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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... present size , in which it appears in print , with a design to add its as- sistance in explaining these difficult authors , not only to school - boys and young beginners , but to numbers in a more advanced age , who , by having been ...
... present size , in which it appears in print , with a design to add its as- sistance in explaining these difficult authors , not only to school - boys and young beginners , but to numbers in a more advanced age , who , by having been ...
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... present publication be , found to answer this end , not only to school - boys , but to those also who would be glad to recover such a competent knowledge of the wand T * The books that we learn at school are generally laid aside ...
... present publication be , found to answer this end , not only to school - boys , but to those also who would be glad to recover such a competent knowledge of the wand T * The books that we learn at school are generally laid aside ...
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... present ? says the poet . The die . ] A chief instrument of gaming - put here for gaming itself . METON . 89. These spirits . ] Animus signifies spirit or courage ; and in this sense we are to understand it here . As if the poet said ...
... present ? says the poet . The die . ] A chief instrument of gaming - put here for gaming itself . METON . 89. These spirits . ] Animus signifies spirit or courage ; and in this sense we are to understand it here . As if the poet said ...
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... present . Why should I fear , or doubt to defend my place ? altho ' Born at the Euphrates , which the soft holes in my ear Prove , though I should deny it : but five houses Procure 400 ( sestertia ) , what does the purple confer more To ...
... present . Why should I fear , or doubt to defend my place ? altho ' Born at the Euphrates , which the soft holes in my ear Prove , though I should deny it : but five houses Procure 400 ( sestertia ) , what does the purple confer more To ...
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... present punishment , when you put off your clothes , Turgid , and carry an indigested peacock to the baths : Hence sudden deaths , and intestate old age . [ 145 A new story , nor is it a sorrowful one , goes thro ' all companies : A ...
... present punishment , when you put off your clothes , Turgid , and carry an indigested peacock to the baths : Hence sudden deaths , and intestate old age . [ 145 A new story , nor is it a sorrowful one , goes thro ' all companies : A ...
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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.