tenuis exsuctaque est. Quom quaereremus, quae alia item senescente luna tabescerent: Nonne Lucilium, inquit, nostrum meministis dicere? Luna alit ostrea et implet echinos, muribus fibras, et pecui addit. Eadem autem ipsa, quae crescente luna gliscunt, deficiente contra luna defiunt. Aelurorum quoque oculi ad easdem vices lunae aut ampliores fiunt aut minores. Id etiam, inquit, multo mirandum est magis, quod apud Plutarchum in quarto in Hesiodum commentario legi; caepe tum revirescit, et congerminat decedente luna, contra autem inarescit adolescente. Eam causam esse dicunt sacerdotes Aegyptii, cur Pelusiotae caepe non edunt: quia solum olerum omnium contra lunae aucta atque damna vices minuendi et augendi habeat contrarias. AUL. GELL. xx. 8. DELIGHT IN ROME AT THE DEATH OF 279. Par inde exsultatio disparibus causis consecuta, inpetrato Tigellini exitio. Sophonius Tigellinus, obscuris parentibus, foeda pueritia, inpudica senecta, praefecturam vigilum et praetorii et alia praemia virtutum quia velocius erat vitiis adeptus, crudelitatem mox, deinde avaritiam et virilia scelera exercuit, conrupto ad omne facinus Nerone; quaedam ignaro ausus, ac postremo eiusdem desertor ac proditor. Unde non alium pertinacius ad poenam flagitavere, diverso adfectu, quibus odium Neronis inerat, et quibus desiderium. Apud Galbam T. Vinii potentia defensus, praetexentis servatam ab eo filiam; et haud dubie servaverat, non clementia, quippe tot interfectis, sed effugio in futurum ; quia pessimus quisque, diffidentia praesentium mutationem pavens, adversus publicum odium privatam gratiam praeparat; unde nulla innocentiae cura, sed vices inpunitatis. Eo infensior populus, addita ad vetus Tigellini odium recenti T. Vinii invidia: concurrere e tota urbe in palatium ac fora, et, ubi plurima vulgi licentia, in circum ac theatra effusi, seditiosis vocibus obstrepere: donec Tigellinus, accepto apud Sinuessanas aquas supremae necessitatis nuntio, inter deformes moras, sectis novacula faucibus, infamem vitam foedavit etiam exitu sero et inhonesto. TAC. Hist. i. 72. ON A CRYSTAL. 280. Adspice porrectam splendenti fragmine venam qua trahitur limes lucidiore gelu. hic nullum Boream nec brumam sentit opacus umor, sed varias itque reditque vias. non illum constrinxit hiemps, non Sirius ardens: aetatis spatium non tenuavit edax. CLAUDIANUS, Epigr. 9. LONDON: PRINTED BY SPOTTIS WOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET MAY 1880. JAMES THORNTON'S LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. CHIEFLY EDUCATIONAL, AND ESPECIALLY IN USE AT THE HIGHER SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES. 33 HIGH STREET, OXFORD. Also Sold by SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., London. HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO., j JAMES THORNTON desires to direct attention to the accompanying List of EDUCATIONAL WORKS, some of which have now attained a wide circulation. The Authors and Compilers are mostly scholars of repute, as well as of large experience in teaching. Any notices of errors or defects in these publications will be gratefully received and acknowledged. The Books can generally be procured through local Booksellers in Town and Country; but if at any time difficulty should arise, JAMES THORNTON will feel much obliged by direct communication on the subiect. A SERIES OF HANDBOOKS TO EXAMINATIONS. Edited by F. S. PULLING, M.A., Exeter College. THE object of this Series is to guide Students in their reading for the different examinations. The amount of time wasted at present, simply through ignorance of the way to read, is so great that the Editor and Authors feel convinced of the necessity for some such handbooks, and they trust that these Guides will at least do something to prevent in the future the misapplication of so much industry. Each volume will be confined to one branch of study, and will be undertaken by a writer whose experience qualifies him to speak with authority on the subject. The books will contain advice as to how to read and what to read, how to prepare subjects for examination, and how to answer papers. They will also include an account of the various Scholarships and Prizes offered by the University or the Colleges in each department; specimen questions will be added, as well as selections from the Regulations of the Boards of Studies. The following Volumes are in preparation : CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIPS. By G. G. ROBINSON, B.A., Exeter College. CLASSICAL MODERATIONS. By L. R. FARNELL, B.A., Exeter College. LITERÆ HUMANIORES. New College. By E. B. IWAN-MÜLLER, B.A., MODERN HISTORY. By F. S. PULLING, M.A., Exeter College. MATHEMATICS.-To be arranged for. JAMES THORNTON, High Street, Oxford. |