Life of Quintus Horatius FlaccusJ. Murray, 1854 - 194 pages |
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... Cicero , which was supposed to cure diseases in the eyes . The poetical inscription by L. Tullius ( of which the feeling is better than the taste ) described the spring as providentially revealed , in order that more eyes might be ...
... Cicero , which was supposed to cure diseases in the eyes . The poetical inscription by L. Tullius ( of which the feeling is better than the taste ) described the spring as providentially revealed , in order that more eyes might be ...
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... Cicero thought but meanly of Livius : " Nam et Odyssea Latina , est sic tanquam opus aliquod Dædali , et Livianæ fabulæ non satis dignæ quæ iterum legantur . ” — Brutus , c . 18 . robe ( toga virilis ) in his sixteenth or seventeenth 12 ...
... Cicero thought but meanly of Livius : " Nam et Odyssea Latina , est sic tanquam opus aliquod Dædali , et Livianæ fabulæ non satis dignæ quæ iterum legantur . ” — Brutus , c . 18 . robe ( toga virilis ) in his sixteenth or seventeenth 12 ...
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... Cicero speak his oration for Milo . Into the subsequent years were crowded all the preparations for the last contest between Pompey and Cæsar . The peaceful studies of the Roman youth must have been strangely interrupted by these ...
... Cicero speak his oration for Milo . Into the subsequent years were crowded all the preparations for the last contest between Pompey and Cæsar . The peaceful studies of the Roman youth must have been strangely interrupted by these ...
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... Cicero was at this time likewise a student at Athens , but there is no clue to connect these two names . ( 13 ) The advantages which Horace derived from his residence in Athens may be traced in his familiarity with Attic literature , or ...
... Cicero was at this time likewise a student at Athens , but there is no clue to connect these two names . ( 13 ) The advantages which Horace derived from his residence in Athens may be traced in his familiarity with Attic literature , or ...
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... Cicero deplores the total loss . The verses to which Ennius alludes , as sung by the Fauns and Bards , the ancient verses which existed before there was any real poetry , any general inspiration of the Muses ( Ennius , no doubt , means ...
... Cicero deplores the total loss . The verses to which Ennius alludes , as sung by the Fauns and Bards , the ancient verses which existed before there was any real poetry , any general inspiration of the Muses ( Ennius , no doubt , means ...
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