Decii Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci SatiraeWhittaker and Company, 1867 - 466 pages |
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Page viii
... sort of com- mentary is very pleasant to those who have waded through a sea of complicated notes , in which every thing more or less remotely bearing upon the text is brought in to smother it . When are authors to be made their editors ...
... sort of com- mentary is very pleasant to those who have waded through a sea of complicated notes , in which every thing more or less remotely bearing upon the text is brought in to smother it . When are authors to be made their editors ...
Page ix
... sort ) and learning do not always go along with judg- ment ; sometimes they tend to obscure it ; nor are all editors learned that contrive to seem so . The scholia on this author , published with great care by Jahn , are more numerous ...
... sort ) and learning do not always go along with judg- ment ; sometimes they tend to obscure it ; nor are all editors learned that contrive to seem so . The scholia on this author , published with great care by Jahn , are more numerous ...
Page xiv
... sort of punishment was determined upon as being suited to a light and jocular offence . Within a very short time he died of vexation and disgust . " The chief points stated in the foregoing life are , that Juvenal was the son of a rich ...
... sort of punishment was determined upon as being suited to a light and jocular offence . Within a very short time he died of vexation and disgust . " The chief points stated in the foregoing life are , that Juvenal was the son of a rich ...
Page xviii
... sort . It is no argument to say that Horace soon got tired of Satire . His mind and circumstances were very diffe- rent from Juvenal's . But twenty - four years after the period of middle life carries a man on to an age when , under ...
... sort . It is no argument to say that Horace soon got tired of Satire . His mind and circumstances were very diffe- rent from Juvenal's . But twenty - four years after the period of middle life carries a man on to an age when , under ...
Page xxii
... sort than Horace's , and has led some into the notion that he drew it from the purest source , and was in understanding , if not by profession , a Christian . This of course is absurd . He knew human nature , and he knew right from ...
... sort than Horace's , and has led some into the notion that he drew it from the purest source , and was in understanding , if not by profession , a Christian . This of course is absurd . He knew human nature , and he knew right from ...
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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.
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