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... Romans , we must still claim for it that it is their most complete literary monu- ment . ' Apart from the national ... Roman poets , which en- title them to rank among the lasting treasures be- queathed to us by the past . At a time ...
... Romans , we must still claim for it that it is their most complete literary monu- ment . ' Apart from the national ... Roman poets , which en- title them to rank among the lasting treasures be- queathed to us by the past . At a time ...
Page 169
... Roman People . LTERA iam teritur bellis civilibus aetas , Suis et ipsa Roma viribus ruit : Quam neque finitimi valuerunt perdere Marsi , Minacis aut Etrusca Porsenae manus , Aemula nec virtus Capuae nec Spartacus acer Novisque rebus ...
... Roman People . LTERA iam teritur bellis civilibus aetas , Suis et ipsa Roma viribus ruit : Quam neque finitimi valuerunt perdere Marsi , Minacis aut Etrusca Porsenae manus , Aemula nec virtus Capuae nec Spartacus acer Novisque rebus ...
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... Romans . Deficient as the writers of the former class are , when compared with the Augustan age , in refinement and in culture , they invariably exhibit traces of the strength and dignity of character denoted by the almost ...
... Romans . Deficient as the writers of the former class are , when compared with the Augustan age , in refinement and in culture , they invariably exhibit traces of the strength and dignity of character denoted by the almost ...
Page 355
... Roman Literature , page 273 . For a full account of the Early Roman Poets , consult Dunlop , History of Roman Literature , vol . 1. Mommsen , Hist . Rom . vol . II . ch . xiv . ; vol . 1. ch . xiii . Merivale , Hist . Rom . vol . II ...
... Roman Literature , page 273 . For a full account of the Early Roman Poets , consult Dunlop , History of Roman Literature , vol . 1. Mommsen , Hist . Rom . vol . II . ch . xiv . ; vol . 1. ch . xiii . Merivale , Hist . Rom . vol . II ...
Page 356
... Roman literature . . . he contended for the rude purity of the old language assailed in form and substance by in- novation on all sides , and he felt that with himself that purity would perish . It was with this feeling , assuredly ...
... Roman literature . . . he contended for the rude purity of the old language assailed in form and substance by in- novation on all sides , and he felt that with himself that purity would perish . It was with this feeling , assuredly ...
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Page 74 - Audieras, et fama fuit ; sed carmina tantum nostra valent, Lycida, tela inter Martia, quantum Chaonias dicunt aquila veniente columbas.
Page 159 - Tu civitatem quis deceat status, Curas; et Urbi sollicitus times, Quid Seres et regnata Cyro Bactra parent, Tanaisque discors. Prudens futuri temporis exitum Caliginosa nocte premit deus: Ridetque, si mortalis ultra Fas trepidat.
Page 166 - BEATUS ille qui procul negotiis, Ut prisca gens mortalium, Paterna rura bobus exercet suis, Solutus omni fenore, Ñeque excitatur classico miles truci, Neque horret iratum mare, Forumque vitat et superba civium Potentiorum limina.
Page 125 - Neptunia caede rubescunt. 695 regina in mediis patrio vocat agmina sistro necdum etiam geminos a tergo respicit anguis. omnigenumque deum monstra et latrator Anubis contra Neptunum et Venerem contraque Minervam tela tenent.
Page 165 - Odes iv, vii Diffugere nives, redeunt iam gramina campis arboribusque comae; mutat terra vices, et decrescentia ripas flumina praetereunt; Gratia cum Nymphis geminisque sororibus audet ducere nuda chores, immortalia ne speres, monet annus et almum quae rapit hora diem : frigora mitescunt Zephyris, ver proterit aestas interitura simul pomifer Autumnus fruges effuderit, et mox bruma recurrit iners.
Page 56 - Ut flos in saeptis secretus nascitur hortis, Ignotus pecori, nullo convolsus aratro, Quem mulcent aurae, firmat sol, educat imber, Multi illum pueri, multae optavere puellae: Idem cum tenui carptus defloruit ungui, Nulli illum pueri, nullae optavere puellae...
Page 121 - Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, Credo equidem, vivos ducent de marmore vultus, Orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus Describent radio et surgentia sidera dicent; Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento : Hae tibi erunt artes, pacisque imponere morem, Parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos.
Page 108 - Troia per undosum peteretur classibus aequor? Mene fugis? per ego has lacrimas dextramque tuam te, (quando aliud mihi iam miserae nihil ipsa reliqui,) 315 per conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos, si bene quid de te merui, fuit aut tibi quicquam dulce meum, miserere domus labentis et istam, oro, si quis adhuc precibus locus, exue mentem.
Page 150 - Catullan quote and several other echoes. integer vitae scelerisque purus non eget Mauris iaculis neque arcu nee venenatis gravida sagittis, Fusee, pharetra, sive per Syrtes iter aestuosas sive facturus per inhospitalem Caucasum vel quae loca fabulosus lambit Hydaspes. namque me silva lupus in Sabina, dum meam canto Lalagen et ultra terminum curis vagor expeditis, fugit inermem.
Page 114 - Ibant obscuri sola sub nocte per umbram perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna: quale per incertam lunam sub luce maligna 270 est iter in silvis, ubi caelum condidit umbra luppiter et rebus nox abstulit atra colorem.