The Epigrams of MartialG. Bell and sons, 1904 - 660 pages |
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... wouldst be giving So shall he hear , and feel , and know it : Post - obits rarely reach a poet . Вугов II . TO THE READER ; SHOWING WHERE THE AUTHOR'S BOOKS MAY BE PURCHASED . You who are anxious that my books should be with you ...
... wouldst be giving So shall he hear , and feel , and know it : Post - obits rarely reach a poet . Вугов II . TO THE READER ; SHOWING WHERE THE AUTHOR'S BOOKS MAY BE PURCHASED . You who are anxious that my books should be with you ...
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... wouldst have been safer at home . Among the stationers th ' hadst rather be , My little book , though my shelf's void for thee : Alas ! thou know'st not Madam Rome's disdain ; Great Mars's sons are of a fiery brain ; Gibes nowhere are ...
... wouldst have been safer at home . Among the stationers th ' hadst rather be , My little book , though my shelf's void for thee : Alas ! thou know'st not Madam Rome's disdain ; Great Mars's sons are of a fiery brain ; Gibes nowhere are ...
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... Wouldst have me set afloat both it and thee ? L. H. S. VI . ON A LION OF CESAR'S THAT SPARED A HARE . While through the air of heaven the eagle was carrying In allusion to the jests which the soldiers threw out on their generals , while ...
... Wouldst have me set afloat both it and thee ? L. H. S. VI . ON A LION OF CESAR'S THAT SPARED A HARE . While through the air of heaven the eagle was carrying In allusion to the jests which the soldiers threw out on their generals , while ...
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... wouldst thou defer the en- joyment which thou seest may be denied thee , or consider the past alone as thine own . Cares and linked chains of dis- aster are in store ; joys abide not , but take flight with wing- ed speed . Seize them ...
... wouldst thou defer the en- joyment which thou seest may be denied thee , or consider the past alone as thine own . Cares and linked chains of dis- aster are in store ; joys abide not , but take flight with wing- ed speed . Seize them ...
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... wouldst wish them to stoop from the huge bull to thee , and to crush a neck which they cannot see . The glory of an illustrious death must be an object of despair to thee . Thou , a tiny prey , canst not fall before such an enemy ! On ...
... wouldst wish them to stoop from the huge bull to thee , and to crush a neck which they cannot see . The glory of an illustrious death must be an object of despair to thee . Thou , a tiny prey , canst not fall before such an enemy ! On ...
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16th Cent Anon Apicius Baccara baths bear bestow boar Cæsar canst Catullus chaste Chione Cinna cloak cups Cybele dear death delight dine Domitian doth drink Edited Elphinston epigrams eyes Falernian wine fame father Faustinus fear feast Flaccus Fletcher Galla Gallus Ganymede gave give glory gods gold Graglia guest hair hand hare hast honour hundred husband Jove Jupiter kiss late Lesbia lion live lord Lupercus Martial mentula mistress Muses ne'er never night o'er palæstra Phaëton Phidias Phoebus poet poor Postumus praise pray present Priapus Priscus Quintus rich Roman Rome Rufus Sabellus sacred Sarmatian Saturnalia sesterces Sextus slave sweet tell temple thee thine thou art thou dost thousand sesterces Thyestes tibi toga town Translated verses vols wife wilt wine wish wouldst Wright write youth Zoilus
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Page 470 - THE MEANS TO ATTAIN HAPPY LIFE. MARTIAL, the things that do attain The happy life be these, I find, — The riches left, not got with pain; The fruitful ground, the quiet mind, The equal friend; no grudge, no strife; No charge of rule, nor governance ; Without disease, the healthful life; The household of continuance...