The Poems of HoraceBell & Sons, 1902 - 293 pages |
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... noble which characterises his best poems . On the other hand , the tendency which that spirit has always shown to degenerate into vulgarity , rudeness , and bluster , was kept down in him by his kindly nature , by his rational common ...
... noble which characterises his best poems . On the other hand , the tendency which that spirit has always shown to degenerate into vulgarity , rudeness , and bluster , was kept down in him by his kindly nature , by his rational common ...
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... noble death . Of Regulus I'll speak with grateful heart , and of the Scauri with especial praise , of Paulus lavish of his manly soul , that day of Punic victory- and of Fabricius brave . Him and Curius with locks unkempt , mighty in ...
... noble death . Of Regulus I'll speak with grateful heart , and of the Scauri with especial praise , of Paulus lavish of his manly soul , that day of Punic victory- and of Fabricius brave . Him and Curius with locks unkempt , mighty in ...
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... disaster threatened once again . Good pine of Pontus though you be , and daughter of a noble wood , you boast your race and name in vain : the sailor in his fear puts not his trust in gaudy poops : unless you're 12 [ BOOK I. THE ODES .
... disaster threatened once again . Good pine of Pontus though you be , and daughter of a noble wood , you boast your race and name in vain : the sailor in his fear puts not his trust in gaudy poops : unless you're 12 [ BOOK I. THE ODES .
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... noble task , O Pollio , the well - known help of sorrowing clients , and of the senate in its anxious debates - you , for whom the laurels in Dalmatian triumph won have earned immortal fame . Even now with threatening noise of horns you ...
... noble task , O Pollio , the well - known help of sorrowing clients , and of the senate in its anxious debates - you , for whom the laurels in Dalmatian triumph won have earned immortal fame . Even now with threatening noise of horns you ...
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... wearied Greeks the walls of Troy an easier prey . It may be that the noble sires of Phyllis with the auburn locks shall do vou honour as their son : no doubt she wails some royal race and gods estranged . Think 2-4 . ] 31 THE ODES .
... wearied Greeks the walls of Troy an easier prey . It may be that the noble sires of Phyllis with the auburn locks shall do vou honour as their son : no doubt she wails some royal race and gods estranged . Think 2-4 . ] 31 THE ODES .
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2nd Edition A. H. Bullen Anticyra Bacchus bear better bring Cæsar cask CELSUS ALBINOVANUS death delight dread earth English Engravings Ennius EPISTLE EPODE Falernian Falernian wine fame father fault Faunus fear feast gain gift give gods greedy Greek guest hand happy heart History honour Horace Illustrations Jove JULIUS FLORUS kings lated Latium laugh lest literally live Lucanian Lucilius lyre Mæcenas means Medes midst mind Muse ne'er night noble nought o'er once Orcus poems poet Portraits praise pray prayers Prose rich Roman Rome sacred SATIRE SATIRE VI seek sesterces shun sing slave sleep strains stream sweet Tarentum taste Telephus tell thee things thou Thracian Tibur TIRESIAS toil Trans Translated Venus verses vols wealth what's William Hazlitt winds wine wish wont Woodcuts woods words wrath write youth
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