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... wretched progress , when my father fell sick and died . He had not acquired wisdom from his misfortunes , but continued wasting his time in unprofitable pursuits , to the great detriment of his business . He loved drink for the sake of ...
... wretched progress , when my father fell sick and died . He had not acquired wisdom from his misfortunes , but continued wasting his time in unprofitable pursuits , to the great detriment of his business . He loved drink for the sake of ...
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... wretched con- solation of having defrayed their own expenses , and seen the money levied on their oppressor , carried to the Roman treasury . Juvenal observes , Marius was damnatus inani judicio ; that is , says the Scholiast , non ...
... wretched con- solation of having defrayed their own expenses , and seen the money levied on their oppressor , carried to the Roman treasury . Juvenal observes , Marius was damnatus inani judicio ; that is , says the Scholiast , non ...
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... wretch , Locusta ( or , as the commentators on Dio call her , Lucusta ) , who seems to have reduced the art of poisoning to a science , is frequently mentioned by the writers of Juvenal's time , with execration . She had been condemned ...
... wretch , Locusta ( or , as the commentators on Dio call her , Lucusta ) , who seems to have reduced the art of poisoning to a science , is frequently mentioned by the writers of Juvenal's time , with execration . She had been condemned ...
Page 47
... wretch who walked out in it , says " Thelin viderat in togâ Spadonem , " Damnatam Numa dixit esse mocham . " Hence stolata and togata came by degrees to signify the virtuous and the loose part of the sex . Martial can find no worse ...
... wretch who walked out in it , says " Thelin viderat in togâ Spadonem , " Damnatam Numa dixit esse mocham . " Hence stolata and togata came by degrees to signify the virtuous and the loose part of the sex . Martial can find no worse ...
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... wretched , wandering train , Whose wealth is but a basket stuff'd with hay : - For every tree is forced a tax to pay ; VER . 20. Here Numa erst , & c . ] We lately ( Sat. 11. ) had occasion to notice one of the pious frauds of this good ...
... wretched , wandering train , Whose wealth is but a basket stuff'd with hay : - For every tree is forced a tax to pay ; VER . 20. Here Numa erst , & c . ] We lately ( Sat. 11. ) had occasion to notice one of the pious frauds of this good ...
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Page 478 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 204 - There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounterers, so glib of tongue, That give a coasting welcome ere it comes.
Page 218 - He burneth part thereof in the fire, with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself and saith, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire." And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth it and prayeth unto it and saith, "Deliver me; for thou art my God.
Page xlii - Atque alii quorum comoedia prisca virorum est, Si quis erat dignus describi quod malus ac fur, Quod moechus foret aut sicarius aut alioqui Famosus, multa cum libertate notabant. Hinc omnis pendet Lucilius, hosce secutus Mutatis tantum pedibus numerisque, facetus, Emunctae naris, durus componere versus.
Page lxii - The general character of this translation will be given, when it is said to preserve the wit, but to want the dignity, of the original.
Page xiii - ... with favours more substantial : little collections were now and then made, and I have received sixpence in an evening. To one who had long lived in the absolute want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c. and what was of more importance, with books of geometry, and of the higher branches of algebra, which I cautiously concealed. Poetry, even at this time, was no amusement of mine : it was subservient to other purposes ; and I only had...
Page 218 - They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Page 105 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page vii - Brixham, and thither I went when little more than thirteen. • My master, whose name was Full, though a gross and ignorant, was not an ill-natured man; at least, not to me ; and my mistress used me with unvarying kindness ; moved perhaps by my weakness and tender years. In return, I did what I could to requite her, and my good will was not overlooked.
Page 342 - Fond fool ! six feet shall serve for all thy store, And he that cares for most shall find no more.