The Satires of Juvenal and Persius: From the Texts of Ruperti and Orellius: with English Notes, Partly Comp., and Partly Original |
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... Satires after the age of eighty ' , at which advanced time of life he was banished , and that by Trajan , whom he had complimented in the opening of the very Satire which formed the alleged grievance . The short time which the Editor ...
... Satires after the age of eighty ' , at which advanced time of life he was banished , and that by Trajan , whom he had complimented in the opening of the very Satire which formed the alleged grievance . The short time which the Editor ...
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... Satire , which was destined , in 8 [ The Editor has , since , to acknowledge the favour of a letter from his friend and former master , the Reverend THOMAS KIDD , M.A. ( of Trinity College , Cambridge ; ) the valuable contents of which ...
... Satire , which was destined , in 8 [ The Editor has , since , to acknowledge the favour of a letter from his friend and former master , the Reverend THOMAS KIDD , M.A. ( of Trinity College , Cambridge ; ) the valuable contents of which ...
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... Satire vii ' , which he recited to a numerous assemblage , about 83 A. D. The consequences were such as he might have antici- pated . Paris is said to have been informed of his own introduction into the piece , and to have taken such ...
... Satire vii ' , which he recited to a numerous assemblage , about 83 A. D. The consequences were such as he might have antici- pated . Paris is said to have been informed of his own introduction into the piece , and to have taken such ...
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... Satires m . In 96 A. D. the world was happily relieved from the despotism of this tyrant : Nerva , who succeeded him ... Satire after Domitian's death would seem to be S. iv " ; and now he began to revise for publication his previous ...
... Satires m . In 96 A. D. the world was happily relieved from the despotism of this tyrant : Nerva , who succeeded him ... Satire after Domitian's death would seem to be S. iv " ; and now he began to revise for publication his previous ...
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... satire which he fabricated for himself , he rushes from the palace to the tavern , from the gates of Rome to the boun- daries of the empire , and strikes without distinction who- ever deviates from the course of nature or the paths of ...
... satire which he fabricated for himself , he rushes from the palace to the tavern , from the gates of Rome to the boun- daries of the empire , and strikes without distinction who- ever deviates from the course of nature or the paths of ...
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Page 414 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 396 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 303 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 256 - I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Page 253 - For worms, brave Percy. Fare thee well, great heart! Ill-weaved ambition, how much art thou shrunk ! 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 : this earth, that bears thee dead, Bears not alive so stout a gentleman.
Page 65 - 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 145 - Fie, fie upon her! 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
Page 234 - Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles; that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Page 46 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Page 194 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.