The Satires of Decimus Junius JuvenalisW. Bulmer, 1806 - 473 páginas |
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Página xxxi
... says , was written in exile , after the author was turned of eighty . Salmasius , more rationally , conceives it to have been produced at Rome . Giving full credit , however , to the story of his late banishment , he is driven into a ...
... says , was written in exile , after the author was turned of eighty . Salmasius , more rationally , conceives it to have been produced at Rome . Giving full credit , however , to the story of his late banishment , he is driven into a ...
Página xxxiii
... says that Persius had justly acquired no inconsiderable degree of reputation by the little he had written . Lib . x ... say no more on this subject ; but leave it to the reader to consider whether such a man was likely to startle the ...
... says that Persius had justly acquired no inconsiderable degree of reputation by the little he had written . Lib . x ... say no more on this subject ; but leave it to the reader to consider whether such a man was likely to startle the ...
Página xlviii
... say the truth , the Greek Silli appear to have been no very extraordinary perform- ances . A few short specimens of them may be seen in Diogenes ... says , this folly from the former , and was a medley of prose xlviii AN ESSAY ON THE.
... say the truth , the Greek Silli appear to have been no very extraordinary perform- ances . A few short specimens of them may be seen in Diogenes ... says , this folly from the former , and was a medley of prose xlviii AN ESSAY ON THE.
Página lvi
... says , is the improve- ment of society ; but for this , much knowledge of * Dusaulx accounts for this by the general consternation . Most of those , he says , distinguished for talents or rank , took re- fuge in the school of Zeno ; not ...
... says , is the improve- ment of society ; but for this , much knowledge of * Dusaulx accounts for this by the general consternation . Most of those , he says , distinguished for talents or rank , took re- fuge in the school of Zeno ; not ...
Página lxix
... says , " proposed a new version to the poets of that time , which was undertaken by Dryden , whose reputation was such , that no man was unwilling to serve the Muses under him . " Dryden's account of this translation is given with such ...
... says , " proposed a new version to the poets of that time , which was undertaken by Dryden , whose reputation was such , that no man was unwilling to serve the Muses under him . " Dryden's account of this translation is given with such ...
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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 453 - Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.
Página 199 - Give me, next good, an understanding wife, By Nature wise, not learned by much art; Some knowledge on her side will all my life More scope of conversation impart; Besides, her inborne virtue fortifie; They are most firmly good, who best know why.
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 328 - Skill'd to reverse whate'er the gods create, And make that crooked which they fashion straight : Hard choice for man, to die — or else to be That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see. Age, then, we all prefer ; for age we pray, And travel on to life's last lingering day ; Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse, Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest curse.
Página xiii - ... 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...
Página 307 - We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good ; so find we profit, By losing of our prayers.
Página xiii - The repetitions of which I speak were always attended with applause, and sometimes with favours more substantial; little collections were now and then made, and I have received sixpence in an evening.
Página vi - On seeing me, this great man observed, with a look of pity and contempt, that I was " too small,' and sent me away sufficiently mortified. I expected to be very ill received by my godfather, but he said nothing.
Página 101 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.