The satires of Persius, tr. by W. Drummond |
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Strana iii
... virtue and morality , may delight the wise and the good ; but it rarely corrects the foolish , or reforms the profligate . As the moralist treats generally of virtue and of wisdom , of the influence of reason , and of a 2 PREFACE . iii.
... virtue and morality , may delight the wise and the good ; but it rarely corrects the foolish , or reforms the profligate . As the moralist treats generally of virtue and of wisdom , of the influence of reason , and of a 2 PREFACE . iii.
Strana xxiii
... virtues of that philosopher , who was also a Stoic . Persius was a person of the mildest manners , remarkable for the beauty of his form , and for the modesty of his appearance . His piety was exem- plary , in discharging the relative ...
... virtues of that philosopher , who was also a Stoic . Persius was a person of the mildest manners , remarkable for the beauty of his form , and for the modesty of his appearance . His piety was exem- plary , in discharging the relative ...
Strana xxiv
... virtues , his ta- lents , and his learning . ADVERTISEMENT . In English poetry , where the words beaven , even , & c . are intended to be read as one syllable , they are generally written beav'n , ev'n , with an apostrophe . I have ...
... virtues , his ta- lents , and his learning . ADVERTISEMENT . In English poetry , where the words beaven , even , & c . are intended to be read as one syllable , they are generally written beav'n , ev'n , with an apostrophe . I have ...
Strana 13
... virtue struggles to excel , And seeks pre - eminence in doing well . Besides , do all obtaining men's applause , Deserve the admiration which it draws ? Does drunken Accius glow with Homer's fire , Though courts extol him , and though ...
... virtue struggles to excel , And seeks pre - eminence in doing well . Besides , do all obtaining men's applause , Deserve the admiration which it draws ? Does drunken Accius glow with Homer's fire , Though courts extol him , and though ...
Strana 19
... virtue by our country bred ; Where the exalted genius which inspired , The force which nerved it , or the pride which fired ? Are these all gone ? Does nature give offence , Or chaste simplicity , or manly sense , That themes like these ...
... virtue by our country bred ; Where the exalted genius which inspired , The force which nerved it , or the pride which fired ? Are these all gone ? Does nature give offence , Or chaste simplicity , or manly sense , That themes like these ...
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admired aliquid atque censure centum Chrysippus Cleanthes Cornutus dare delight Dicere dost thou Dryden Egyptians feasts Fescennine verses fidelia fools glow gods hæc hath Haud Heic Hinc honours Horace Horus hour hunc illi Inque ipse Jews Jove joys Juvenal laurel lictor lyre mane mihi mind Muse nempe nihilum nisi nunc o'er obscure observations oculos pale palles passions Pingue pleasure poet poetry populi prætor's praise pueris purple Quæ quam quantum quibus quicquid quid Quintilian quis quò quod rage reader rerum Roman Rome Sæpe sage SATIRE III SATIRE IV SATIRE VI SATIRES OF PERSIUS satirist shame sibi sistrum soul Stoics strigiles sung tacitus tamen taste thee thine thought tibi tion toil tongue Tunc umbo unity of subject Unmark'd venit verba verses vice virtue vivere water-clock wealth words wretch youth
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Strana 46 - Summosque pedes attinge, manusque : " Non frigent." Visa est si forte pecunia; sive Candida vicini subrisit molle puella ; 110 Cor tibi rite salit ? positum est algente catino Durum olus; et populi cribro decussa farina : Tentemus fauces.
Strana 14 - et qui caeruleum dirimebat Nerea delphin; ,,sic costam longo subduximus Apennino. 95 ,,Arma virum, nonne hoc spumosum et cortice pingui, „ut ramale vetus, praegrandi subere coctum?" Quidnam igitur tenerum , et laxa cervice legendum? Torva Mimalloneis implerunt cornua bombis, et raptum vitulo caput ablatura superbo Bassaris, et lyncem Maenas flexura corymbis 100 Euion ingeminat: reparabilis assonat Echo.
Strana 70 - Vertigo facit! Hic Dama est non tressis agaso, Vappa et lippus, et in tenui farragine mendax: Verterit hunc dominus, momento turbinis exit Marcus Dama. Papae! Marco spondente, recusas Credere tu nummos? Marco sub judice palles? 80 Marcus dixit: ita est. Assigna, Marce, tabellas.
Strana 28 - Ecce avia, aut metuens divum matertera, cunis Exemit puerum, frontemque atque uda labella Infami digito et lustralibus ante salivis Expiat, urentes oculos inhibere perita.
Strana 14 - ... ait Pedio. Pedius quid? crimina rasis 85 librat in antithetis, doctas posuisse figuras laudatur: 'bellum hoc.' hoc bellum? an, Romule, ceves? men moveat?
Strana xi - Et sermone opus est modo tristi, saepe iocoso, Defendente vicem modo rhetoris atque poetae, Interdum urbani parcentis viribus atque Extenuantis eas consulto. Ridiculum acri Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res.
Strana 72 - Sambucam citius caloni aptaveris alto. Stat contra ratio et secretam gannit in aurem, Ne liceat facere id, quod quis vitiabit agendo.
Strana 48 - Cor tibi rite salit? Positum est algente catino Durum olus, et populi cribro decussa farina : Tentemus fauces ; tenero latet ulcus in ore Putre, quod haud deceat plebeia radere beta.
Strana 10 - Quisquis es, O, modo quem ex adverso dicere feci, Non ego cum scribo, si forte quid aptius exit, 45 Quando haec rara avis est, si quid tamen aptius exit, Laudari metuam, neque enim mihi cornea fibra est ; Sed recti finemque extremumque esse recuso EUGE tuum et BELLE.
Strana 78 - Indulge Genio, carpamus dulcia, nostrum est Quod vivis : cinis et Manes et fabula fies ; [Vive memor leti, fugit hora, hoc quod loquor inde est.] " En quid agis ? duplici in diversum scinderis hamo, Hunccine an hunc sequeris.