Life of Quintus Horatius FlaccusJ. Murray, 1854 - 194 pages |
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... polished off the old Roman independence ; the imitator of Greek forms of verse writes the purest vernacular Latin ; the Epicurean philosophy has not subdued his masculine shrewdness and good sense to dreaming indolence LIFE OF HORACE . 3.
... polished off the old Roman independence ; the imitator of Greek forms of verse writes the purest vernacular Latin ; the Epicurean philosophy has not subdued his masculine shrewdness and good sense to dreaming indolence LIFE OF HORACE . 3.
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... Greek , in Latin Livius Andronicus . ( 10 ) ( 7 ) " Ipse mihi custos incorruptissimus omnes Circum doctores aderat . Quid multa ? pudicum , ( Qui primus virtutis honos ) servavit ab omni Non solum facto , verum opprobrio quoque turpi ...
... Greek , in Latin Livius Andronicus . ( 10 ) ( 7 ) " Ipse mihi custos incorruptissimus omnes Circum doctores aderat . Quid multa ? pudicum , ( Qui primus virtutis honos ) servavit ab omni Non solum facto , verum opprobrio quoque turpi ...
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... Greek , and already of Roman , education . ( " ) Orbilius was , no doubt , of the old school ; a teacher to the heart of rigid Cato ; an admirer of the genuine Roman poetry . Livius Andronicus was not only the earliest writer of tragedy ...
... Greek , and already of Roman , education . ( " ) Orbilius was , no doubt , of the old school ; a teacher to the heart of rigid Cato ; an admirer of the genuine Roman poetry . Livius Andronicus was not only the earliest writer of tragedy ...
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... Athens may be traced in his familiarity with Attic literature , or rather , with the whole range of ( 13 ) Weichert . de L. Vario , & c . p . 328 . ÷ 33 ***** -- Greek poetry , Homeric , lyric , and dramatic 14 LIFE OF HORACE .
... Athens may be traced in his familiarity with Attic literature , or rather , with the whole range of ( 13 ) Weichert . de L. Vario , & c . p . 328 . ÷ 33 ***** -- Greek poetry , Homeric , lyric , and dramatic 14 LIFE OF HORACE .
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Henry Hart Milman. -- Greek poetry , Homeric , lyric , and dramatic . In the region of his birth Greek was spoken almost as com- monly as Latin ; ( 1 ) and Horace had already , at Rome , been instructed in the poetry of Homer . In Athens ...
Henry Hart Milman. -- Greek poetry , Homeric , lyric , and dramatic . In the region of his birth Greek was spoken almost as com- monly as Latin ; ( 1 ) and Horace had already , at Rome , been instructed in the poetry of Homer . In Athens ...
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