The Satires of Decimus Junius JuvenalisW. Bulmer, 1806 - 473 pàgines |
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Pàgina xlv
... superiour to their own , that the Romans eagerly strove to attain the art ; and as soon as they could imitate what they admired , graced their rustick measures with mu- sick and dancing . By degrees , they dropped the Fescennine verses ...
... superiour to their own , that the Romans eagerly strove to attain the art ; and as soon as they could imitate what they admired , graced their rustick measures with mu- sick and dancing . By degrees , they dropped the Fescennine verses ...
Pàgina 6
... superiour usefulness of his own compositions . You mistake , says he , when you call my works trifles ; the Supper of Tereus , the Flight of Dædalus , & c . & c . these are trifles : what I write " comes home to men's business and ...
... superiour usefulness of his own compositions . You mistake , says he , when you call my works trifles ; the Supper of Tereus , the Flight of Dædalus , & c . & c . these are trifles : what I write " comes home to men's business and ...
Pàgina 16
... superiour bliss , And toy'd and wanton'd with his master - miss . VER . 85. When he presumes , & c . ] He probably alludes to Cor- nelius Fuscus , who fell in the Dacian war . ( Sat. Iv . ) Fuscus had assisted Nero in his mad follies ...
... superiour bliss , And toy'd and wanton'd with his master - miss . VER . 85. When he presumes , & c . ] He probably alludes to Cor- nelius Fuscus , who fell in the Dacian war . ( Sat. Iv . ) Fuscus had assisted Nero in his mad follies ...
Pàgina 46
... superiour wisdom and virtue , I suppose ) he fancied himself related . * But this appears * Domitian was not singular in this idea , for it would be easy to name other princes , who prided themselves on some remote Sooth the GOOD ...
... superiour wisdom and virtue , I suppose ) he fancied himself related . * But this appears * Domitian was not singular in this idea , for it would be easy to name other princes , who prided themselves on some remote Sooth the GOOD ...
Pàgina 52
... superiour being in disguise . Such , at least , was the prevailing doc- trine in the days of Homer : 8 μοι θεμις ες ' , εδ ' ει κακίων σεθεν έλθοι Ξεινον ατιμησαι προς γαρ Διος εισιν άπαντες Ξεινοι τε , πλωκοι τε And to this , as well ...
... superiour being in disguise . Such , at least , was the prevailing doc- trine in the days of Homer : 8 μοι θεμις ες ' , εδ ' ει κακίων σεθεν έλθοι Ξεινον ατιμησαι προς γαρ Διος εισιν άπαντες Ξεινοι τε , πλωκοι τε And to this , as well ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
abolla alludes allusion ancient appears Augustus beautiful boast breast Cæsar Caligula calls Catullus Cicero Claudius Codrus consul crimes Crispinus criticks death Domitian dreadful Dryden Emperour Ennius eyes fate father favour favourite fear fire followed fortune frequently Galba give Greek heaven Herodotus Holyday honour Horace horrour husband indignation Julius Cæsar Juvenal Juvenal's kind learned Martial means mentioned mind Nero never o'er observes old Scholiast Ovid passage perhaps Persius Pliny Plutarch poet poor probably publick quæ quam Quintilian quod reader reign rich Romans Rome Ruperti sacred Satire SATIRE XIV says scarcely Scholiast seems Sejanus senate Seneca shame singular sire slave speaks Statius Suetonius superiour suppose Tacitus tell thee thing thou thought Tiberius Tigellinus Trajan translation Umbritius Vespasian vice virtue wife word wretched youth δε τε
Passatges populars
Pàgina 326 - When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.
Pàgina 394 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Pàgina 423 - If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry...
Pàgina 20 - As this is the first passage, in which the names of patron and client occur, it may not be amiss to say a few words on the relative situation of two classes of men, which comprehended nearly all the citizens of Rome.
Pàgina 230 - Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise ; To some a dry rehearsal was assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind.
Pàgina 229 - I, that spend half my nights and all my days Here, in a cell, to get a dark, pale face, To come forth worth the ivy or the bays, And in this age can hope no other grace Leave me ! There's something come into my thought That must and shall be sung, high and aloof, Safe from the wolfs black jaw, and the dull ass's hoof.
Pàgina 18 - tis so concluded on. Ham. There's letters seal'd: and my two schoolfellows, — Whom I will trust, as I will adders fang'd, — They bear the mandate; they must sweep my way, And marshal me to knavery: Let it work; For 'tis the sport, to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar...
Pàgina xii - Algebra, given to me by a young woman, who had found it in a lodginghouse. I considered it as a treasure; but it was a treasure locked up; for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equation, and I knew nothing of the matter.
Pàgina 207 - 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.
Pàgina xi - As I hated my new profession with a perfect hatred, I made no progress in it ; and was consequently little regarded in the family, of which I sunk by degrees into the common drudge : this did not much disquiet me, for my spirits were now humbled.