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Page 295 - amor; and inspired the English poet in his great invocation :— 'I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.
Page 245 - The satire of Lucilius, besides its political, moral, and social function, assumed the part of a literary critic and censor. The testimony of Horace on this point,— Nil comis tragici mutat Lucilius Acci ? Non ridet versus Enni gravitate minores, Cum de se loquitur non ut maiore reprensis?
Page 300 - Speaking of Sicily as a rich and wonderful land, Lucretius pays his tribute of love and admiration to his illustrious predecessor in these lines, — Nil tamen hoc habuisse viro praeclarius in se Nee sanctum magis et mirum carumque videtur. Carmina quin etiam divini pectoris eius Vociferantur et exponunt praeclara reperta, Ut vix
Page 341 - expressed than in Lucretius. This is the final appeal in all controversy. The superiority of Epicurus is proclaimed on the ground of his having discovered the fixed and certain limitations of all existence— Unde refert nobis victor quid possit oriri. Quid nequeat, finita potestas denique cuique
Page 20 - Decurrens alio, neque si bene : quo fit, ut omnis Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella Vita senis ' . He has described himself, his tastes and pursuits, his thoughts and convictions, with perfect frankness and
Page 372 - obtritum pondere terrae*,— and again, the life, truth, and tenderness of the picture presented in the lines— lam iam non domus accipiet te laeta, neque uxor Optima nee dulces occurrent oscula nati Praeripere et tacita pectus dulcedine tangent
Page 345 - New nations wax strong, while the old are waning away; the generations of living things are changed within a brief space, and, like the runners in a race, pass on the torch of life'— Augescunt aliae gentes, aliae minuuntur, Inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum Et quasi cursorcs
Page 108 - austri imbricitor. Naves velivolae, etc. etc. These and similar phrases, some of which have already been quoted, imply poetical creativeness. They tend to justify the estimate of the genius of Ennius, indicated in the language of high admiration applied to him by Lucretius,— Ennius ut noster cecinit, qui primus amoeno Detulit ex Helicone perenni fronde coronam, Per gentes Italas hominum quae clara clueret';
Page 364 - on the secret cause of man's unhappiness. Observing the insufficiency of all external goods to bestow peace and contentment, he saw that the evil lay in the vessel into which these blessings were poured :— Intellegit ibi vitium vas efficere ipsum Omniaque illius vitio corrumpier intus, Quae conlata foris et commoda
Page 389 - et templa locarunt, Per caelum volvi quia nox et luna videtur, Luna dies et nox et noctis signa severs Noctivagaeque faces caeli flammaeque volantes, Nubila sol imbres nix venti fulmina grando Et rapidi fremitus et