Decii Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci satirae, with a comm. by A.J. Macleane1867 |
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... Greek and Roman history and to mythical legends . Even Moses is introduced to us . It is true that the writer of the genuine Satires shows that he was well acquainted with Greek and Roman history ; but he handles his matter like a man ...
... Greek and Roman history and to mythical legends . Even Moses is introduced to us . It is true that the writer of the genuine Satires shows that he was well acquainted with Greek and Roman history ; but he handles his matter like a man ...
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... Greek form is Σúλλas . The theme on which he professes to have declaimed belongs to the order called " suasoriae orationes , " of which a book was written by the elder Seneca . It appears to have been a favourite subject . Quintilian ...
... Greek form is Σúλλas . The theme on which he professes to have declaimed belongs to the order called " suasoriae orationes , " of which a book was written by the elder Seneca . It appears to have been a favourite subject . Quintilian ...
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... Greek and Latin , in which those who , in the Emperor's judgment , had acquitted themselves worst , ( " ii qui maxime displi- cuissent " ) were obliged to lick out what they had written with their tongue , or to be flogged , or plunged ...
... Greek and Latin , in which those who , in the Emperor's judgment , had acquitted themselves worst , ( " ii qui maxime displi- cuissent " ) were obliged to lick out what they had written with their tongue , or to be flogged , or plunged ...
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... Greek . ( See v . 38 , and the note . ) On the ancient Greek ves- sels they were very handsome and curious . Verres the governor of Sicily laid his hands upon many . Cicero calls them ' scyphos figures upon them ( Verr . ii . 4. 14. See ...
... Greek . ( See v . 38 , and the note . ) On the ancient Greek ves- sels they were very handsome and curious . Verres the governor of Sicily laid his hands upon many . Cicero calls them ' scyphos figures upon them ( Verr . ii . 4. 14. See ...
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... Greek oracles were delivered . Virgil has Lyciae sortes ' twice over ( Aen . iv . 346. 377 ) . ' Sortes poscere ' is an unusual phrase . Poscere ' is stronger than ' petere , ' which is more commonly used . Poscere divos ' is not ...
... Greek oracles were delivered . Virgil has Lyciae sortes ' twice over ( Aen . iv . 346. 377 ) . ' Sortes poscere ' is an unusual phrase . Poscere ' is stronger than ' petere , ' which is more commonly used . Poscere divos ' is not ...
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Page 26 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, " I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark...
Page 325 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 298 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 302 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 35 - Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball; Or whether Heaven has doom'd that Shock must fall.
Page 223 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 388 - Eupolidem praegrandi cum sene palles, aspice et haec, si forte aliquid decoctius audis. 125 inde vaporata lector mihi ferveat aure, non hic qui in crepidas Graiorum ludere gestit sordidus et lusco qui possit dicere 'lusce...
Page 256 - si consilium vis, permittes ipsis expendere numinibus, quid conveniat nobis rebusque sit utile nostris. nam pro jucundis aptissima quaeque dabunt di. carior est illis homo, quam sibi.
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Page 72 - Prepare for death if here at night you roam, And sign your will before you sup from home. Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man ; Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest.