A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Explanatory Notes in which These Difficult Satirists are Rendered Easy and Familiar to the Reader, 1. köideN. Bliss, R. Bliss, and R. Bliss, Jun., 1807 |
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... arms , when they went to fight . The poet still carries on the metaphor of pr¿lia in the pre ceding line . There gaming is compared to fighting ; here he hu- mourously calls the steward the armour - bearer , as supplying his master with ...
... arms , when they went to fight . The poet still carries on the metaphor of pr¿lia in the pre ceding line . There gaming is compared to fighting ; here he hu- mourously calls the steward the armour - bearer , as supplying his master with ...
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... arms , Promise a fierce mind : but evident effects of unnatural Lewdness expose you to derision and contempt . 10 Taik is rare to them , and the fancy of keeping silence great , And hair shorter than the eye - brow : therefore more ...
... arms , Promise a fierce mind : but evident effects of unnatural Lewdness expose you to derision and contempt . 10 Taik is rare to them , and the fancy of keeping silence great , And hair shorter than the eye - brow : therefore more ...
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... arms himself with a spear , which he had taken in battle from Actor , one of the brave Auruncian chiefs . Juvenal seems to insinuate , that this wretch rejoiced as much in being possessed of Otho's mirror , taken from that emperor after ...
... arms himself with a spear , which he had taken in battle from Actor , one of the brave Auruncian chiefs . Juvenal seems to insinuate , that this wretch rejoiced as much in being possessed of Otho's mirror , taken from that emperor after ...
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... arms , indeed , be- The shores of Juverna we have advanced , and the lately cap- tured Orcades , and the Britons content with very little night . 160 But the things which now are done in the city of the conquer- ing people , Those whom ...
... arms , indeed , be- The shores of Juverna we have advanced , and the lately cap- tured Orcades , and the Britons content with very little night . 160 But the things which now are done in the city of the conquer- ing people , Those whom ...
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... arm in arm , thus making himself his equal and intimate . 131-2 . The free - born . ] Of good extraction - a gentleman of liberal birth , of a good family - such were called ingenui . The poet seems alike to blame the insolence of these ...
... arm in arm , thus making himself his equal and intimate . 131-2 . The free - born . ] Of good extraction - a gentleman of liberal birth , of a good family - such were called ingenui . The poet seems alike to blame the insolence of these ...
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abolla adulterer ¯gypt AINSW alludes ancient appearance atque attend Bona Dea C¿sar called Campania carried clients Codrus Comp consul crime Crispinus Cybele denotes Domitian dress effeminacy emperor enim ergo famous father favour fish Gabii Galba garments give gladiator Grecian Greeks H¿c hath Hence hired honour humourously husband illis impudence ipse Jupiter Juvenal king ladies lewd live manner master mentioned meton metonym mihi N¿volus Nero nobility noble occasion Ovid perhaps person Phrygia poet poet means poison poor Pr¿tor priests Psecas quâ qu¿ quam quid Quintilian quis quod reckoned Retiarius rich Romans Rome satire seems servants sestertia sestertii shew signifies slave sort sportula supposed tamen temple thence things thou Tiber tibi tunc Umbritius vice VIRG Virro wife wine woman women word wretches
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Page 347 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Page 218 - O demens, ita servus homo est? nil fecerit, esto: Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas.
Page 234 - Audio, quid veteres olim moneatis amici: Pone seram, cohibe: sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes ? cauta est et ab illis incipit uxor.
Page 192 - Credo Pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris visamque diu, cum frigida parvas praeberet spelunca domos, ignemque Laremque et pecus et dominos communi clauderet umbra...
Page 148 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly god in triumph comes; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums...
Page vi - The satyrical Poets, Horace, Juvenal, and Persius, may contribute wonderfully to give a man a detestation of vice, and a contempt of the common methods of mankind; which they have set out in such true colours, that they must give a very generous sense to those who delight in reading them often. Persius his second satyr may well pass for one of the best lectures in divinity.
Page 220 - Is there any woman that blushes at divorce now that certain illustrious and noble ladies reckon their years, not by the number of consuls, but by the number of their husbands...
Page 218 - Pone crucem servo: meruit quo crimine servus Supplicium ? quis testis adest ? quis detulit ? audi : Nulla unquam de morte hominis cunctatio longa est.
Page 76 - Dum nova canities, dum prima et recta senectus, Dum superest Lachesi, quod torqueat, et pedibus me Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo.
Page 50 - Thus and no farther shall my passion stray ; " The first crime past, compels us on to more, " And guilt proves fate, which was but choice before.