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... thought ha little interest for him , or indeed for his fellow countrymen in general ; questions relating rather to conduct interested the Roman mind , and while Horace never gave himself up to any system of ethics , Epicureanism ...
... thought ha little interest for him , or indeed for his fellow countrymen in general ; questions relating rather to conduct interested the Roman mind , and while Horace never gave himself up to any system of ethics , Epicureanism ...
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... thought and expression wh not appear later , but others have nothing aggressive The first , for example , is a plea to be allowed to accompa cenas to Actium ; the ninth is a song of joy over the victor there ; the seventh and sixteenth ...
... thought and expression wh not appear later , but others have nothing aggressive The first , for example , is a plea to be allowed to accompa cenas to Actium ; the ninth is a song of joy over the victor there ; the seventh and sixteenth ...
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... thought or intense feeling ; his verses are either exercises suggested by Greek lyrics , common- places of philosophy , Stoic or Epicurean , pretty but passionless treatment of themes of love , and society verse . Some tributes to ...
... thought or intense feeling ; his verses are either exercises suggested by Greek lyrics , common- places of philosophy , Stoic or Epicurean , pretty but passionless treatment of themes of love , and society verse . Some tributes to ...
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... thought impious in a primi- tive age . These verses reflect this ancient feeling . See intr . n . Cf. Soph . Antig . 332 ff . πoλλà rà δεινά , κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει · | τοῦτο καὶ πολιοῦ πέραν πόντου χειμερίῳ νότῳ | χωρεῖ ...
... thought impious in a primi- tive age . These verses reflect this ancient feeling . See intr . n . Cf. Soph . Antig . 332 ff . πoλλà rà δεινά , κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει · | τοῦτο καὶ πολιοῦ πέραν πόντου χειμερίῳ νότῳ | χωρεῖ ...
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... thought is one expressed by Horace in many forms : the world is pleasant and offers many joys ; take them while you may , for death is near . ' With this Book 4 , Ode 7 should be compared . The verses are apparently based on a Greek ...
... thought is one expressed by Horace in many forms : the world is pleasant and offers many joys ; take them while you may , for death is near . ' With this Book 4 , Ode 7 should be compared . The verses are apparently based on a Greek ...
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Page 169 - Divesne prisco natus ab Inacho Nil interest an pauper et infima De gente sub divo moreris, Victima nil miserantis Orci. Omnes eodem cogimur, omnium Versatur urna serius ocius Sors exitura et nos in aeternum Exilium impositura cumbae.
Page 93 - Et minax — quod sic voluere — ponto Unda recumbit. Romulum post hos prius, an quietum Pompili regnum memorem, an superbos Tarquini fasces, dubito, an Catonis 35 Nobile letum.
Page 431 - At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves...
Page 318 - Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam : usque ego postera Crescam laude recens dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita virgine pontifex. Dicar qua violens obstrepit Aufidus Et qua pauper aquae Daunus agrestium Regnavit populorum, ex humili potens, Princeps Aeolium carmen ad Italos Deduxisse modos. Sume superbiam Quaesitam meritis et mihi Delphica Lauro cinge volens, Melpomene, comam.
Page 229 - Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 168 - GATHER ye rose-buds while ye may, Old time is still a flying, And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of Heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And neerer he's to setting.
Page 208 - Tithonum minuit senectus, 30 et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, porriget hora. te greges centum Siculaeque circum mugiunt vaccae, tibi tollit hinnitum apta quadrigis equa, te bis Afro 35 murice tinctae vestiunt lanae : mihi parva rura et spiritum Graiae tenuem Camenae Parca non mendax dedit et malignum spernere vulgus.
Page 391 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 229 - But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Page 120 - Catullan quote and several other echoes. integer vitae scelerisque purus non eget Mauris iaculis neque arcu nee venenatis gravida sagittis, Fusee, pharetra, sive per Syrtes iter aestuosas sive facturus per inhospitalem Caucasum vel quae loca fabulosus lambit Hydaspes. namque me silva lupus in Sabina, dum meam canto Lalagen et ultra terminum curis vagor expeditis, fugit inermem.