The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius, Volume 2 |
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Acca Larentia accompliſhed affert againſt alfo alſo ancient Athens atque becauſe calends called Carthaginians Catullus cauſe cenfure CHAP chapter Cicero circumftance confulting Critolaus defire Demades Demofthenes deſcribed elegant Ennius expreffed expreffion faid fame Favorinus fays fecond feems fenate fenfe fent fentence fhall fhould fignifies fimilar fince firft firſt Flamen Dialis flaves fome fpeaking fpeech fubject fuch fufficient fyllable Gellius Gracchus Greek Herodotus hiftory himſelf honour huſband intra itſelf Latin lefs Livy manner Marcus Cato means moft moſt muſt nature Nigidius obferved occafion oppofite oration paffage paffed perfon philofopher Plautus pleaſure Pliny Plutarch praiſe puniſhment purpoſe quæ queſtion Quintilian Quintus reafon refpect Rhodians Roman Rome ſaid ſay Scipio ſeems ſeverity ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak ſpoken ſtory Taurus thefe themſelves theſe theſe words things thofe thoſe thouſand tranflation Tullius ufed ufually uſed Valerius Valerius Maximus Varro verfes verſes Virgil whofe writers
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Page 145 - Will knit and break religions; bless the accurs'd; Make the hoar leprosy ador'd; place thieves, And give them title, knee, and approbation, With senators on the bench; this is it That makes the wappen'd widow wed again; She, whom the spital-house and ulcerous sores Would cast the gorge at, this embalms and spices To the April day again.
Page 159 - Ask of the learn'd the way? The learn'd are blind; This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind; Some place the bliss in action, some in ease...
Page 341 - Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth, In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre, to run The great career of justice...
Page 159 - Thofe call it pleafure, and contentment thefe : Some funk to beafts, find pleafure end in pain ; Some fwell'd to gods, confefs ev'n virtue vain; Or indolent, to each extreme they fati, To truft in ev'ry thing, or doubt of all.
Page 49 - With flying fingers touched the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky, And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above, (Such is the power of mighty love.) A dragon's fiery form belied the god : Sublime on radiant...
Page 79 - He knew his lord ; he knew, and strove to meet ; In vain he strove to crawl and kiss his feet ; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.
Page 203 - And as they bound him with thongs, Paul faid unto the centurion that flood by, Is it lawful for you to fcourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemnedi the Roman people.
Page 137 - Lare egressus meo domum revertar mimus. Nimirum hoc die uno plus vixi mihi quam vivendum fuit.
Page 36 - Nor ease, nor peace, that heart can know, That, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe; But, turning, trembles too.
Page 141 - ... (Fair was his face, his eyes inspiring love,) Bred by his father in the Martian grove, Where the fat altars of Palicus flame, And sent in arms to purchase early fame. Him when he spied from far, the Tuscan king Laid by the lance, and took him to the sling, Thrice...