The Satires of Decimus Junius JuvenalisW. Bulmer, 1806 - 473 |
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Strona xxxviii
... Juvenal's works , was pro- duced when he was trembling on the verge of ninety , as must be the case if either of the ... JUVENAL . In xcv, when Juvenal was in his 54th year...
... Juvenal's works , was pro- duced when he was trembling on the verge of ninety , as must be the case if either of the ... JUVENAL . In xcv, when Juvenal was in his 54th year...
Strona xl
Juvenal. All else is conjecture ; but in this , he speaks of himself as an old man , 1 " Nostra bibat vernum ... Juvenal's circumstances ; but , happily , that little is authentick , as it comes from himself . He had a competence ...
Juvenal. All else is conjecture ; but in this , he speaks of himself as an old man , 1 " Nostra bibat vernum ... Juvenal's circumstances ; but , happily , that little is authentick , as it comes from himself . He had a competence ...
Strona xli
Juvenal. the former might be written , from his own mate- rials , with all the minuteness of a contemporary history : and the latter , who attained to little more than a third of Juvenal's age , has left nothing to be desired on the only ...
Juvenal. the former might be written , from his own mate- rials , with all the minuteness of a contemporary history : and the latter , who attained to little more than a third of Juvenal's age , has left nothing to be desired on the only ...
Strona lxiii
Juvenal. indeed , have wished that he had not exalted him at the expense of Horace ; but something must be ... Juvenal's , it is probable , were of ano- ther kind ; and he might be influenced no less by humanity than prudence ...
Juvenal. indeed , have wished that he had not exalted him at the expense of Horace ; but something must be ... Juvenal's , it is probable , were of ano- ther kind ; and he might be influenced no less by humanity than prudence ...
Strona lxiv
Juvenal. the senate , while he passes by those whose safety his applause might endanger , has generously cele ... Juvenal's oratory bore any re- semblance to his poetry , he yielded to few of the best ornaments of the bar . The ...
Juvenal. the senate , while he passes by those whose safety his applause might endanger , has generously cele ... Juvenal's oratory bore any re- semblance to his poetry , he yielded to few of the best ornaments of the bar . The ...
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Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.