The Works of HoraceJ. Bartlett, 1856 - 588 pages |
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Page 244
... carried out , war with the Parthians ; and the Romans never till the reign of Trajan gained any successes against them . Their empire was broken up , and succeeded by the Persian kingdom of the Sassanidæ , during the reign of Alexander ...
... carried out , war with the Parthians ; and the Romans never till the reign of Trajan gained any successes against them . Their empire was broken up , and succeeded by the Persian kingdom of the Sassanidæ , during the reign of Alexander ...
Page 246
... carrying Virgil the poet on some occasion to Greece . His constitution was weak , and he probably made several voyages for the sake of his health . He went , and only returned to die in B. c . 19 , but this ode was written before then ...
... carrying Virgil the poet on some occasion to Greece . His constitution was weak , and he probably made several voyages for the sake of his health . He went , and only returned to die in B. c . 19 , but this ode was written before then ...
Page 254
... carried The difference between dux ' and ' auspex ' was the difference between a commander who had the ' imperium ' ( and therefore the auspicium ' ) and one who had not . If an ' imperator ' commanded in person , the war was said to be ...
... carried The difference between dux ' and ' auspex ' was the difference between a commander who had the ' imperium ' ( and therefore the auspicium ' ) and one who had not . If an ' imperator ' commanded in person , the war was said to be ...
Page 255
... carried to Troy ; a legend which Homer knew nothing of . Thetis foresaw that the siege of Troy would be fatal to Achilles . In Ŏvid ( Met . xiii . 165 , sqq . ) Ulysses relates the story , and tells how he discovered Achilles and ...
... carried to Troy ; a legend which Homer knew nothing of . Thetis foresaw that the siege of Troy would be fatal to Achilles . In Ŏvid ( Met . xiii . 165 , sqq . ) Ulysses relates the story , and tells how he discovered Achilles and ...
Page 261
... carrying off Helen , when Nereus causes a calm , and thus prophesies their fate : " With dark omen art thou carrying home her whom Greece hath sworn to recover . Alas for the sweating horse and rider , and the deaths thou art bringing ...
... carrying off Helen , when Nereus causes a calm , and thus prophesies their fate : " With dark omen art thou carrying home her whom Greece hath sworn to recover . Alas for the sweating horse and rider , and the deaths thou art bringing ...
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Page 230 - Graeca nocturna versate manu, versate diurna. at vestri proavi Plautinos et numeros et 270 laudavere sales ; nimium patienter utrumque, ne dicam stulte, mirati, si modo ego et vos scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto, legitimumque sonum digitis callemus et aure.
Page 428 - His ways are always grievous; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: For I shall never be in adversity.
Page 27 - Parcus deorum cultor et infrequens insanientis dum sapientiae consultus erro, nunc retrorsum vela dare atque iterare cursus cogor relictos...
Page 173 - Quid, militibus promissa Triquetra Praedia Caesar an est Itala tellure daturus?" Jurantem me scire nihil mirantur ut unum Scilicet egregii mortalem altique silenti. Perditur haec inter misero lux non sine votis : O rus, quando ego te adspiciam? quandoque licebit 60 Nunc veterum libris, nunc somno et inertibus horis Ducere sollicitae jucunda oblivia vitae...
Page 220 - cui sic extorta voluptas et demptus per vim mentis gratissimus error».
Page 223 - HIIMANO capiti cervicem pictor equinam Jungere si velit, et varias inducere plumas Undique collatis membris, ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne, Spectatum admissi risum teneatis, amici...
Page 187 - Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum : Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.
Page 92 - Cum semel occideris et de te splendida. Minos Fecerit arbitria, Non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Restituet pietas.
Page 127 - Est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 81 - Ille potens sui Laetusque deget, cui licet in diem Dixisse ' Vixi ;' eras vel atra Nube polum pater occupato Vel sole puro; non tamen irritum 45 Quodcunque retro est, efficiet, neque Diffinget infectumque reddet Quod fugiens semel hora vexit.