Decii Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci satirae, with a comm. by A.J. Macleane1857 |
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... Greek form is Zúλaç . 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 Zúλaç . 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 gave the emperor greatest offence ( " ii qui maxime displicuissent " ) were obliged to lick out what they had written with their tongue , or to be flogged , or plunged in the nearest stream . To this ...
... Greek and Latin , in which those who gave the emperor greatest offence ( " ii qui maxime displicuissent " ) were obliged to lick out what they had written with their tongue , or to be flogged , or plunged in the nearest stream . To this ...
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... Greek . The Latin name seems to have been ' crustae . ' On the ancient Greek vessels they were very hand- some and curious . Verres laid his hands upon many . Cicero calls them ' scyphos sigillatos , ' cups with signa , ' or carved ...
... Greek . The Latin name seems to have been ' crustae . ' On the ancient Greek vessels they were very hand- some and curious . Verres laid his hands upon many . Cicero calls them ' scyphos sigillatos , ' cups with signa , ' or carved ...
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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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... Greek koòc , which is doubtful . It is applied to things , persons , words , & c . , of ill omen ; but also as here , and as we use it , to the lewd .- ' quum sis : ' ' although you are . ' Quintilian ( Inst . xii . 3 , fin . ) throws ...
... Greek koòc , which is doubtful . It is applied to things , persons , words , & c . , of ill omen ; but also as here , and as we use it , to the lewd .- ' quum sis : ' ' although you are . ' Quintilian ( Inst . xii . 3 , fin . ) throws ...
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Page 295 - 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 72 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 26 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, 90 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 291 - Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy Gd: I am the L-rd.