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... honour , as it would have separated him from the frequent society of Mecenas . Augustus bore this refusal in good part , and even personally encouraged our poet to further literary exertions . Alternating between his dwelling on the ...
... honour , as it would have separated him from the frequent society of Mecenas . Augustus bore this refusal in good part , and even personally encouraged our poet to further literary exertions . Alternating between his dwelling on the ...
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... honour ! There are those , whom it de- lights to have collected Olympic dust in the chariot race ; and [ whom ] the goal nicely avoided by the glowing wheels , and the noble palm , exalts , lords of the earth , to the gods . This man ...
... honour ! There are those , whom it de- lights to have collected Olympic dust in the chariot race ; and [ whom ] the goal nicely avoided by the glowing wheels , and the noble palm , exalts , lords of the earth , to the gods . This man ...
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... honour of Juno , celebrates Argos , productive of steeds , and rich Mycena . Neither patient Lacedæmon so much struck me , nor so much did the plain of fertile Larissa , as the house of resounding Albunea , and the precipitately rapid ...
... honour of Juno , celebrates Argos , productive of steeds , and rich Mycena . Neither patient Lacedæmon so much struck me , nor so much did the plain of fertile Larissa , as the house of resounding Albunea , and the precipitately rapid ...
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... honours , which are next after him . pati quicquid erit ! " How much better is it to bear whatsoever shall happen , than to depend upon the idle predictions of astrologers ! SAN . 54 Vina liques . The ancients used to filter their wines ...
... honours , which are next after him . pati quicquid erit ! " How much better is it to bear whatsoever shall happen , than to depend upon the idle predictions of astrologers ! SAN . 54 Vina liques . The ancients used to filter their wines ...
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... honour in observing his engagements even with enemies . WATSON . 62 Fabricius , the name of a Roman family , of which this Caius Fabricius Luscinus was a consul , who conquered Pyrrhus , king of Epirus , the best soldier of his time ...
... honour in observing his engagements even with enemies . WATSON . 62 Fabricius , the name of a Roman family , of which this Caius Fabricius Luscinus was a consul , who conquered Pyrrhus , king of Epirus , the best soldier of his time ...
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agreeable ancient ANTHON Apollo Aristippus Augustus Bacchus battle of Actium beauty better called Campus Martius celebrated Chimæra chorus Cicero comedy CRUQ Dacier death delight dread DUBL earth Edition Engravings Ennius EPISTLE Essays expression father Faunus favour fortune FRAN genius give gods Grecian Greek happy hath History honour Horace HURD imitation impious Italy Julius Cæsar Jupiter king labour Latin laugh laws lest live Lucanian lyre M'CAUL Mæcenas manner means Memoir mind muse nature Notes obliged Octavius ORELLI Parthians person Pirithous play poem poet poetry Portrait prætor praise rich Roman Rome sacred SATIRE says senate sesterces signifies sing slaves Stertinius Telephus temple thee thing thou Thracian Tiberius tion TORR tragedy Trans Translated Troy twelve tables Venus verses Virgil virtue vols WATSON whence wind wine Woodcuts woods words write youth
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