Decii Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci SatiraeWhittaker and Company, 1867 - 466 pages |
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Page xiii
... according to the most probable version of the text : -- “ Junius Juvenalis , the son or the alumnus ( it is uncertain which ) of a rich freedman , practised declamation till near middle life , more for amusement than by way of preparing ...
... according to the most probable version of the text : -- “ Junius Juvenalis , the son or the alumnus ( it is uncertain which ) of a rich freedman , practised declamation till near middle life , more for amusement than by way of preparing ...
Page xv
... according to the fancy of the writer ; and whatever amount of truth there may have been in the originals has been perverted and confused in the later editions , which show very little evidence of accurate information . The only ...
... according to the fancy of the writer ; and whatever amount of truth there may have been in the originals has been perverted and confused in the later editions , which show very little evidence of accurate information . The only ...
Page xvii
... according to the other hypothesis , must have been written about the fourth year of that reign , and nine years before Domitian became emperor . Thus the sixth , seventh , thirteenth , and fifteenth Satires have internal evidences by ...
... according to the other hypothesis , must have been written about the fourth year of that reign , and nine years before Domitian became emperor . Thus the sixth , seventh , thirteenth , and fifteenth Satires have internal evidences by ...
Page xviii
... According to these calculations eight out of the sixteen Satires were written after the death of Domitian . The sixteenth is a fragment , and may be admitted that , if not the last written , it was not begun very long before the last ...
... According to these calculations eight out of the sixteen Satires were written after the death of Domitian . The sixteenth is a fragment , and may be admitted that , if not the last written , it was not begun very long before the last ...
Page xix
... according to the above supposition he was not more than twelve when Nero died , perhaps less . Of Domitian he writes with a contempt and loathing which seem to be the fruit of a personal acquaintance with his times , and a memory full ...
... according to the above supposition he was not more than twelve when Nero died , perhaps less . Of Domitian he writes with a contempt and loathing which seem to be the fruit of a personal acquaintance with his times , and a memory full ...
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Page 321 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 279 - Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that: You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.
Page 298 - 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 24 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, 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 194 - Incertaeque rei ; Phalaris licet imperet, ut sis Falsus, et admoto dictet perjuria tauro, Summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori, Et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas.
Page 308 - As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Page 24 - Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise : and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Page 391 - And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Page 33 - Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball; Or whether Heaven has doom'd that Shock must fall.
Page 219 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.