The Satires of Decimus Junius JuvenalisW. Bulmer, 1806 - 473 |
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... give offence to nicer ears . The notes , to which a variety of additions have been made , are rendered somewhat more accessible to the English reader , by occasional translations : a version of the sixteenth Satire is given ; and the ...
... give offence to nicer ears . The notes , to which a variety of additions have been made , are rendered somewhat more accessible to the English reader , by occasional translations : a version of the sixteenth Satire is given ; and the ...
Strona iv
... give me some insight into his business . As impressions of any kind are not very strong at the age of eleven or twelve , I did not long feel his loss ; nor was it a subject of much sorrow to me , that my mother was doubtful of her ...
... give me some insight into his business . As impressions of any kind are not very strong at the age of eleven or twelve , I did not long feel his loss ; nor was it a subject of much sorrow to me , that my mother was doubtful of her ...
Strona xii
... give me one : pen , ink , and paper , therefore , ( in despite of the flippant remark of Lord Orford , ) were , for the most part , as completely out of my reach , as a crown and sceptre . There was indeed a re- source ; but the utmost ...
... give me one : pen , ink , and paper , therefore , ( in despite of the flippant remark of Lord Orford , ) were , for the most part , as completely out of my reach , as a crown and sceptre . There was indeed a re- source ; but the utmost ...
Strona xiii
... anger was raised to a terrible pitch by my indif- ference to his concerns , and still more by the reports which were daily brought to him of my presumptuous attempts at versification . I was required to give INTRODUCTION . xiii.
... anger was raised to a terrible pitch by my indif- ference to his concerns , and still more by the reports which were daily brought to him of my presumptuous attempts at versification . I was required to give INTRODUCTION . xiii.
Strona xiv
Juvenal. presumptuous attempts at versification . I was required to give up my papers , and when I re- fused , my garret was searched , my little hoard of books discovered and removed , and all future re- petitions prohibited in the ...
Juvenal. presumptuous attempts at versification . I was required to give up my papers , and when I re- fused , my garret was searched , my little hoard of books discovered and removed , and all future re- petitions prohibited in 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.