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... Messalla and Tibullus Exceptional character of Propertius and his poetry : Ovid the repre- sentative of his age 216 ... Messalla's Aquitanian campaign , B. C. 30 Delia Messalla's mission to the East : Tibullus detained by illness in ...
... Messalla and Tibullus Exceptional character of Propertius and his poetry : Ovid the repre- sentative of his age 216 ... Messalla's Aquitanian campaign , B. C. 30 Delia Messalla's mission to the East : Tibullus detained by illness in ...
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... Messalla · Problems regarding Lygdamus Lygdamus and Neaera · Character of the poems , and of the author . IV . The Panegyric on Messalla , in hexameters : its value as an illustration of the taste of the time • • 252 253 254 255 256 V ...
... Messalla · Problems regarding Lygdamus Lygdamus and Neaera · Character of the poems , and of the author . IV . The Panegyric on Messalla , in hexameters : its value as an illustration of the taste of the time • • 252 253 254 255 256 V ...
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... Messalla , whose birth would have made it more incumbent on him to adhere to the Senatorian cause , if it had not been irretrievably lost . Yet , without pressing his own admission against him , it may be granted that in this crisis of ...
... Messalla , whose birth would have made it more incumbent on him to adhere to the Senatorian cause , if it had not been irretrievably lost . Yet , without pressing his own admission against him , it may be granted that in this crisis of ...
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... Messalla , and with Milvius or Maenius , without being absorbed by it ; and , without ever losing his hold on the world , he could retire from time to time into the solitude of his own thoughts and live the life of a meditative recluse ...
... Messalla , and with Milvius or Maenius , without being absorbed by it ; and , without ever losing his hold on the world , he could retire from time to time into the solitude of his own thoughts and live the life of a meditative recluse ...
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... Messalla , he feels that it is only on rare occasions that this enhancement should be sought , and that the secret of such enjoyment consists in the simplicity of the daily life- Premant Calena falce quibus dedit Fortuna vitem- -me ...
... Messalla , he feels that it is only on rare occasions that this enhancement should be sought , and that the secret of such enjoyment consists in the simplicity of the daily life- Premant Calena falce quibus dedit Fortuna vitem- -me ...
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Page 114 - Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo ; Unde parentur opes ; quid alat formetque poetam ; Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error.
Page xxvii - Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about : but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went...
Page 302 - Ordiar et caeso moenia firma Remo, Eductosque pares silvestri ex ubere reges, Crescet et ingenium sub tua iussa meum...
Page 168 - Non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum; rectius occupat Nomen beati, qui deorum Muneribus sapienter uti Duramque callet pauperiem pati Peiusque leto flagitium timet, Non ille pro caris amicis Aut patria timidus perire.
Page 318 - ... nec tibi clamatae somnus amarus erit. sola eris et solos spectabis, Cynthia, montes et pecus et fines pauperis agricolae. illic te nulli poterunt corrumpere ludi, fanaque peccatis plurima causa tuis. 10 illic assidue tauros spectabis arantes, et vitem docta ponere falce comas ; atque ibi rara feres inculto tura sacello, haedus ubi agrestes corruet ante focos ; protinus et nuda choreas imitabere sura ; omnia ab externo sint modo tuta viro.
Page 315 - ... niger clauderet ora liquor : 'Di maris Aegaei quos sunt penes aequora, Venti, Et quaecumque meum degravat unda caput, Quo rapitis miseros tenerae lanuginis annos?
Page 111 - Vivere si recte nescis decede peritis. Lusisti satis, edisti satis atque bibisti : Tempus abire tibi est, ne potum largius aequo Rideat et pulset lasciva decentius aetas.
Page 243 - Messalla meus, cui dulcia poma Delia selectis detrahat arboribus: Et tantum venerata virum, hunc sedula curet, Huic paret atque epulas ipsa ministra gerat.