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... true that in those days of strong speaking even such savage invectives as those of Catullus might be borne with , and Cæsar , from policy and habit , might desire to cultivate amicable relations with a man whose words had such power to ...
... true that in those days of strong speaking even such savage invectives as those of Catullus might be borne with , and Cæsar , from policy and habit , might desire to cultivate amicable relations with a man whose words had such power to ...
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... true that in those days of strong speaking even such savage invectives as those of Catullus might be borne with , and Cæsar , from policy and habit , might desire to cultivate amicable relations with a man whose words had such power to ...
... true that in those days of strong speaking even such savage invectives as those of Catullus might be borne with , and Cæsar , from policy and habit , might desire to cultivate amicable relations with a man whose words had such power to ...
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... castum esse decet pium poetam Ipsum , versiculos nihil necesse est , & c . True poets should be chaste , I know , But wherefore should their lines be so ? b 2 To these what gives their zest and charm , But INTRODUCTION . xix.
... castum esse decet pium poetam Ipsum , versiculos nihil necesse est , & c . True poets should be chaste , I know , But wherefore should their lines be so ? b 2 To these what gives their zest and charm , But INTRODUCTION . xix.
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... our love as warm and true . LOVE'S UNREASON . HATE and love - wherefore I cannot tell , But by my tortures know the fact too well . REMORSE . F there be joy for him who can POEMS OF CATULLUS . 17 TRANSPORT LOVE'S UNREASON PAGE ix.
... our love as warm and true . LOVE'S UNREASON . HATE and love - wherefore I cannot tell , But by my tortures know the fact too well . REMORSE . F there be joy for him who can POEMS OF CATULLUS . 17 TRANSPORT LOVE'S UNREASON PAGE ix.
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... true . Bad as things were , it did not fare With me so execrably there , But I contrived to purchase eight Tall fellows for that precious freight . " The fact is , neither here nor there Had I a single knave , to bear My truckle bed ...
... true . Bad as things were , it did not fare With me so execrably there , But I contrived to purchase eight Tall fellows for that precious freight . " The fact is , neither here nor there Had I a single knave , to bear My truckle bed ...
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Page 142 - Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of the time. We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the...
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Page 168 - And being ravish'd thus, Come, I will drink a tun To my Propertius. Now, to Tibullus next, This flood I drink to thee; — But stay, I see a text, That this presents to me. Behold! Tibullus lies Here burnt, whose small return Of ashes scarce suffice To fill a little urn. Trust to good verses then; They only will aspire, When pyramids, as men, Are lost i' th
Page 184 - Her bared bosom she doth broad display; Lo see soon after, how she fades, and falls away. So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower...
Page 181 - Tell me, ye merchants' daughters, did ye see So fair a creature in your town before...
Page 192 - And strike to dust the imperial towers of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel?
Page 203 - With Additions by Professors AGASSIZ, PIERCE, and GRAY; 12 Maps and Engravings on Steel, some Coloured, and copious Index.