The works of Horace: with English notesJ. Allyn, 1878 - 588 pages |
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... ARGUMENT . Mæcenas , my protector , my pride , various are the aims of The Greek seeks glory from the race ; the lords of the world are supremely happy , one in the honors of the state , the other in his well - filled barns . The farmer ...
... ARGUMENT . Mæcenas , my protector , my pride , various are the aims of The Greek seeks glory from the race ; the lords of the world are supremely happy , one in the honors of the state , the other in his well - filled barns . The farmer ...
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... mentioned in the intro- duction to that Ode , the feeling with which Horace entered into the mission of Augustus as the reformer will be better understood . ARGUMENT - Portents enough hath Jove sent upon the earth 242 NOTES .
... mentioned in the intro- duction to that Ode , the feeling with which Horace entered into the mission of Augustus as the reformer will be better understood . ARGUMENT - Portents enough hath Jove sent upon the earth 242 NOTES .
Page 243
with English notes Horace, A. J. Macleane Reginald H. Chase. ARGUMENT - Portents enough hath Jove sent upon the earth , making it afraid lest a new deluge were coming , as the Tiber rolled back from its mouth , threatening destruction to ...
with English notes Horace, A. J. Macleane Reginald H. Chase. ARGUMENT - Portents enough hath Jove sent upon the earth , making it afraid lest a new deluge were coming , as the Tiber rolled back from its mouth , threatening destruction to ...
Page 246
... ARGUMENT.- We commit to thee Virgil , O thou ship ! deliver him safe on the shores of Attica , and preserve him whom I love as my life ; and may the skies and winds prosper thee . Hard and rash was the man who first tempted the sea and ...
... ARGUMENT.- We commit to thee Virgil , O thou ship ! deliver him safe on the shores of Attica , and preserve him whom I love as my life ; and may the skies and winds prosper thee . Hard and rash was the man who first tempted the sea and ...
Page 248
... ARGUMENT . The winter is thawing ; the spring is returning ; the ships are being launched ; the herds quit their stalls and the ploughman his fire- side ; and the meadows are no longer white with frost . Venus and the Graces are leading ...
... ARGUMENT . The winter is thawing ; the spring is returning ; the ships are being launched ; the herds quit their stalls and the ploughman his fire- side ; and the meadows are no longer white with frost . Venus and the Graces are leading ...
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amphora Antonius Apollo appears Apulia ARGUMENT atque Augustus battle of Actium Brundisium Cæsar cæsura called CARMEN Cicero common Compare consul curas dative death elsewhere enim Ennius Epistle epithet Epod erat erit etiam expression Faunus Greek haec hinc Homer honor Horace Horace means Horace says Horace's hunc illi inter Introduction Julius Cæsar Juvenal king Latium Livy Lucilius Maecenas mare melius mentioned mihi modo multa neque nisi nunc olim omnes Ovid pater pede person poem poetry poets probably puer pueri quae quam quibus quid quis quod refers rerum rich Romans Rome saepe Satire satis sense sibi signifies sine slaves sort spondee Stertinius sunt supposed Tacitus tamen Tarentum temple thee thou tibi Tibur town usually Venus verses versus VIII Virg Virgil virtue wine word write
Popular passages
Page 279 - For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Page 229 - Verum ita risores, ita commendare dicaces Conveniet Satyros, ita vertere seria ludo, Ne quicunque deus, quicunque adhibebitur heros, Regali conspectus in auro nuper et ostro, Migret in obscuras humili sermone tabernas, Aut dum vitat humum nubes et inania captet.
Page 231 - ... scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons : rem tibi Socraticae poterunt ostendere chartae, 310 verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur. qui didicit patriae quid debeat et quid amicis, quo sit amore parens, quo frater amandus et hospes, quod sit conscripti, quod iudicis officium, quae partes in bellum missi ducis, ille profecto 315 reddere personae scit convenientia cuique.
Page 347 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 302 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 343 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Page 131 - Epidaurius? at tibi contra evenit, inquirant- vitia ut tua rursus et illi. iracundior est paulo, minus aptus acutis naribus horum hominum ; rideri possit eo quod 30 rusticius tonso toga defluit et male laxus in pede calceus haeret : at est bonus, ut melior vir non alius quisquam, at tibi amicus, at ingenium ingens inculto latet hoc sub corpore.
Page 9 - Sperne puer, neque tu choreas, Donee virenti canities abest Morosa. Nunc et campus et areae...
Page 91 - Noctilucam, prosperam frugum celeremque pronos volvere menses. 40 nupta iam dices : ' ego dis amicum, saeculo festas referente luces, reddidi carmen docilis modorum vatis Horati.' VII. Diffugere nives, redeunt iam gramina campis arboribusque comae ; mutat terra vices et decrescentia ripas flumina praetereunt; Gratia cum Nymphis geminisque sororibus audet...
Page 227 - 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.