Masterpieces of Latin Literature: Terence: Lucretius: Catullus: Virgil: Horace: Tibullus: Propertius: Ovid: Petronius: Martial: Juvenal: Cicero: Caesar: Livy: Tacitus: Pliny the Younger: Apuleius; with Biographical Sketches and NotesGordon Jennings Laing Houghton, Mifflin, 1903 - 496 pagine |
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Pagina 31
... soldier said that he'd give me the money early to - morrow morning . If you bring it to me before he does , Phaedria , I'll act on my old rule , " First come , first served . " That's all . [ Exit . SCENE 6 . Phaedria . What am I to do ...
... soldier said that he'd give me the money early to - morrow morning . If you bring it to me before he does , Phaedria , I'll act on my old rule , " First come , first served . " That's all . [ Exit . SCENE 6 . Phaedria . What am I to do ...
Pagina 185
... soldiers came to a miniature plain , which extended , three miles in length , beneath the western slope of Alesia , and was bounded on its further side by a range of heights ; the river Brenne , which received the waters of the Oze and ...
... soldiers came to a miniature plain , which extended , three miles in length , beneath the western slope of Alesia , and was bounded on its further side by a range of heights ; the river Brenne , which received the waters of the Oze and ...
Pagina 186
... soldiers at work with axe or spade . There was nothing for it but to appeal to the whole Gallic people to extricate him from the trap in which he was caught . The ring of redoubts was not yet complete the Romans were far too few to ...
... soldiers at work with axe or spade . There was nothing for it but to appeal to the whole Gallic people to extricate him from the trap in which he was caught . The ring of redoubts was not yet complete the Romans were far too few to ...
Pagina 191
... soldiers to receive them as slaves , -only give them something to eat . To grant their prayer was impossible ; and a line of guards , whom Caesar posted on the rampart , forbade any attempt to escape . But suspense was nearly at an end ...
... soldiers to receive them as slaves , -only give them something to eat . To grant their prayer was impossible ; and a line of guards , whom Caesar posted on the rampart , forbade any attempt to escape . But suspense was nearly at an end ...
Pagina 198
... soldiers , not satisfied with the lands which had been assigned to them around Cremona , proceeded to seize those near Mantua ; and it was only through the protection afforded him by Asinius Pollio , the legate in the district , and ...
... soldiers , not satisfied with the lands which had been assigned to them around Cremona , proceeded to seize those near Mantua ; and it was only through the protection afforded him by Asinius Pollio , the legate in the district , and ...
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Aeneas Aeneid Antipho arms bear beasts better body born bring brother Caesar called Carthaginians Catullus Chremes Cicero consul Cratinus dark daughter Davus dead death Demipho DEMIPHO's house Dorio earth enemy eyes father favor fear fire flames follow friendship Gauls Georgics Geta girl give gods Greek hand Hannibal heart heaven honor husband land Larinum Latium leave legions Lemnos light live look Lucretius marry matter mind mother mountains Nausistrata never night o'er Oppianicus Phaedria Phanium Phormio plain poem poor pray Psyche race river Roman Rome round satire SCENE side SIR THEODORE MARTIN sire slave sleep soldiers Sophrona Stilpo tears tell thee thine things thou Tibullus tion town trouble turn Venus Vercingetorix void What's wife wild winds woman word wretch young
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Pagina 424 - For this purpose he punished with exquisite torture a race of men detested for their evil practices by vulgar appellation commonly called Christians. The name was derived from Christ, who in the reign of Tiberius suffered under Pontius Pilate, the procurator of Judea.
Pagina 464 - But they declared that the sum of their guilt or their error only amounted to this, that on a stated day they had been accustomed to meet before daybreak and to recite a hymn among themselves to Christ, as though he were a god, and that so far from binding themselves by oath to commit any crime, their oath was to abstain from theft, robbery, adultery, and from breach of faith, and not to deny trust money placed in their keeping when called upon to deliver it.
Pagina 290 - Amidst these feasts of happy swains, The jolly shepherd smiles to see His flock returning from the plains; The farmer is as pleas'd as he, To view his oxen sweating smoke...
Pagina 64 - Mother of the Aeneadae, darling of men and gods, increasegiving Venus, who beneath the gliding signs of heaven fillest with thy presence the ship-carrying sea, the corn-bearing lands, since through thee every kind of living things is conceived, rises up and beholds the light of the sun.
Pagina 288 - Sometimes beneath an ancient oak, Or on the matted grass he lies; No god of sleep he need invoke, The stream that o'er the pebbles flies With gentle slumber crowns his eyes.
Pagina 288 - Or mead for cooling drink prepares Of virgin honey in the jars. Or in the now declining year, When bounteous Autumn rears his head, He joys to pull the ripen'd pear, And clustring grapes with purple spread. The fairest of his fruit he serves, Priapus thy rewards: Sylvanus too his part deserves, Whose care the fences guards.
Pagina 425 - They were put to death with exquisite cruelty, and to their sufferings Nero added mockery and derision. Some were covered with the skins of wild beasts, and left to be devoured by dogs ; others were nailed to the cross ; numbers were burnt alive ; and many, covered over with inflammable matter, were lighted up, when the day declined, to serve as torches during the night.
Pagina 471 - it said, " all these things are thine. Lie down, and relieve thy weariness, and rise again for the bath when thou wilt. We thy servants, whose voice thou hearest,will be beforehand with our service, and a royal feast shall be ready." And Psyche understood that some divine care was providing, and, refreshed with sleep and the bath, sat down to the feast. Still she saw no one : only she heard words falling here and there, and had voices alone
Pagina 489 - With these words, the lover rose upon the air; and being consumed inwardly with the greatness of his love, penetrated with vehement wing into the highest place of heaven, to lay his cause before the father of the gods. And the father of gods took his hand in his, and kissed his face, and said to him, "At no time, my son, hast thou regarded me with due honor.
Pagina 83 - But nature impelled them to utter the various sounds of the tongue and use struck out the names of things, much in the same way as the inability to speak is seen in its turn to drive children to the use of gestures, when it forces them to point with the finger at the things which are before them. For every one feels how far he can make use of his peculiar powers. Ere the horns of a calf are formed and project from his forehead, he butts with it when angry and pushes out in his rage. Then whelps of...