. To be look'd upon . ] As a spectacle of contempt to the whole city . All rejoice . ] At his disgrace and misery the people triumph , " What ...
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... follows fortune , as always , and " hates " The condemn'd - The same people , if Nurscia had favour'd " The Tuscan - if the secure old age of the prince had been 75 ears of Tiberius , that his favourite Sejanus had a design upon the ...
... follows fortune , as always , and " hates " The condemn'd - The same people , if Nurscia had favour'd " The Tuscan - if the secure old age of the prince had been 75 ears of Tiberius , that his favourite Sejanus had a design upon the ...
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... purpose of the passage , which is to give a sample of Tully's bad poetry in his own words . 123. If thus , & c . ] g . d . If Tully had never written or spoken Whom a little slave follows , the keeper of his 20 SAT . X. JUVENALIS SATIRE .
... purpose of the passage , which is to give a sample of Tully's bad poetry in his own words . 123. If thus , & c . ] g . d . If Tully had never written or spoken Whom a little slave follows , the keeper of his 20 SAT . X. JUVENALIS SATIRE .
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adeo Ægypt AINSW alludes altar ancients Archigenes atque avarice beasts Cæsar called Catullus Ceres chariot Comp countenance crime Cybele danger death deity denote Ennius epist father fear feasts fortune give gods hæc head hear Hence illis Italy Jupiter Juvenal king Lares lictor live luxury manner Metaph metonym mihi mind miserable Nero nunc Nurscia occasion Pacuvius pale perhaps Persius person philosopher Phrygia poet poet means pretor Priam punishment quæ quam quid quis quod Retiarius rich Romans Rome sacred sacrifice Satire SATIRES OF JUVENAL says Persius Sejanus sense shew ship signifies sistrum slaves soldier sort Stoic supposed synec tamen temple Tentyrites thee things thou Thyestes tibi Vascons verses vice VIRG whence wife wine wish word worshipped wretch young youth
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Page 85 - If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.
Page 54 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations. and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Page 54 - Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, When our deep plots do pall: and that should teach us, There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.
Page 52 - ... orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. fortem posce animum mortis terrore carentem, qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores, nesciat irasci, cupiat nihil et potiores 360 Herculis aerumnas credat saevosque labores et venere et cenis et pluma Sardanapalli.
Page 360 - I puer, et strigiles Crispini ad balnea defer, Si increpuit, cessas nugator...
Page 318 - Tange, miser, venas et pone in pectore dextram, "Nil calet hie;" summosque pedes attinge manusque,
Page 348 - Cras hoc fiet. Idem eras fiet, quid ) quasi magnum Nempe diem donas...
Page 270 - ... quidnam igitur tenerum et laxa cervice legendum ?" "'torva Mimalloneis implerunt cornua bombis/ et ' raptum vitulo caput ablatura superbo 100 Bassaris,' et 'lyncem Maenas flexura corymbis euhion ingeminat, reparabilis adsonat echo...
Page 7 - Fasces — bundles of birchen rods carried before the Roman magistrates, with an axe bound up in the middle of them, so as to appear at the top. These were ensigns of their official power to punish crimes, either by scourging or, death.
Page 254 - ... quo didicisse, nisi hoc fermentum et quae semel intus innata est rupto iecore exierit caprificus?' 25 en pallor seniumque! o mores, usque adeone scire tuum nihil est nisi te scire hoc sciat alter? 'at pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier "hic est." ten cirratorum centum dictata fuisse pro nihilo pendes?