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... perhaps reach a height of 1000 feet above the lake - level , but that is a point on which I cannot say anything certain , ' EDINBURGH , Nov. 1876 . CONTENT S. CHAPTER I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION . I. Relation of PREFACE . ix.
... perhaps reach a height of 1000 feet above the lake - level , but that is a point on which I cannot say anything certain , ' EDINBURGH , Nov. 1876 . CONTENT S. CHAPTER I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION . I. Relation of PREFACE . ix.
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... Perhaps also the Quintilius whose death Horace laments in the twenty - fourth Ode of Book I. may be the Varus of the tenth poem of Catullus . The more famous name of Asinius Pollio also connects the two eras ; but in Catullus he is ...
... Perhaps also the Quintilius whose death Horace laments in the twenty - fourth Ode of Book I. may be the Varus of the tenth poem of Catullus . The more famous name of Asinius Pollio also connects the two eras ; but in Catullus he is ...
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... of literature that of Maecenas has become proverbial , but perhaps even more important than his patronage was that exercised by the Emperor himself . Not only was he a man of 22 GENERAL INTRODUCTION . Patrons of literature-Augustus ·
... of literature that of Maecenas has become proverbial , but perhaps even more important than his patronage was that exercised by the Emperor himself . Not only was he a man of 22 GENERAL INTRODUCTION . Patrons of literature-Augustus ·
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... Perhaps the position of Maecenas , as the trusted confidant of a jealous and imperious master , required him to begin his career by playing a part which afterwards became habitual to him . Among the traits of his character indicated by ...
... Perhaps the position of Maecenas , as the trusted confidant of a jealous and imperious master , required him to begin his career by playing a part which afterwards became habitual to him . Among the traits of his character indicated by ...
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... perhaps give back the very style and manner of his conversation . The alternation observable in the Odes of Horace between an apparent devotion to the lighter themes of lyrical poetry and the serious interest in great affairs , the ...
... perhaps give back the very style and manner of his conversation . The alternation observable in the Odes of Horace between an apparent devotion to the lighter themes of lyrical poetry and the serious interest in great affairs , the ...
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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,
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