Decii Junii Juvenalis Et A. Persii Flacci Satirae: With a Commentary

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Whittaker, 1867 - Satire, Latin - 466 pages
 

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Page 325 - 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 26 - 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 59 - ... atque recens linum ostendit non una cicatrix ? nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, quam quod ridiculos homines facit.
Page 223 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 283 - 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 16 - Jam Fides et Pax et Honos Pudorque Priscus et neglecta redire Virtus Audet, apparetque beata pleno Copia cornu.
Page 406 - Cor tibi rite salit? Positum est algente catino Durum olus, et populi cribro decussa farina; Tentemus fauces : tenero latet ulcus in ore Putre, quod haud deceat plebeia radere beta.

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