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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... husband and prostituted to Regulus , in order to avoid some information which Latinus dreaded , and trembled un- der the apprehension of . 37. Can remove you . ] i . e . Set you aside , supplant you in the good graces of testators ...
... husband and prostituted to Regulus , in order to avoid some information which Latinus dreaded , and trembled un- der the apprehension of . 37. Can remove you . ] i . e . Set you aside , supplant you in the good graces of testators ...
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... husband - who turns bawd by prostituting his wife for gain , and thus receives the goods of the adulterer , as the price of her chastity . 56. There is no right to the wife . ] Domitian made a law to for- bid the use of litters ( see ...
... husband - who turns bawd by prostituting his wife for gain , and thus receives the goods of the adulterer , as the price of her chastity . 56. There is no right to the wife . ] Domitian made a law to for- bid the use of litters ( see ...
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... husbands , and this with impunity . The particular person here alluded to , under the description of matrona potens , was , probably , Agrippina , the wife of Claudius , who poisoned her husband , that she might make her son Nero ...
... husbands , and this with impunity . The particular person here alluded to , under the description of matrona potens , was , probably , Agrippina , the wife of Claudius , who poisoned her husband , that she might make her son Nero ...
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... husband thirsting , mixes a toad , And , a better Locusta , instructs her rude neighbours , Through fame and the people , to bring forth their black husbands . Dare something worthy the narrow Gyar , or a prison , If you would be ...
... husband thirsting , mixes a toad , And , a better Locusta , instructs her rude neighbours , Through fame and the people , to bring forth their black husbands . Dare something worthy the narrow Gyar , or a prison , If you would be ...
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... husband , And , sick or pregnant , is led about . This asks for the absent , cunning in a known art , Shewing the empty and shut - up sedan instead of the wife . [ 125 " It is my Galla , " says he , " dismiss her quickly : do you delay ...
... husband , And , sick or pregnant , is led about . This asks for the absent , cunning in a known art , Shewing the empty and shut - up sedan instead of the wife . [ 125 " It is my Galla , " says he , " dismiss her quickly : do you delay ...
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abolla adulterer Ægypt AINSW alludes ancient appearance atque attend Bona Dea Cæsar 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 Hæc hath Hence hired honour humourously husband illis impudence ipse Jupiter Juvenal king ladies lewd live manner master mentioned meton metonym mihi Nævolus Nero nobility noble occasion Ovid perhaps person Phrygia poet poet means poison poor Prætor priests Psecas quâ quæ 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.