The Satires of Persius Translated: with Notes |
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Strana iii
But it may be asked , if vice and folly would not be exposed with perhaps greater
effect , by the delineation of fictitious characters , and by general observations
upon manners , than by dwelling upon the absurdity of a temporary fashion , or ...
But it may be asked , if vice and folly would not be exposed with perhaps greater
effect , by the delineation of fictitious characters , and by general observations
upon manners , than by dwelling upon the absurdity of a temporary fashion , or ...
Strana xix
Every vice that can blacken , and every weakness that can degrade our nature ,
are held forth to execration in his terrible page . But the philanthropist looks in
vain for some extenuating word , some relenting expression , some exculpatory ...
Every vice that can blacken , and every weakness that can degrade our nature ,
are held forth to execration in his terrible page . But the philanthropist looks in
vain for some extenuating word , some relenting expression , some exculpatory ...
Strana 47
To wander in the thorny paths of vice ; You , who so lately from the porch have
brought The godlike precepts , which great Zeno taught ; . You , who in schools of
rigid virtue bred , On simple fare with frugal sages fed , Where watchful youth
their ...
To wander in the thorny paths of vice ; You , who so lately from the porch have
brought The godlike precepts , which great Zeno taught ; . You , who in schools of
rigid virtue bred , On simple fare with frugal sages fed , Where watchful youth
their ...
Strana 60
... hæc plantaria vellant , Elixasque nates labefactent forcipe adunca , Non tamen
ista filix ullo mansuescit aratro . Cædimus , inque vicem præbemus crura sagittis .
That deed , which covers even Vice with shame , 60 A PERSII FLACCI SAT .
... hæc plantaria vellant , Elixasque nates labefactent forcipe adunca , Non tamen
ista filix ullo mansuescit aratro . Cædimus , inque vicem præbemus crura sagittis .
That deed , which covers even Vice with shame , 60 A PERSII FLACCI SAT .
Strana 61
That deed , which covers even Vice with shame , While outraged Nature reddens
at the name . [ How truly fair was bounteous Nature ' s plan ! How wisely suited to
the state of man ! For him her hand had traced a flowery way ; Mild was her ...
That deed , which covers even Vice with shame , While outraged Nature reddens
at the name . [ How truly fair was bounteous Nature ' s plan ! How wisely suited to
the state of man ! For him her hand had traced a flowery way ; Mild was her ...
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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.