The Works of Horace, with English NotesSever, Francis & Company, 1869 - 588 pages |
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... hands . He became acquainted , among other literary persons , with Virgil and Varius , who , about three years after his return ( B. C. 39 ) , introduced him to Macenas , who was careful of receiving into his circle a tribune of Brutus ...
... hands . He became acquainted , among other literary persons , with Virgil and Varius , who , about three years after his return ( B. C. 39 ) , introduced him to Macenas , who was careful of receiving into his circle a tribune of Brutus ...
Page 242
... hand , and the high - pitched ' sinistra , ' be- cause it was held in the left . Euterpe , the Muse , was said to have invented the ' tibia , ' and she especially presided over music . Polyhymnia , or Polym- nia , another Muse ...
... hand , and the high - pitched ' sinistra , ' be- cause it was held in the left . Euterpe , the Muse , was said to have invented the ' tibia , ' and she especially presided over music . Polyhymnia , or Polym- nia , another Muse ...
Page 243
... hand , glowing with the light of the thunderbolt which it grasped . arces ] The sacred buildings s on the Capitoline Hill . They were called collectively Capitolium or Arx ( from their position ) , Arx Capitolii , and sometimes " Arx et ...
... hand , glowing with the light of the thunderbolt which it grasped . arces ] The sacred buildings s on the Capitoline Hill . They were called collectively Capitolium or Arx ( from their position ) , Arx Capitolii , and sometimes " Arx et ...
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... hands and happier means . One of the chief purposes professed by Augustus was the avenging of his adoptive father's death , and his enemies made this a handle against him . 21. cives acuisse ferrum ] ' Inter se ' or ' in semetipsos ...
... hands and happier means . One of the chief purposes professed by Augustus was the avenging of his adoptive father's death , and his enemies made this a handle against him . 21. cives acuisse ferrum ] ' Inter se ' or ' in semetipsos ...
Page 245
... hand to hand , or in consequence of a wound . See S. ii . 1. 13 : " Aut labentis equo describit vulnera Parthi . " The troops of Mauri- tania were chiefly cavalry . There is a particular meaning in the reference to them rather than to ...
... hand to hand , or in consequence of a wound . See S. ii . 1. 13 : " Aut labentis equo describit vulnera Parthi . " The troops of Mauri- tania were chiefly cavalry . There is a particular meaning in the reference to them rather than to ...
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