Life of Quintus Horatius FlaccusJ. Murray, 1854 - 194 pages |
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Page 62
... Cleopatra . There is just excitement enough of foreign warfare on the remote frontiers in Spain , in Britain , in Arabia , to give an opportunity for asserting the Roman's proud con- sciousness of universal sovereignty . Parthia ...
... Cleopatra . There is just excitement enough of foreign warfare on the remote frontiers in Spain , in Britain , in Arabia , to give an opportunity for asserting the Roman's proud con- sciousness of universal sovereignty . Parthia ...
Page 63
... Cleopatra . ( C. I. xxxvii . ) ( 57 ) ( 56 ) Compare an essay of Buttman in German , in the Berlin Transactions , and in his Mythologus , and translated in the Philological Museum , vol . i . p . 439 et seqq . Buttman carries out to the ...
... Cleopatra . ( C. I. xxxvii . ) ( 57 ) ( 56 ) Compare an essay of Buttman in German , in the Berlin Transactions , and in his Mythologus , and translated in the Philological Museum , vol . i . p . 439 et seqq . Buttman carries out to the ...
Page 93
... Cleopatra . Publication of Satires , Book 11. , more probable . Cornelius Gallus , the poet , and friend of Virgil , præfect of Egypt . C. Cæsar V. , Sex . Appuleius ( Coss . ) Temple of Janus closed . Publication of the Epodes of ...
... Cleopatra . Publication of Satires , Book 11. , more probable . Cornelius Gallus , the poet , and friend of Virgil , præfect of Egypt . C. Cæsar V. , Sex . Appuleius ( Coss . ) Temple of Janus closed . Publication of the Epodes of ...
Page 102
... Cleopatra's bosom - no fig - basket affair - no tress of Medusa - but " Horresco referens , immensis orbibus anguis ! " . six or seven feet long - black as death - rapid as thought . I would joyfully have despatched him , but he escaped ...
... Cleopatra's bosom - no fig - basket affair - no tress of Medusa - but " Horresco referens , immensis orbibus anguis ! " . six or seven feet long - black as death - rapid as thought . I would joyfully have despatched him , but he escaped ...
Page 112
... Cleopatra . His huge pearl , which he melted in vinegar and drank , though worth about £ 8072 3s . 4d . , was not of the enormous value of the famous unique gem of Cleopatra . The latter , which was esti- mated at the sum , at least ...
... Cleopatra . His huge pearl , which he melted in vinegar and drank , though worth about £ 8072 3s . 4d . , was not of the enormous value of the famous unique gem of Cleopatra . The latter , which was esti- mated at the sum , at least ...
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