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Strana xliv
... dreadful interval " filled up with horror all , and big with death . " Luxury and a long train of vices which followed the immense wealth in- cessantly poured in from the conquered provinces , sapped the foundations of the republic ...
... dreadful interval " filled up with horror all , and big with death . " Luxury and a long train of vices which followed the immense wealth in- cessantly poured in from the conquered provinces , sapped the foundations of the republic ...
Strana 12
... dreadful resource of men of desperate fortunes and desperate characters . In this he seems to have been successful : he has a chair , which Juvenal takes care to tell us had not been long in his possession , and he is grown immoderately ...
... dreadful resource of men of desperate fortunes and desperate characters . In this he seems to have been successful : he has a chair , which Juvenal takes care to tell us had not been long in his possession , and he is grown immoderately ...
Strana 28
... dreadful conflagration which laid waste a great part of Rome in the reign of Nero , broke out in the house of Tigellinus . As his intimacy with the Emperor was no secret , it strengthened the general belief , that the city was In that ...
... dreadful conflagration which laid waste a great part of Rome in the reign of Nero , broke out in the house of Tigellinus . As his intimacy with the Emperor was no secret , it strengthened the general belief , that the city was In that ...
Strana 29
... dreadful purpose : this idea , however , does not seem to have occurred to any of the critics , ( no great recommendation of it , I confess , ) since they prefer altering the text , and reading , " Et latum media sulcum deduces arena ...
... dreadful purpose : this idea , however , does not seem to have occurred to any of the critics , ( no great recommendation of it , I confess , ) since they prefer altering the text , and reading , " Et latum media sulcum deduces arena ...
Strana 30
... dreadful purposes . He afterwards betrayed him ; by which , and other acts of perfidy , he secured himself , during the short reign of Galba . He was put to death by Otho , to the great joy of the people ; and he died as he had lived ...
... dreadful purposes . He afterwards betrayed him ; by which , and other acts of perfidy , he secured himself , during the short reign of Galba . He was put to death by Otho , to the great joy of the people ; and he died as he had lived ...
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abolla allusion ancient appears Augustus blood boast breast Britannicus Cæsar Caligula calls Catullus Cicero Claudius crimes Crispinus Dacian war death divine Domitian dreadful Dryden e'en emperor Ennius eyes fancy fate father favour favourite fear fire fortune frequently Galba give Greek heaven Holyday honour Horace husband indignation Julius Cæsar Juvenal alludes Juvenal's kind learned Martial mentioned mind Nero never o'er observes old scholiast Ovid passage perhaps Persius Pliny Plutarch poet poor probably quæ quam Quintilian quod rage reader reign Retiarius rich Romans Rome sacred Satire SATIRE XIV says scarce scholiast seems Sejanus senate shame shew singular slave speaks Statius statue Suetonius suppose Tacitus tell temple thee thing thou thought Tiberius Tigellinus Trajan translation Vespasian vice virtue wife word worth wretched youth δε καὶ
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Strana 478 - 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.
Strana 204 - 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.
Strana 218 - 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.
Strana xlii - Atque alii quorum comoedia prisca virorum est, Si quis erat dignus describi quod malus ac fur, Quod moechus foret aut sicarius aut alioqui Famosus, multa cum libertate notabant. Hinc omnis pendet Lucilius, hosce secutus Mutatis tantum pedibus numerisque, facetus, Emunctae naris, durus componere versus.
Strana lxii - The general character of this translation will be given, when it is said to preserve the wit, but to want the dignity, of the original.
Strana 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...
Strana 218 - They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Strana 105 - 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.
Strana vii - Brixham, and thither I went when little more than thirteen. • My master, whose name was Full, though a gross and ignorant, was not an ill-natured man; at least, not to me ; and my mistress used me with unvarying kindness ; moved perhaps by my weakness and tender years. In return, I did what I could to requite her, and my good will was not overlooked.
Strana 342 - Fond fool ! six feet shall serve for all thy store, And he that cares for most shall find no more.