Life of Quintus Horatius FlaccusJ. Murray, 1854 - 194 pages |
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... 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.
... 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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... Latin Livius Andronicus . ( 1o ) ( 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 . " Sat. 1 ...
... Latin Livius Andronicus . ( 1o ) ( 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 . " Sat. 1 ...
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... Latin ; ( 4 ) and Horace had already , at Rome , been instructed in the poetry of Homer . In Athens he studied , particularly , the comic writers ; the great models of that kind of poetry which consists in shrewd and acute observation ...
... Latin ; ( 4 ) and Horace had already , at Rome , been instructed in the poetry of Homer . In Athens he studied , particularly , the comic writers ; the great models of that kind of poetry which consists in shrewd and acute observation ...
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... Latin literature . The loves of the Vestal and the God of War , the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber , the fig - tree , the she - wolf , the shepherd's cabin , the recognition , the fratricide , the rape of the Sabines , the death ...
... Latin literature . The loves of the Vestal and the God of War , the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber , the fig - tree , the she - wolf , the shepherd's cabin , the recognition , the fratricide , the rape of the Sabines , the death ...
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... Latin poetry , it is no wonder that all eyes were turned on the noble stranger , who at once received the honours of a citizen , and from that time was established in supremacy over Latin as well as Greek narrative poetry . In this ...
... Latin poetry , it is no wonder that all eyes were turned on the noble stranger , who at once received the honours of a citizen , and from that time was established in supremacy over Latin as well as Greek narrative poetry . In this ...
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