 | Matthaeus Aimerich - Latin literature - 1787 - 422 pages
...f.ictis alienis , sed a propriis . Ovid. Mfiam. ij. de Ulysse in Certamine cum Ajace haec canit : Et genus , et proavos , et quae non fecimus ipsi , V'ix ea nostra voco. Qui indigno laudes tribuit, Virgines Gratias, ut scorta prostituit: Ita Dcmocritus , citatus ab Stobaeo.... | |
 | 1804 - 624 pages
...independent of foreign aid, fully realizing them, awakens the ardour of emulation in the most sluggish bosom. Nam genus et proavos, et quae non fecimus ipsi, Vix ea nostra voco." OVID. The constitution of that country must be admirably formed, and duly administered, which, without... | |
 | Ovid - Latin poetry - 1808 - 484 pages
..., Quae nunc pro domino, pro vobis saepe locuta est, Invidiâ careat : bona nec sua quisque recuset. Nam genus , et proavos, et quae non fecimus ipsi, Vix ea nostra voco. Sed enim, quia retulit Ajax Esse Jovis pronepos, nostri quoque sanguinis auctor Juppiter est; totidemque... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Christian literature - 1824 - 520 pages
...in all human * Mr. Burke's doctrine. affairs, and to form what he calls a true natural aristocracy. Nam genus et proavos et quae non fecimus ipsi Vix ea nostra voco. I think it injurious to society and mankind at large to lavish honours and confer power on accidental... | |
 | Ovid - Latin poetry - 1824 - 494 pages
...Come uom di più valor , l' ottenga in dono. 43 Invidia careat; bona nec sua quisque recuset. i3c) Nam genus , et proavos, et quae non fecimus ipsi, Vix ea nostra voco Sed enim, quia rettulit Ajax Esse Jovis pronepos, nostri quoque sanguinis auctor Jupiter est totidemque... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 458 pages
...donat.' And in the celebrated contest between Ajax and Ulysses, Ovid's Metamorph. lib. xiii. 1. 140. ' Nam genus, et proavos, et quae non fecimus ipsi, Vix ea nostra voco.' " Homines nullius originis, for nullis orti mqjoribus, or nullo loco nati, is, " you are afraid, barbarous."... | |
 | 1824 - 232 pages
...to breeding were unfair. Ovid, to use a quotation which hs been generally overlooked, remarks : — genus et proavos et quae non fecimus ipsi Vix ea nostra voco with this sentiment we agree. We shall, perhaps, further elucidate the subject on another occasion.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 430 pages
...donat. And in the celebrated contest between Ajax and Ulysses, Ovid's Metamorph. lib. xiii. 1. 140, Nam genus et proavos, et quae non fecimus ipsi, Vix ea nostra voco. " Homines nullius originis, for uullis orli nuyoribus, or nullo loco nati, is, ' you are afraid, barbarous.'... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1827 - 420 pages
...cardinal virtues, if there were so many. They are not of Ulysses's opinion ; who says, very truly, Genus et proavos, et quae non fecimus ipsi ; Vix ea nostra voco. Good night. LETTER C. DEAR BOY, London, November the 24th, OS 1747. As often as I write to you (and... | |
 | François marquis de Barbé-Marbois - France - 1829 - 508 pages
...par la diligence et le travail, au profit d'un « seul. Les fortunes changent et se succèdent (1) Nam genus et proavos et quae non fecimus ipsi Vix ea nostra voco ! OVID. , Metam., lib. xm. « comme les vagues de la mer (1) : celle qui s'é« lève est aussitôt... | |
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Nam genus et proavos et quae non fecimus ipsi, vix ea nostra voco; sed enim quia rettulit Aiax esse lovis pronepos, nostri quoque sanguinis auctor luppiter est, totidemque gradus distamus ab illo. 
