The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 46
Page ii
... learned from my mother , that after a residence of four or five years , he was again thoughtless enough to engage in a dangerous frolick , which drove him once more to sea : this was an attempt to excite a riot in a Methodist chapel ...
... learned from my mother , that after a residence of four or five years , he was again thoughtless enough to engage in a dangerous frolick , which drove him once more to sea : this was an attempt to excite a riot in a Methodist chapel ...
Page iii
... learned in due time to read . I cannot boast much of my acquisitions at this school ; they consisted merely of the contents of the " Child's Spelling Book : " but from my mo- ther , who had stored up the literature of a country town ...
... learned in due time to read . I cannot boast much of my acquisitions at this school ; they consisted merely of the contents of the " Child's Spelling Book : " but from my mo- ther , who had stored up the literature of a country town ...
Page iv
... learned little at school , and nothing at home , though he would now and then attempt to give me some insight into his business . As impressions of any kind are not very strong at the age of eleven or twelve , I did not long feel his ...
... learned little at school , and nothing at home , though he would now and then attempt to give me some insight into his business . As impressions of any kind are not very strong at the age of eleven or twelve , I did not long feel his ...
Page ix
... learned on my arrival ; and my heart , which had been cruelly shut up , now opened to kinder sentiments , and fairer views . After the holidays I returned to my darling pursuit , arithmetick : my progress was now so rapid , that in a ...
... learned on my arrival ; and my heart , which had been cruelly shut up , now opened to kinder sentiments , and fairer views . After the holidays I returned to my darling pursuit , arithmetick : my progress was now so rapid , that in a ...
Page x
... learned enough , and more than enough , at school , he must be consi- dened as having fairly discharged his duty ; ( so , indeed , he had ; ) he added , that he had been negotiating with his cousin , a shoemaker of some respectability ...
... learned enough , and more than enough , at school , he must be consi- dened as having fairly discharged his duty ; ( so , indeed , he had ; ) he added , that he had been negotiating with his cousin , a shoemaker of some respectability ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abolla allusion ancient appears Augustus beautiful boast breast Cæsar Caligula calls Catullus Cicero Claudius Codrus consul crimes Crispinus criticks Dacian war 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'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 rage reader reign rich Romans Rome Ruperti sacred Satire 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 wealth wife word wretched youth δε τε
Popular passages
Page 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.
Page 453 - Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 199 - 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 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.
Page 328 - Skill'd to reverse whate'er the gods create, And make that crooked which they fashion straight : Hard choice for man, to die — or else to be That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see. Age, then, we all prefer ; for age we pray, And travel on to life's last lingering day ; Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse, Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest curse.
Page xiii - ... with favours 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, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c. and what was of more importance, with books of geometry, and of the higher branches of algebra, which I cautiously concealed. Poetry, even at this time, was no amusement of mine : it was subservient to other purposes ; and I only had...
Page 307 - We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good ; so find we profit, By losing of our prayers.
Page xiii - The repetitions of which I speak were always attended with applause, and sometimes with favours more substantial; little collections were now and then made, and I have received sixpence in an evening.
Page vi - On seeing me, this great man observed, with a look of pity and contempt, that I was " too small,' and sent me away sufficiently mortified. I expected to be very ill received by my godfather, but he said nothing.
Page 101 - 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.