The Satires of Decimus Junius JuvenalisW. Bulmer, 1806 - 473 páginas |
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Página xii
... scarcely knew it by name ; and , whatever may be said of the force of nature , I certainly never " lisp'd in numbers . " I recollect the occasion of my first attempt : it is , like all the rest of my non - adventures , of so unimportant ...
... scarcely knew it by name ; and , whatever may be said of the force of nature , I certainly never " lisp'd in numbers . " I recollect the occasion of my first attempt : it is , like all the rest of my non - adventures , of so unimportant ...
Página xviii
... scarcely know a single school - book , of which I did not render some portion into English verse . Among others , JUVENAL engaged my at- tention , or rather my master's , and I translated the tenth Satire for a holiday task . Mr ...
... scarcely know a single school - book , of which I did not render some portion into English verse . Among others , JUVENAL engaged my at- tention , or rather my master's , and I translated the tenth Satire for a holiday task . Mr ...
Página xxxv
... scarcely have been published before LXXXIV . and that the favourite was disgraced and put to death almost immediately after , we shall be inclined to doubt whether his banishment actually took place ; or , if it did , whether it was of ...
... scarcely have been published before LXXXIV . and that the favourite was disgraced and put to death almost immediately after , we shall be inclined to doubt whether his banishment actually took place ; or , if it did , whether it was of ...
Página xxxviii
... scarcely have been given in such vivid colours after the original had ceased to affect the mind . What Rome was under Domitian , may be seen in the second Satire , and the difference , which has not been sufficiently attended to , is ...
... scarcely have been given in such vivid colours after the original had ceased to affect the mind . What Rome was under Domitian , may be seen in the second Satire , and the difference , which has not been sufficiently attended to , is ...
Página xlvii
... scarcely more applicable to the Romans than to us . + To extend this to Lucilius , as is sometimes done , is absurd , " since he evidently had in view the old comedy of the Greeks , of which his Satires , according to Horace , were ...
... scarcely more applicable to the Romans than to us . + To extend this to Lucilius , as is sometimes done , is absurd , " since he evidently had in view the old comedy of the Greeks , of which his Satires , according to Horace , were ...
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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.