The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and of Aulus Persius FlaccusG. and W. Nicol; Cadell and Davies; R.H. Evans; W. Bulmer and Company, 1817 - Latin poetry |
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Page xi
... speak of them . An escape of another kind was now preparing for me , which deserves all my no- tice , as it was decisive of my future fate . On Christmas day ( 1770 ) I was surprised by a message from my godfather , saying that he had ...
... speak of them . An escape of another kind was now preparing for me , which deserves all my no- tice , as it was decisive of my future fate . On Christmas day ( 1770 ) I was surprised by a message from my godfather , saying that he had ...
Page xv
... speak were always attended with applause , and sometimes with fa- vours more substantial : little collections were now and then made , and I have received sixpence in an evening . To one who had long lived in the absolute want of money ...
... speak were always attended with applause , and sometimes with fa- vours more substantial : little collections were now and then made , and I have received sixpence in an evening . To one who had long lived in the absolute want of money ...
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... speak the truth in modesty ) had been more considerable than my patrons expected : I had also written in the in- terim several little pieces of poetry , less rugged , I suppose , than my former ones , and certainly with fewer anomalies ...
... speak the truth in modesty ) had been more considerable than my patrons expected : I had also written in the in- terim several little pieces of poetry , less rugged , I suppose , than my former ones , and certainly with fewer anomalies ...
Page xxxv
... speaking out , he still appears , continue they , to be ignorant of his friend's poetick talents . I am almost ... speak out , " when they all assert that he was driven into banishment by a milder prince than Trajan , for a passage ...
... speaking out , he still appears , continue they , to be ignorant of his friend's poetick talents . I am almost ... speak out , " when they all assert that he was driven into banishment by a milder prince than Trajan , for a passage ...
Page xxxvii
... speaking of Quintilian , Juvenal adds , " Si fortuna volet , fies de rhetore consul : " Si volet hæc eadem fies de consule rhetor . " Which , taking it for a proverbial expression , I have loosely rendered , Fortune can make kings of ...
... speaking of Quintilian , Juvenal adds , " Si fortuna volet , fies de rhetore consul : " Si volet hæc eadem fies de consule rhetor . " Which , taking it for a proverbial expression , I have loosely rendered , Fortune can make kings of ...
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abolla Æneid allusion ancient appears Aquinum Augustus banishment boast breast Britannicus Cæsar Caligula Catullus Cicero Claudius client Codrus crimes Crispinus criticks death Domitian dreadful Dryden Emperour fate father favour favourite fear Ferrarius fortune frequently Galba give Greek Holyday honour Horace horrour humour husband indignation Juvenal alludes Juvenal's kind learned Madan Martial means mentioned Nero o'er observes old Scholiast Ovid passage patron perhaps Persius Pliny Plutarch poet Pontia poor praise probably publick quæ quam Quintilian quod reader reign rich Romans Rome Ruperti rustick Satire SATIRE VI Satires of Juvenal says scarcely Scholiast seems senate Seneca shame singular slave speak Statius strigils Suetonius supposed Tacitus taste tells theatres thee thou thought Tigellinus Trajan translation Trebius Umbritius vice Virro virtue wife wine word wretched δε
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Page 201 - Give me, next good, an understanding wife, By Nature wise, not learned by much art; Some knowledge on her side will all my life More scope of conversation impart; Besides, her inborne virtue fortifie; They are most firmly good, who best know why.
Page 52 - 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 pray'rs, or miss a masquerade; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball; Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock must fall.
Page 17 - Whether any changes were subsequently introduced, is not certainly known, but we here find, that money was again distributed : perhaps, the choice was in the patron. The sum was a hundred quadrantes, pieces something less than a farthing, and making in all about fifteen-pence of our money. As this is the first...
Page 209 - He burneth part thereof in the fire, with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself and saith, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire." And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth it and prayeth unto it and saith, "Deliver me; for thou art my God.
Page xi - I recollect the occasion of my first attempt : it is, like all the rest of my non-adventures, of so unimportant a nature, that I should blush to call the attention of the idlest reader to it, but for the reason alleged in the introductory paragraph. A person, whose name escapes me, had undertaken to paint a sign for an ale-house : it was to have been a lion, but the unfortunate artist produced a dog.
Page 114 - 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 45 - There is a method in man's wickedness; It grows up by degrees: I am not come So high as killing of myself; there are A hundred thousand sins 'twixt me and it, Which I must do; and I shall come to't at last, But, take my oath, not now.
Page 168 - Of women's looks ; but digg'd myself a cave, Where I, my fire, my cattle, and my bed, Might have been shut together in one shed ; And then had taken me some mountain girl, Beaten with winds, chaste as the...
Page 62 - Eye hath not seen, nor Ear heard, neither hath it entered into the Heart of Man, to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 201 - There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounterers, so glib of tongue, That give a coasting welcome ere it comes. And wide unclasp the tables of their thoughts To every ticklish reader ! set them down For sluttish spoils of opportunity, And daughters of the game. [Trumpet within. All. The Trojans