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Page xiii
... copies of the master- pieces of Sophocles and Euripides . The Latin comedies are free transla- tions from Demophilus , Menander , and Apollodorus . The Latin philo- sophy was borrowed , without alter- ation , from the Portico and the ...
... copies of the master- pieces of Sophocles and Euripides . The Latin comedies are free transla- tions from Demophilus , Menander , and Apollodorus . The Latin philo- sophy was borrowed , without alter- ation , from the Portico and the ...
Page xv
... copies now known are evidently derived from one archetypus , ‡ which was in all probability corrupt in these very places . As for the vast and perplexing mass of varia lectiones with which some editions have been encumbered , the reader ...
... copies now known are evidently derived from one archetypus , ‡ which was in all probability corrupt in these very places . As for the vast and perplexing mass of varia lectiones with which some editions have been encumbered , the reader ...
Page xvi
... copies , unfortunately , that the earliest printed editionst were chiefly obtained . Lachmann enumerates seven MSS . which he considers more or less authentic ; and Hertzberg has given the readings of that number in his recent edition ...
... copies , unfortunately , that the earliest printed editionst were chiefly obtained . Lachmann enumerates seven MSS . which he considers more or less authentic ; and Hertzberg has given the readings of that number in his recent edition ...
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... copies . The sense would be , ' litora picta na- tivis lapillis persuadent tibi non nimis laborandum esse in cultu . ' But the more regular word would be suadent ; while collucent seems altogether ap- propriate and natural to the ...
... copies . The sense would be , ' litora picta na- tivis lapillis persuadent tibi non nimis laborandum esse in cultu . ' But the more regular word would be suadent ; while collucent seems altogether ap- propriate and natural to the ...
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... copies of no authority . 27 Especially , he adds , is dress un- necessary in the case of one who has such mental endowments as Cynthia . See ii . 3. 19-22 . 32 Luxuriæ . He indirectly warns her against being ' too gay , ' i . e . in ...
... copies of no authority . 27 Especially , he adds , is dress un- necessary in the case of one who has such mental endowments as Cynthia . See ii . 3. 19-22 . 32 Luxuriæ . He indirectly warns her against being ' too gay , ' i . e . in ...
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Page 6 - Nec sinere in propriis membra nitere bonis? Crede mihi, non ulla tuae est medicina figurae: Nudus Amor formae non amat artificem.
Page 17 - Fortuna iacere, 25 hanc animam extremae reddere nequitiae. multi longinquo periere in amore libenter, in quorum numero me quoque terra tegat. non ego sum laudi, non natus idoneus armis : hanc me militiam fata subire volunt.
Page 89 - QUICUMQUE ille fuit, puerum qui pinxit Amorem, nonne putas miras hunc habuisse manus? is primum vidit sine sensu vivere amantes, et levibus curis magna perire bona. idem non frustra ventosas addidit alas, 5 fecit et humano corde volare deum: scilicet alterna quoniam iactamur in unda, nostraque non ullis permanet aura locis.
Page 223 - Nox media, et dominae mihi uenit epistula nostrae: Tibure me missa iussit adesse mora, candida qua geminas ostendunt culmina turres, et cadit in patulos nympha Aniena lacus.
Page 9 - Andromede; nec minus assiduis Edonis fessa choreis qualis in herboso concidit Apidano: talis visa mihi mollem spirare quietem Cynthia non certis nixa caput manibus, ebria cum multo traherem vestigia Baccho, et quaterent sera nocte facem pueri.
Page 45 - HAEC certe deserta loca et taciturna querenti, et vacuum Zephyri possidet aura nemus. hic licet occultos proferre impune dolores, si modo sola queant saxa tenere fidem.
Page 168 - Musa triumphat equis, 10 et mecum in curru parvi vectantur Amores, scriptorumque meas turba secuta rotas. quid frustra missis in me certatis habenis ? non datur ad Musas currere lata via.
Page 250 - Non posse ad patrios sua pila referre Penates : Nempe meam firmant nunc duo busta fidem. Quippe Lupercus, equi dum saucia protegit ora, Heu sibi prolapso non bene cavit equo : Gallus at, in castris dum credita signa tuetur, 95 Concidit ante aquilae rostra cruenta suae.
Page 35 - Caucasus arboribus ; non tamen ista meo valeant contendere amori : nescit Amor magnis cedere divitiis. nam sive optatam mecum trahit illa quietem, seu facili totum ducit amore diem...
Page 90 - ... deum: scilicet alterna quoniam iactamur in unda, nostraque non ullis permanet aura locis. et merito hamatis manus est armata sagittis...