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... regarded as the sugges- tion of his own common sense and national feeling . Yet this early attempt to catch the melodies of the old Greek lyrical poets in their own language may have prepared him for that mastery over musical effect and ...
... regarded as the sugges- tion of his own common sense and national feeling . Yet this early attempt to catch the melodies of the old Greek lyrical poets in their own language may have prepared him for that mastery over musical effect and ...
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... regarded the overthrow of the Republican cause find expression in some of the earliest of his lyrical compositions . C In the sixteenth Epode , written probably during the short § 1 ] 17 HORACE IN THE ARMY OF BRUTUS Education in Rome ...
... regarded the overthrow of the Republican cause find expression in some of the earliest of his lyrical compositions . C In the sixteenth Epode , written probably during the short § 1 ] 17 HORACE IN THE ARMY OF BRUTUS Education in Rome ...
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... with which the Epicurean poet , as he is usually regarded , urges this policy during the years in which Maecenas had most influence in the counsels of Augustus . other . Varius claimed that of epic poetry , Pollio § 2 ] 23 MAECENAS.
... with which the Epicurean poet , as he is usually regarded , urges this policy during the years in which Maecenas had most influence in the counsels of Augustus . other . Varius claimed that of epic poetry , Pollio § 2 ] 23 MAECENAS.
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... regarded the loss as well compensated by the philo- sophic mind which years had brought , and by the consciousness of becoming a kindlier and better man , ' lenior et melior . ' It is at this stage of his career that we gain the best ...
... regarded the loss as well compensated by the philo- sophic mind which years had brought , and by the consciousness of becoming a kindlier and better man , ' lenior et melior . ' It is at this stage of his career that we gain the best ...
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... regarded the actual world of business , of pleasure , of society , of literature , we turn to his Satires and Epistles . If we want to see what there was in his own life and in the life of those around him which he could invest with a ...
... regarded the actual world of business , of pleasure , of society , of literature , we turn to his Satires and Epistles . If we want to see what there was in his own life and in the life of those around him which he could invest with a ...
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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.