The works of Horace: with English notesSever and Francis, 1866 - 588 pages |
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... offered to Venus , the blood of the victim was not allowed to stain the altar ( Tac . Hist . ii . 3 ) . ODE XX . THIS Ode informs Mæcenas of the wine he will get when he comes to sup with Horace , who had it appears invited him ARGUMENT ...
... offered to Venus , the blood of the victim was not allowed to stain the altar ( Tac . Hist . ii . 3 ) . ODE XX . THIS Ode informs Mæcenas of the wine he will get when he comes to sup with Horace , who had it appears invited him ARGUMENT ...
Page 276
... offering a libation ( whether in private or at the temple is uncertain ) , and asking for that which , according to Juvenal ( x . 356 ) , should be the end of all prayer , mens sana in corpore sano ! ' - ARGUMENT . What asks the poet of ...
... offering a libation ( whether in private or at the temple is uncertain ) , and asking for that which , according to Juvenal ( x . 356 ) , should be the end of all prayer , mens sana in corpore sano ! ' - ARGUMENT . What asks the poet of ...
Page 281
... offered sacrifice to her . She is called by Virgil ( Aen . i . 292 ) , ' Cana Fides , ' but there it probably means aged . ' According to Livy ( i . 21 ) , Numa established religious rites for Fides . 22. nec comitem abnegat , ] ' nor ...
... offered sacrifice to her . She is called by Virgil ( Aen . i . 292 ) , ' Cana Fides , ' but there it probably means aged . ' According to Livy ( i . 21 ) , Numa established religious rites for Fides . 22. nec comitem abnegat , ] ' nor ...
Page 285
... offered his victors ' grand- sons on the tomb of Jugurtha . What land , what waters , are not stained with our blood ? But stay , my Muse , approach not such high themes . 1. Motum ex Metello consule ] The foundation of the civil wars ...
... offered his victors ' grand- sons on the tomb of Jugurtha . What land , what waters , are not stained with our blood ? But stay , my Muse , approach not such high themes . 1. Motum ex Metello consule ] The foundation of the civil wars ...
Page 286
... offered up as an atonement ( rettulit ' ) the grandsons of those victors , on the grave of Jugurtha . ' Inferiae ' or ' parentalia ' were offerings presented by relatives at the tombs of the dead . Ten thousand of the Pom- peian army ...
... offered up as an atonement ( rettulit ' ) the grandsons of those victors , on the grave of Jugurtha . ' Inferiae ' or ' parentalia ' were offerings presented by relatives at the tombs of the dead . Ten thousand of the Pom- peian army ...
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Page 145 - Lucili ritu nostrum melioris utroque. ille velut fidis arcana sodalibus olim 30 credebat libris, neque si male cesserat usquam decurrens alio, neque si bene; quo fit ut omnis votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella vita senis.
Page 215 - 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 80 - cervi, luporum praeda rapacium, 50 sectamur ultro, quos opimus fallere et effugere est triumphus. gens, quae cremato fortis ab Ilio iactata Tuscis aequoribus sacra natosque maturosque patres 55 pertulit Ausonias ad urbes, duris ut ilex tonsa bipennibus nigrae feraci frondis in Algido, per damna, per caedes, ab ipso ducit opes animumque ferro.
Page 119 - Nomentanus?" pergis pugnantia secum frontibus adversis componere. non ego avarum cum veto te fieri, vappam iubeo ac nebulonem. est inter Tanain quiddam socerumque Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 223 - Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo ; Unde parentur opes ; quid alat formetque poetam ; Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error. Scribendi recte, sapere est et principium et fons : Rem tibi Socraticae poterunt ostendere chartae : 310 Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur.
Page 219 - ... tandem custode remoto, gaudet equis canibusque et aprici gramine Campi, cereus in vitium flecti, monitoribus asper, utilium tardus provisor, prodigus aeris, sublimis cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix.
Page 177 - Incipe. Qui recte vivendi prorogat horam, Rusticus exspectat, dum defluat amnis ; at ille Labitur et labetur in omne volubilis aevum.
Page 219 - Conversis studiis, aetas animusque virilis Quaerit opes et amicitias, inservit honori ; Commisisse cavet quod mox mutare laboret. Multa senem circumveniunt incommoda ; vel quod Quaerit, et inventis miser abstinet, ac timet uti ; Vel quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat, Dilator, spe longus, iners, avidusque futuri, Difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti Se puero, castigator censorque minorum.
Page 4 - Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quern mihi, quem tibi Finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nee Babylonios Tentaris numeros. Ut melius quidquid erit pati, Seu plures hiemes seu tribuit Juppiter ultimam, Quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare Tyrrhenum. Sapias, vina liques, et spatio brevi Spem longam reseces. Dum loquimur, fugerit invida Aetas. Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.
Page 73 - 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.