The Works of Horace, with English NotesSever, Francis & Company, 1869 - 588 pages |
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Page viii
... perhaps ) , as Roman boys were wont , and had the advan- tage ( to which he afterwards looked back with gratitude ) of his father's care and moral training during this part of his education . It was usual for young men of birth and ...
... perhaps ) , as Roman boys were wont , and had the advan- tage ( to which he afterwards looked back with gratitude ) of his father's care and moral training during this part of his education . It was usual for young men of birth and ...
Page ix
... perhaps returned to Rome by Tarentum and Venusia . ( See S. i . 5 , Introduction . ) Between this journey and B. c . 32 , Horace received from his friend the present of a small estate in the valley of the Digentia ( Licenza ) , situated ...
... perhaps returned to Rome by Tarentum and Venusia . ( See S. i . 5 , Introduction . ) Between this journey and B. c . 32 , Horace received from his friend the present of a small estate in the valley of the Digentia ( Licenza ) , situated ...
Page x
... perhaps only to a few friends , for many years , ) till they became the graceful specimens of artificial composition that they Horace continued to employ himself in this kind of writing ( on a variety of subjects , convivial , amatory ...
... perhaps only to a few friends , for many years , ) till they became the graceful specimens of artificial composition that they Horace continued to employ himself in this kind of writing ( on a variety of subjects , convivial , amatory ...
Page xi
... perhaps equal , the Ode in honor of Drusus , and few superior to that which is addressed to Lollius . The success of the first three books , and the honor of being chosen to compose the Ode at the Ludi Seculares , seem to have given him ...
... perhaps equal , the Ode in honor of Drusus , and few superior to that which is addressed to Lollius . The success of the first three books , and the honor of being chosen to compose the Ode at the Ludi Seculares , seem to have given him ...
Page 249
... Perhaps Hor- ace meant laborious . ' The eruptions of Etna , where the thunderbolts of Jove were supposed to be forged , taking place chiefly in the summer and early autumn , the Cyclops are fitly represented as preparing these bolts in ...
... Perhaps Hor- ace meant laborious . ' The eruptions of Etna , where the thunderbolts of Jove were supposed to be forged , taking place chiefly in the summer and early autumn , the Cyclops are fitly represented as preparing these bolts in ...
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