The Satires of Persius Translated: with NotesW. Bulmer and Company, 1799 - 189 strán (strany) |
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Strana vi
... the fiction of the poet , and to believe , that he is inspired by Muses , and writes , as they dictate . As the eye frequently wanders over a beautiful garden , without perceiving the skill which has placed the vi PREFACE .
... the fiction of the poet , and to believe , that he is inspired by Muses , and writes , as they dictate . As the eye frequently wanders over a beautiful garden , without perceiving the skill which has placed the vi PREFACE .
Strana vii
... Muse . It may indeed be considered as a proof of no common excellence in a poet , when his works have all the merits , which are produced by care and attention , without the appearance of stiff- ness , or pedantry . Who , upon a first ...
... Muse . It may indeed be considered as a proof of no common excellence in a poet , when his works have all the merits , which are produced by care and attention , without the appearance of stiff- ness , or pedantry . Who , upon a first ...
Strana xlii
... Muse's converse and her art were mine : Nor less beloved has been the tuneful lay , Since fortune smiled , and fate ... Muses still have charms , Their light yet guides me , and their fire yet warms . For me the silvan world has beauties ...
... Muse's converse and her art were mine : Nor less beloved has been the tuneful lay , Since fortune smiled , and fate ... Muses still have charms , Their light yet guides me , and their fire yet warms . For me the silvan world has beauties ...
Strana xliii
... Muse's haunts to rove , On Hybla's hill , or in th ' Aonian grove . Or seek those fabled scenes , by poets sung , Where his famed lyre the Thracian artist strung ; Where Phoebus , sighing o'er the shepherd's tomb , Bade the sweet flower ...
... Muse's haunts to rove , On Hybla's hill , or in th ' Aonian grove . Or seek those fabled scenes , by poets sung , Where his famed lyre the Thracian artist strung ; Where Phoebus , sighing o'er the shepherd's tomb , Bade the sweet flower ...
Strana xliv
... Muse , and listen to the lyre ; Might seek the festive board , where Horace sung , And learn what accents fell from Maro's tongue . Our Sovereign Lord , avenging Europe's wrongs , Turns not his thoughts from politics to songs . Alas ...
... Muse , and listen to the lyre ; Might seek the festive board , where Horace sung , And learn what accents fell from Maro's tongue . Our Sovereign Lord , avenging Europe's wrongs , Turns not his thoughts from politics to songs . Alas ...
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adeo admired Alcibiades aliquid alludes ancient appears Arcesilas atque Attin bracca bulla Casaubon celebrated censure centum Chrysippus Cicero compitalia Cornutus doctrine Dryden Egyptians employed feasts Ferrarius fools genius gods Greek hæc Harpocrates Haud Heic Hinc honour Horace hunc illis Inque inquit inter Jews Jove Juvenal juxta lamps Lares laurel lyre Macrinus mane mihi mind Muse Nempe neque Nero nihilum nisi nunc o'er observes opinion pale passage passions Persius philosopher pleasure Pliny poet poetry prætor's praise pueris quæ quam quantum quibus quid Quintilian quis quod reader Romans Rome Rubenius SATIRE III SATIRE IV SATIRE VI SATIRES OF PERSIUS satirist says seems sense sibi signifies sius soul speak Stoics sublime Tacitus tamen taste thee thine thou thought tibi trabe translated Tunc umbo venit verba verses vice virtue wealth words write youth
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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.