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Page 66
... aetas Imbecilla volet . ¡ Tibi quidnam accedet ad iftam , Quam puer et validus praefumis , mollitiem ; feu Dura valetudo inciderit , feu tarda fenectus ? * Rancidum aprum antiqui laudabant : non quia nafus Illis nullus erat ; fed ...
... aetas Imbecilla volet . ¡ Tibi quidnam accedet ad iftam , Quam puer et validus praefumis , mollitiem ; feu Dura valetudo inciderit , feu tarda fenectus ? * Rancidum aprum antiqui laudabant : non quia nafus Illis nullus erat ; fed ...
Page 78
... aetas , non mens . Veianius , armis * Herculis ad poftem fixis , latet abditus agro ; с Ne populum extrema toties exoret arena . Eft mihi purgatam crebro qui personet aurem ; Solve fenefcentem mature fanus equum , ne Peccet ad extremum ...
... aetas , non mens . Veianius , armis * Herculis ad poftem fixis , latet abditus agro ; с Ne populum extrema toties exoret arena . Eft mihi purgatam crebro qui personet aurem ; Solve fenefcentem mature fanus equum , ne Peccet ad extremum ...
Page 104
... aetas ; Defodiet , condetque nitentia , cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae , et via te confpexerit Appi ; ▾ Ire tamen reftat , Nuina quo devenit et Ancus . Si latus aut renes morbo tentantur acuto , If not fo pleas'd , at Council - board ...
... aetas ; Defodiet , condetque nitentia , cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae , et via te confpexerit Appi ; ▾ Ire tamen reftat , Nuina quo devenit et Ancus . Si latus aut renes morbo tentantur acuto , If not fo pleas'd , at Council - board ...
Page 110
... aetas , ita quemque facetus adopta . Si bene qui coenat , bene vivit : lucet , eamus Quo ducit gula : pifcemur , venemur , ut 1 olim Gargilius : qui mane plagas , venabula , fervos , Differtum tranfire forum populumque jubebat , Unus ut ...
... aetas , ita quemque facetus adopta . Si bene qui coenat , bene vivit : lucet , eamus Quo ducit gula : pifcemur , venemur , ut 1 olim Gargilius : qui mane plagas , venabula , fervos , Differtum tranfire forum populumque jubebat , Unus ut ...
Page 122
... aetas ? t Ifte quidem veteres inter ponetur honefte , Qui vel menfe brevi , vel toto eft junior anno . V Utor permiffo , caudaeque pilos ut equinae Paulatim vello : et demo unum , demo et item unum ; Dum cadat elufus ratione ruentis ...
... aetas ? t Ifte quidem veteres inter ponetur honefte , Qui vel menfe brevi , vel toto eft junior anno . V Utor permiffo , caudaeque pilos ut equinae Paulatim vello : et demo unum , demo et item unum ; Dum cadat elufus ratione ruentis ...
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Page 30 - Bestia's from the throne. Born to no pride, inheriting no strife, Nor marrying discord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walk'd innoxious through his age. No courts he saw, no suits would ever try, Nor dar'd an oath, nor hazarded a lie.
Page 21 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too! (To live and die is all I have to do:) Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please: Above a patron, though I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
Page 51 - Hear this, and tremble ! you who 'scape the laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave.
Page 234 - Seen him, uncumber'd with the Venal tribe, Smile without Art, and win without a Bribe. Would he oblige me ? let me only find, He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
Page 18 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 47 - Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage ; Hard words or hanging, if your judge be Page ; From furious Sappho scarce a milder fate, Px'd by her love, or libell'd by her hate.
Page 17 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 244 - Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er the law ; While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry : Nothing is sacred now but villainy.
Page 10 - The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie?) The Queen of Midas slept, and so may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule, No creature smarts so little as a fool. Let peals of laughter, Codrus ! round thee break, 85 Thou unconcern'd canst hear the mighty crack: Pit, box, and gall'ry in convulsions hurl'd, Thou stand'st unshook amidst a bursting world. Who shames a Scribbler? break one cobweb thro...
Page 21 - Heavens! was I born for nothing but to write? Has life no joys for me? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save? "I found him close with Swift — Indeed? no doubt (Cries prating Balbus) something will come out.