The Satires of Decimus Junius JuvenalisW. Bulmer, 1806 - 473 páginas |
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Página xxxix
... virtue , judge it prudent to with- draw from the city . To this period I have always inclined to fix his journey to Egypt . Two years afterwards the world was happily relieved from the tyranny of Domitian ; and Nerva , who succeeded him ...
... virtue , judge it prudent to with- draw from the city . To this period I have always inclined to fix his journey to Egypt . Two years afterwards the world was happily relieved from the tyranny of Domitian ; and Nerva , who succeeded him ...
Página lii
... virtue were gone for ever : and after a short period of comparative happiness , which they scarcely appear to have deserved , and which brought with it no amelioration of mind , no return of the ancient modesty and frugality , they were ...
... virtue were gone for ever : and after a short period of comparative happiness , which they scarcely appear to have deserved , and which brought with it no amelioration of mind , no return of the ancient modesty and frugality , they were ...
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... virtue to refuse . His choice of privacy , however , was in some measure constitutional ; for he had an easiness of temper which bordered on indolence ; hence he * I doubt whether he was ever a good royalist at heart ; he fre- quently ...
... virtue to refuse . His choice of privacy , however , was in some measure constitutional ; for he had an easiness of temper which bordered on indolence ; hence he * I doubt whether he was ever a good royalist at heart ; he fre- quently ...
Página liv
... virtue . Virtue , however , abstractedly consi- dered , has few obligations to his zeal . But though , as an ethical writer , Horace has not many claims to the esteem of posterity ; as a critick , he is entitled to all our veneration ...
... virtue . Virtue , however , abstractedly consi- dered , has few obligations to his zeal . But though , as an ethical writer , Horace has not many claims to the esteem of posterity ; as a critick , he is entitled to all our veneration ...
Página lvi
... virtue . . In the interval between Horace and Persius , despotism had changed its nature : the chains which the policy of Augustus concealed in flowers , were now displayed in all their hideousness . The arts were neglected , literature ...
... virtue . . In the interval between Horace and Persius , despotism had changed its nature : the chains which the policy of Augustus concealed in flowers , were now displayed in all their hideousness . The arts were neglected , literature ...
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Página 326 - 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.
Página 394 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Página 423 - If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry...
Página 20 - 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.
Página 230 - 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.
Página 229 - I, that spend half my nights and all my days Here, in a cell, to get a dark, pale face, To come forth worth the ivy or the bays, And in this age can hope no other grace Leave me ! There's something come into my thought That must and shall be sung, high and aloof, Safe from the wolfs black jaw, and the dull ass's hoof.
Página 18 - 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...
Página xii - 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.
Página 207 - 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.
Página xi - As I hated my new profession with a perfect hatred, I made no progress in it ; and was consequently little regarded in the family, of which I sunk by degrees into the common drudge : this did not much disquiet me, for my spirits were now humbled.