The Satires of Decimus Junius JuvenalisW. Bulmer, 1806 - 473 strán (strany) |
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Strana xlv
... dreadful pestilence , the senate , as the historians say , in order to pro- pitiate the gods , called in a troop of players from Tuscany , to assist at the celebration of their ancient festivals . This was a wise and a salutary measure ...
... dreadful pestilence , the senate , as the historians say , in order to pro- pitiate the gods , called in a troop of players from Tuscany , to assist at the celebration of their ancient festivals . This was a wise and a salutary measure ...
Strana l
... better times , practised without fear , what he en- joyed without restraint . The space between Horace and his predecessor , was a dreadful interval " filled up with horrour all , and big with death . " Luxury and AN ESSAY ON THE.
... better times , practised without fear , what he en- joyed without restraint . The space between Horace and his predecessor , was a dreadful interval " filled up with horrour all , and big with death . " Luxury and AN ESSAY ON THE.
Strana li
... dreadful celerity ; and dan- ger , which could only be averted by complying with a caprice not always easy to discover , created an abject disposition , fitted for the reception of the grossest vices , and eminently favourable to the ...
... dreadful celerity ; and dan- ger , which could only be averted by complying with a caprice not always easy to discover , created an abject disposition , fitted for the reception of the grossest vices , and eminently favourable to the ...
Strana 11
... 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 im ...
... 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 im ...
Strana 12
... dreadful picture of the state of corruption into which Rome was now fallen . VER . 49. Whom Massa dreads , ] He speaks of Babius Massa , who took up the trade of an informer under Domitian , and rose to great eminence in guilt . Tacitus ...
... dreadful picture of the state of corruption into which Rome was now fallen . VER . 49. Whom Massa dreads , ] He speaks of Babius Massa , who took up the trade of an informer under Domitian , and rose to great eminence in guilt . Tacitus ...
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abolla Æneid allusion ancient appears Augustus beautiful blood boast breast Cæsar Caligula calls Catullus Cicero Claudius Codrus consul crimes Crispinus criticks death Domitian dreadful Dryden Emperour Ennius eyes fate father favour favourite fear fire followed fortune frequently Galba give Greek heaven Herodotus Holyday honour Horace horrour husband indignation Julius Cæsar Juvenal's kind learned Martial means mentioned mind Nero never o'er observes old Scholiast Ovid passage perhaps Persius Plautus Pliny Plutarch poet poor probably publick quæ quam Quintilian quod rage reader reign rich Romans Rome Ruperti sacred Satire says scarcely Scholiast seems Sejanus senate Seneca shame singular sire slave speaks Statius Suetonius superiour suppose Tacitus tell thee thing thou thought Tiberius Tigellinus Trajan translation Vespasian vice virtue wealth wife word wretched youth δε τε
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Strana 195 - 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 316 - When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.
Strana 384 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Strana 443 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Strana 218 - Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise ; To some a dry rehearsal was assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind.
Strana 12 - As this is the first passage, in which the names of patron and client occur, it may not be amiss to say a few words on the relative situation of two classes of men, which comprehended nearly all the citizens of Rome.
Strana x - Algebra, given to me by a young woman, who had found it in a lodginghouse. I considered it as a treasure; but it was a treasure locked up; for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equation, and I knew nothing of the matter.
Strana 10 - tis so concluded on. Ham. There's letters seal'd: and my two schoolfellows, — Whom I will trust, as I will adders fang'd, — They bear the mandate; they must sweep my way, And marshal me to knavery: Let it work; For 'tis the sport, to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar...
Strana xi - ... 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 51 - Eye hath not seen, nor Ear heard, neither hath it entered into the Heart of Man, to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.