The Satires of Decimus Junius JuvenalisW. Bulmer, 1806 - 473 страници |
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... says , was written in exile , after the author was turned of eighty . Salmasius , more rationally , conceives it to have been produced at Rome . Giving full credit , however , to the story of his late banishment , he is driven into a ...
... says , was written in exile , after the author was turned of eighty . Salmasius , more rationally , conceives it to have been produced at Rome . Giving full credit , however , to the story of his late banishment , he is driven into a ...
Страница xxxiii
... says that Persius had justly acquired no inconsiderable degree of reputation by the little he had written . Lib . x ... say no more on this subject ; but leave it to the reader to consider whether such a man was likely to startle the god ...
... says that Persius had justly acquired no inconsiderable degree of reputation by the little he had written . Lib . x ... say no more on this subject ; but leave it to the reader to consider whether such a man was likely to startle the god ...
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... say the truth , the Greek Silli appear to have been no very extraordinary perform- ances . A few short specimens of them may be seen in Diogenes ... says , this folly from the former , and was a medley of prose xlviii AN ESSAY ON THE.
... say the truth , the Greek Silli appear to have been no very extraordinary perform- ances . A few short specimens of them may be seen in Diogenes ... says , this folly from the former , and was a medley of prose xlviii AN ESSAY ON THE.
Страница lvi
... says , is the improve- ment of society ; but for this , much knowledge of * Dusaulx accounts for this by the general consternation . Most of those , he says , distinguished for talents or rank , took re- fuge in the school of Zeno ; not ...
... says , is the improve- ment of society ; but for this , much knowledge of * Dusaulx accounts for this by the general consternation . Most of those , he says , distinguished for talents or rank , took re- fuge in the school of Zeno ; not ...
Страница lxix
... says , " proposed a new version to the poets of that time , which was undertaken by Dryden , whose reputation was such , that no man was unwilling to serve the Muses under him . " Dryden's account of this translation is given with such ...
... says , " proposed a new version to the poets of that time , which was undertaken by Dryden , whose reputation was such , that no man was unwilling to serve the Muses under him . " Dryden's account of this translation is given with such ...
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Страница 455 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Страница 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.
Страница 18 - tis so concluded on. Ham. There's letters seal'd: and my two schoolfellows, — Whom I will trust, as I will adders fang'd, — They bear the mandate; they must sweep my way, And marshal me to knavery: Let it work; For 'tis the sport, to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar...
Страница vii - a shipboy on the high and giddy mast,' but also in the cabin, where every menial office fell to my lot ; yet, if I was restless and discontented, I can safely say it was not so much on account of this, as of my being precluded from all possibility of reading; as my master did not possess, nor do I recollect seeing during the whole time of my abode with him. a single book of any description except the
Страница 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...
Страница 59 - Eye hath not seen, nor Ear heard, neither hath it entered into the Heart of Man, to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Страница xii - I recollect the occasion of my first attempt : it is, like all the rest of my non-adventures, of so unimportant a nature, that I should blush to call the attention of the idlest reader to it, but for the reason alleged in the introductory paragraph. A person, whose name escapes me, had undertaken to paint a sign for an ale-house : it was to have been a lion, but the unfortunate artist produced a dog. On this awkward affair, one of my acquaintance wrote a copy of what we called...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница xii - Algebra, given to me by a young woman, who had found it in a lodginghouse. I considered it as a treasure ; but it was a treasure locked up : for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equation, and I Inew nothing of the matter.