The Poems of HoraceBell & Sons, 1902 - 293 pages |
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Page 170
... where an error leads men to wander 1 A hundred thousand , viz . , sesterces . 2 " On the right , " a good omen , or taken adverbially , " oppor- tunely . " from the proper path , one veers to left , 170 [ SAT . III . THE SATIRES - BOOK II .
... where an error leads men to wander 1 A hundred thousand , viz . , sesterces . 2 " On the right , " a good omen , or taken adverbially , " oppor- tunely . " from the proper path , one veers to left , 170 [ SAT . III . THE SATIRES - BOOK II .
Page 178
... he would long for them : how does the lover , turned adrift , differ from this , when he inwardly debates 1 " Million , " i.e. , of sesterces . whether he is to go or not where he was 178 [ SAT . III . THE SATIRES - BOOK II .
... he would long for them : how does the lover , turned adrift , differ from this , when he inwardly debates 1 " Million , " i.e. , of sesterces . whether he is to go or not where he was 178 [ SAT . III . THE SATIRES - BOOK II .
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... sesterce . But Proserpine , whose will is law , now drags me hence . Farewell ; long life to you . 1 Literally " Gather up your ear , ” ¿ .e . , hold up your ear with your hand , as deaf men do to catch the sound . HORACE AT HOME ...
... sesterce . But Proserpine , whose will is law , now drags me hence . Farewell ; long life to you . 1 Literally " Gather up your ear , ” ¿ .e . , hold up your ear with your hand , as deaf men do to catch the sound . HORACE AT HOME ...
Page 211
... each . 3 " Name , " literally , credit , reputation for honesty . The property of an Eques , or Knight , required to be at least 400,000 sesterces . you need , you lack but six or seven , 10-57 . ] 211 THE EPISTLES - BOOK I.
... each . 3 " Name , " literally , credit , reputation for honesty . The property of an Eques , or Knight , required to be at least 400,000 sesterces . you need , you lack but six or seven , 10-57 . ] 211 THE EPISTLES - BOOK I.
Page 269
... sesterces twenty thousand , over and above . Just after this , as chance would have it so , the general wished to take by storm some fort or other , and so began to urge this man in words which might put soul into a coward : " Go , my ...
... sesterces twenty thousand , over and above . Just after this , as chance would have it so , the general wished to take by storm some fort or other , and so began to urge this man in words which might put soul into a coward : " Go , my ...
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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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