The Satires of Persius Translated: with Notes |
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Strana i
The defects of Persius , considered with respect to composition , cannot perhaps
be easily defendedi Even Casaubon , his fondest admirer , and most successful
interpreter , admits that his style is obscure . If , however , any apology can ...
The defects of Persius , considered with respect to composition , cannot perhaps
be easily defendedi Even Casaubon , his fondest admirer , and most successful
interpreter , admits that his style is obscure . If , however , any apology can ...
Strana x
... satirist has torn the veil , which ought perhaps for ever to have concealed from
mankind the monstrous and unnatural crimes of Nero , I have turned the attention
of my readers to reflections less disagreeable , and to objects less disgusting .
... satirist has torn the veil , which ought perhaps for ever to have concealed from
mankind the monstrous and unnatural crimes of Nero , I have turned the attention
of my readers to reflections less disagreeable , and to objects less disgusting .
Strana xxi
In his sixth , the wittiest of all his satires , his scurrility , and his obscenity , have
little — perhaps no pretensions to humour . In comparing the three great satirists
of antiquity , I am inclined to give the first place to Horace , the second to Juvenal
...
In his sixth , the wittiest of all his satires , his scurrility , and his obscenity , have
little — perhaps no pretensions to humour . In comparing the three great satirists
of antiquity , I am inclined to give the first place to Horace , the second to Juvenal
...
Strana 140
But perhaps by the word candela , Persius alludes to the lamps which were
usually placed in sepulchres . Of these lamps there are many absurd reports . It is
pretended , that they were frequently found still burning at the expiration of many
...
But perhaps by the word candela , Persius alludes to the lamps which were
usually placed in sepulchres . Of these lamps there are many absurd reports . It is
pretended , that they were frequently found still burning at the expiration of many
...
Strana 152
If he shall think , that I now doubly deserve to be blamed for want of modesty , he
will perhaps regret having said many things of me , with which , if I were not
flattered , I should have little modesty indeed . The Monthly Reviewers find my ...
If he shall think , that I now doubly deserve to be blamed for want of modesty , he
will perhaps regret having said many things of me , with which , if I were not
flattered , I should have little modesty indeed . The Monthly Reviewers find my ...
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Strana 2 - Venter, negatas artifex sequi voces. Quod si dolosi spes refulserit nummi, Corvos poetas et poetrias picas Cantare credas Pegasei'um nectar. SATIRA I. ' O CURAS hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane! Quis leget haec V Min' tu istud ais ?
Strana 46 - Samios diduxit littera ramos, Surgentem dextro monstravit limite callem. Stertis adhuc ? laxumque caput compage soluta Oscitat hesternum dissutis undique malis ? Est aliquid quo tendis, et in quod dirigis arcum? An passim sequeris corvos, testaque, lutoque, Securus quo pes ferat, atque ex tempore vivis ? Helleborum frustra, cum jam cutis aegra tumebit, Poscentes videas: venienti occurrite morbo.
Strana 60 - ... hoc bene sit' tunicatum cum sale mordens 30 cepe et farratam pueris plaudentibus ollam pannosam faecem morientis sorbet aceti?" at si unctus cesses et figas in cute solem, est prope te ignotus cubito qui tangat et acre despuat: "hi mores!
Strana 82 - ... indulge Genio, carpamus dulcia! nostrum est quod vivis; cinis et manes et fabula fies. vive memor leti! fugit hora; hoc quod loquor inde est.
Strana 68 - ... voce traham pura, totumque hoc verba resignent, quod latet arcana non enarrabile fibra.
Strana 52 - Hesterni capite induto subiere Quirites. " Tange, miser ! venas; et pone in pectore dextram ; " Nil calet hie. Summosque pedes attinge, manusque :
Strana 10 - En pallor seniumque ! O mores ! usque adeone Scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter ? ' At pulchrum est digito monstrari, et dicier, Hie est ! Ten' cirratorum centum dictata fuisse Pro nihilo pendas V Ecce inter pocula quaerunt 30 Romulidae saturi, quid dia poemata narrent.
Strana xxxv - Alas ! the flower was just expanded in full blossom to the morning sun, when the day overcast, and this promised pride of the garden perished by the relentless storm. THE LIFE OF PERSIUS. AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS, according to the fragment ascribed to Probus, was born on the day before the Nones of December, in the consulship of Fabius Persicus, and Lucius Vitellius; and died in that of Rubrius Marius, and Asinius Callus, on the eighth of the Kalends of December. But as there were only twenty•eight...
Strana 82 - Quo deinde insane ruis ? quo ? Quid tibi vis ? Calido sub pectore mascula bilis Intumuit, quam non exstinxerit urna cicutae. Tun' mare transilias ? tibi, torta cannabe fulto, Cena sit in transtro?
Strana 76 - An quisquam est alius -liber, nisi ducere vitam Cui licet, ut voluit ? licet, ut volo, vivere : non sim Liberior Bruto ?' Mendose colligis, inquit 85 Stoi'cus hic, aurem mordaci lotus aceto.