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... object of religious veneration ; and the national and ethical teaching of that poem is entirely in harmony with the objects of his policy . And , although Horace in the Satires and Epodes , composed between the years 40 and 30 B.C. , is ...
... object of religious veneration ; and the national and ethical teaching of that poem is entirely in harmony with the objects of his policy . And , although Horace in the Satires and Epodes , composed between the years 40 and 30 B.C. , is ...
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... object of value in their eyes . They probably felt themselves more truly in the position of equal citizenship after the establishment of the monarchy than before it . This feeling of the pride of empire asserts itself much more strongly ...
... object of value in their eyes . They probably felt themselves more truly in the position of equal citizenship after the establishment of the monarchy than before it . This feeling of the pride of empire asserts itself much more strongly ...
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... objects of these laws . Yet , if it failed to re - establish the ancient faith in the minds of the educated classes and to restore a primitive austerity of life , this revival affected the best 1 Cf. Ancyraean inscription : ' Templum ...
... objects of these laws . Yet , if it failed to re - establish the ancient faith in the minds of the educated classes and to restore a primitive austerity of life , this revival affected the best 1 Cf. Ancyraean inscription : ' Templum ...
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... object . The divine care which had watched over Rome from its origin was now centred on him as the supreme head of the State , the heir and adopted son of the great Julius . But , although we cannot ascribe to Virgil and Horace the ...
... object . The divine care which had watched over Rome from its origin was now centred on him as the supreme head of the State , the heir and adopted son of the great Julius . But , although we cannot ascribe to Virgil and Horace the ...
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... object is to impress on the minds of men the image of Augustus as at once a great earthly conqueror and a being of divine descent and possessed of more than mortal attributes : the especial object of care to the supreme God of Heaven ...
... object is to impress on the minds of men the image of Augustus as at once a great earthly conqueror and a being of divine descent and possessed of more than mortal attributes : the especial object of care to the supreme God of Heaven ...
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Page 257 - Hanc olim veteres vitam coluere Sabini, hanc Remus et frater, sic fortis Etruria crevit scilicet et rerum facta est pulcherrima Roma, septemque una sibi muro circumdedit arces.
Page 398 - I, sequere Italiam ventis, pete regna per undas. Spero equidem mediis, si quid pia numina possunt, supplicia hausurum scopulis, et nomine Dido saepe vocaturum. Sequar atris ignibus absens, et cum frigida mors anima seduxerit artus, 385 omnibus umbra locis adero. Dabis, improbe, poenas. Audiam, et haec Manis veniet mihi fama sub imos.
Page 378 - Acesten.' talibus Ilioneus; cuncti simul ore fremebant Dardanidae. 560 Tum breviter Dido voltum demissa profatur: 'solvite corde metum, Teucri, secludite curas. res dura et regni novitas me talia cogunt moliri et late finis custode tueri. quis genus Aeneadum, quis Troiae nesciat urbem 505 virtutesque virosque aut tanti incendia belli?
Page 251 - Tam multae scelerum facies; non ullus aratro Dignus honos; squalent abductis arva colonis, Et curvae rigidum falces conflantur in ensem. Hinc movet Euphrates, illinc Germania bellum ; Vicinae ruptis inter se legibus urbes 510 Arma ferunt ; saevit toto Mars impius orbe : Ut cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia, et frustra retinacula tendens Fertur equis auriga, neque audit currus habenas.
Page 171 - PR o mihi tum longae maneat pars ultima vitae, spiritus et, quantum sat erit tua dicere facta : non me carminibus vincet nee Thracius Orpheus, 55 nee Linus, huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo.
Page 171 - ... hinc tibi quae semper vicino ab limite saepes Hyblaeis apibus florem depasta salicti saepe levi somnum suadebit inire susurro hinc alta sub rupe canet frondator ad auras nee tamen interea raucae tua cura palumbes nee gemere aeria cessabit turtur ab ulmo.
Page 249 - Les gens qui ne connaissent pas la campagne taxent de fable l'amitié du bœuf pour son camarade d'attelage. Qu'ils viennent voir au fond de l'étable un pauvre animal maigre, exténué, battant de sa queue inquiète ses flancs décharnés, soufflant avec effroi et dédain sur la nourriture qu'on lui présente, les yeux toujours tournés vers la porte, en grattant du pied la place vide à ses côtés, flairant les jougs et les chaînes que son compagnon a portés, et l'appelant sans cesse avec de...
Page 367 - Ille nihil ; nee me quaerentem vana moratur : Sed graviter gemitus imo de pectore ducens, ' Heu ! fuge, nate dea, teque his, ' ait,
Page 407 - Quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia, aut ad terram gurgite ab alto 310 Quam multae glomerantur aves, ubi frigidus annus Trans pontum fugat et terris immittit apricis.
Page 341 - Hie quibus invisi fratres, dum vita manebat, pulsatusve parens, et fraus innexa clienti, aut qui divitiis soli incubuere repertis 610 nee partem posuere suis (quae maxima turba est), quique ob adulterium caesi, quique arma secuti impia nee veriti dominorum fallere dextras, inclusi poenam exspectant.