Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera omniaWhittaker & Company, 1874 - 771 pages |
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... character of the man . It is this , in fact , that makes Horace so many admirers , the continual presence , or supposed presence of the author in every page . I have tried to show the limitations with which this opinion must be received ...
... character of the man . It is this , in fact , that makes Horace so many admirers , the continual presence , or supposed presence of the author in every page . I have tried to show the limitations with which this opinion must be received ...
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... character of his contemporaries , and the manners of the day . Horace's good sense makes his Satires and Epistles almost as intelligible and as instructive as if they were written now ; for the best part of them is independent of the ...
... character of his contemporaries , and the manners of the day . Horace's good sense makes his Satires and Epistles almost as intelligible and as instructive as if they were written now ; for the best part of them is independent of the ...
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... character , he might have done even more than he has . But what he has left is a proof of his talent . He gave the Romans , as far as their language would permit , a set of lyrical compositions both in matter and form not unworthy ...
... character , he might have done even more than he has . But what he has left is a proof of his talent . He gave the Romans , as far as their language would permit , a set of lyrical compositions both in matter and form not unworthy ...
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... character . At his house , probably , Horace became intimate with Pollio and the many persons of consideration whose friendship he appears to have enjoyed . Through Maecenas also it is probable Horace was introduced to Augustus , but ...
... character . At his house , probably , Horace became intimate with Pollio and the many persons of consideration whose friendship he appears to have enjoyed . Through Maecenas also it is probable Horace was introduced to Augustus , but ...
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... character . The particular style in which his principle strength lay will be always matter of opinion . My own is , that he is nowhere so great as in the Odes , and that of these his genius is best shown in the Odes that relate to ...
... character . The particular style in which his principle strength lay will be always matter of opinion . My own is , that he is nowhere so great as in the Odes , and that of these his genius is best shown in the Odes that relate to ...
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Page 211 - EXEGI monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum. Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam. Usque ego postera Crescam laude recens, dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita Virgine pontifex.
Page 721 - Ut pictura poesis : erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes.
Page 544 - ... solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne peccet ad extremum ridendus et ilia ducat.
Page 518 - Larem proprium vescor vernasque procaces pasco libatis dapibus. prout cuique libido est siccat inaequalis calices conviva, solutus legibus insanis, seu quis capit acria fortis pocula seu modicis uvescit laetius. ergo 70 sermo oritur, non de villis domibusve alienis, nee male necne Lepos saltet; sed quod magis ad nos pertinet et nescire malum est agitamus: utrumne divitiis homines an sint virtute beati; quidve ad amicitias, usus rectumne, trahat nos; 75 et quae sit natura boni summumque quid eius.
Page 716 - 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 39 - VIS, referent in mare te novi fluctus. o quid agis ? fortiter occupa portum. nonne vides ut nudum remigio latus, et malus celeri saucius Africo...
Page 437 - Milia: me pedibus delectat claudere verba Lucili ritu, nostrum melioris utroque. 30 Ille velut fidis arcana sodalibus olim Credebat libris, neque si male cesserat usquam Decurrens alio, neque si bene: quo fit, ut omnis Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella Vita senis.
Page 301 - The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
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Page 91 - 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.