A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Copious Explanatory Notes, by which These Difficult Satirists are Rendered Easy and Familiar to the Reader |
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... the fame things over and over again , and to cenfure the manner , as well as the matter , of thefe irksome re- petitions ; Eacus may be tormenting : whence another could convey the 6 JUVENALIS SAT . I. JUVENALIS SATIRE .
... the fame things over and over again , and to cenfure the manner , as well as the matter , of thefe irksome re- petitions ; Eacus may be tormenting : whence another could convey the 6 JUVENALIS SAT . I. JUVENALIS SATIRE .
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... things from the highest and from the leaft poet , And I therefore have withdrawn my hand from the ferule ; and I 15 Have given counsel to Sylla , that , a private man , foundly He fhould fleep . It is a foolish clemency , when every ...
... things from the highest and from the leaft poet , And I therefore have withdrawn my hand from the ferule ; and I 15 Have given counsel to Sylla , that , a private man , foundly He fhould fleep . It is a foolish clemency , when every ...
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... . See AINSW . Minotaurus . 54. The fea ftricken by a boy . ] The story of Icarus , who fly- Shall I not believe these things worthy the Venufinian lamp ing 14 SAT : İ JUVENALIS SATIRE . Hæc ego non credam Venufinâ digna lucerná? ...
... . See AINSW . Minotaurus . 54. The fea ftricken by a boy . ] The story of Icarus , who fly- Shall I not believe these things worthy the Venufinian lamp ing 14 SAT : İ JUVENALIS SATIRE . Hæc ego non credam Venufinâ digna lucerná? ...
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... things worthy the Venufinian lamp ! Shall I not agitate these ( subjects ? ) — but why rather He- racleans , Or Diomedeans , or the lowing of the labyrinth , And the sea stricken by a boy , and the flying artificer ? When the bawd can ...
... things worthy the Venufinian lamp ! Shall I not agitate these ( subjects ? ) — but why rather He- racleans , Or Diomedeans , or the lowing of the labyrinth , And the sea stricken by a boy , and the flying artificer ? When the bawd can ...
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... things mixed together . The poet means , that the various pursuits , inclinations , actions , and paffions of men , and all those human follies and vices , which have exifted , and have been increafing , ever since the flood , are the ...
... things mixed together . The poet means , that the various pursuits , inclinations , actions , and paffions of men , and all those human follies and vices , which have exifted , and have been increafing , ever since the flood , are the ...
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againſt AINSW alfo alludes alſo antient atque becauſe Bona Dea Boötes Cæfar called Campania caufe cauſe Comp Crifpinus cùm Cybele defcribed defire denotes Domitian drefs effeminacy emperor expence fafe faid fame fatire fays fecret feems feftertia fenators fenfe fervants feven fhall fhew fhould fignifies firft fituation flaves fleep fmall fome fomething fometimes ftand fubject fuch fuppofed Gabii Hæc Hence herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe huſband itſelf Juvenal laft lefs mafter means moft moſt muft muſt Nævolus Nero noble obferved occafion Ovid paffage pafs perfon pleaſe poet poor Prætor prefent purpoſe quæ quàm quid Quintilian quis quod reafon reprefents Retiarius rich Romans Rome Satire ſeems ſhe ſmall ſtand ſuch tamen thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tibi tunc ufed ufual Umbritius underſtand uſed vice Virg Virro whofe wife women wretches yourſelf
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Page 372 - Catinensi pumice lumbum squalentes traducit avos emptorque veneni frangenda miseram funestat imagine gentem? tota licet veteres exornent undique cerae atria, nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.
Page 417 - I'll tell you, friend; a wife man and a fool. 200 You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobler-like, the parfon will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The reft is all but leather or prunella.
Page 176 - Maecenas, upon whom at first he confetrefl the new honour. He was to precede all other city magistrates, having power to receive appeals from the inferior courts, and to decide almost all causes within the limits of Rome, or one hundred miles round. Before this, there was sometimes a pimfectus urbis created, when the kings, or the greater officers, were absent from the city, to administer justice in their room.
Page viii - The books that we learn at schools are generally laid aside, with this prejudice, that they were the labours as well as the sorrows of our childhood and education ; but they are among the best of books : the Greek and Roman authors have a spirit in them, a force both of thought and expression, that later ages have not been able to imitate...