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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... mentioned , were so dinned perpetually into his ears , that the places described were as familiar to him as his own house . -The den of Vulcan . ] The history of the Cyclops and Vulcan , the scene of which was laid in Vulcan's den . See ...
... mentioned , were so dinned perpetually into his ears , that the places described were as familiar to him as his own house . -The den of Vulcan . ] The history of the Cyclops and Vulcan , the scene of which was laid in Vulcan's den . See ...
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... ( mentioned by Pliny in his Epistles , ) a most infamous informer , who occasioned , by his secret informations , the deaths of many of the nobility in the time of Domitian . Some think that the great friend here mentioned was some great ...
... ( mentioned by Pliny in his Epistles , ) a most infamous informer , who occasioned , by his secret informations , the deaths of many of the nobility in the time of Domitian . Some think that the great friend here mentioned was some great ...
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... mentioned , in this way , that he was dreaded even by Massa , lest he should inform against him .. 36. Carus sooths . ] This was another of the same infamous pro- fession , who bribed Regulus , to avoid some secret accusation . -Thymele ...
... mentioned , in this way , that he was dreaded even by Massa , lest he should inform against him .. 36. Carus sooths . ] This was another of the same infamous pro- fession , who bribed Regulus , to avoid some secret accusation . -Thymele ...
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... husband , represents her as mentioning a like particular : " My whole night's comfort is the tunable serenade of that " wakeful nightingale - his nose . " Cum fas esse putet curam sperare cohortis , Qui bona SAT . F. 13 JUVENAL'S SATIRES .
... husband , represents her as mentioning a like particular : " My whole night's comfort is the tunable serenade of that " wakeful nightingale - his nose . " Cum fas esse putet curam sperare cohortis , Qui bona SAT . F. 13 JUVENAL'S SATIRES .
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... mentioning various subjects , as highly proper for sa- tire ; and , among others , some favourite at court , who , after spend- ing all his paternal estate in riot , extravagance , and debauchery , was made a commander in the army , and ...
... mentioning various subjects , as highly proper for sa- tire ; and , among others , some favourite at court , who , after spend- ing all his paternal estate in riot , extravagance , and debauchery , was made a commander in the army , and ...
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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.