M. Minucii Felicis Octavius, with an Engl. comm. [&c.] ed. by H.A. Holden |
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... have hitherto failed to find a place , as a Class - book , in our Schools and Universities , by the side of or as a substitute for some Pagan writer , of inferior claims1 . 1 The remarks of CELLARIUS in the Introduction to his Edition ...
... have hitherto failed to find a place , as a Class - book , in our Schools and Universities , by the side of or as a substitute for some Pagan writer , of inferior claims1 . 1 The remarks of CELLARIUS in the Introduction to his Edition ...
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... have been some years ago . I think , we may safely conclude that , regarded as a mere literary composition , the pure Latinity of the Octavius , reminding us perhaps , more than any other Ecclesiastical writing , of the golden days of ...
... have been some years ago . I think , we may safely conclude that , regarded as a mere literary composition , the pure Latinity of the Octavius , reminding us perhaps , more than any other Ecclesiastical writing , of the golden days of ...
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... have now only to say that in my text I have adhered as closely as was possible to it , except in the matter of orthography . In the few passages which seemed to bid defiance to all con- struing , I have substituted such conjectural emen ...
... have now only to say that in my text I have adhered as closely as was possible to it , except in the matter of orthography . In the few passages which seemed to bid defiance to all con- struing , I have substituted such conjectural emen ...
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... have contented myself with mentioning various readings and critical suggestions in the notes , my desire being to avoid as much as possible tampering with the text of my author , which , I believe , is not so corrupt as previous Editors ...
... have contented myself with mentioning various readings and critical suggestions in the notes , my desire being to avoid as much as possible tampering with the text of my author , which , I believe , is not so corrupt as previous Editors ...
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... have taken care therefore to give the more im- portant citations in full . To conclude with one more remark concerning the notes . There is preserved in the Library of the British Museum a copy of the Variorum Edition by Ouzelius ...
... have taken care therefore to give the more im- portant citations in full . To conclude with one more remark concerning the notes . There is preserved in the Library of the British Museum a copy of the Variorum Edition by Ouzelius ...
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Page 129 - Nonne in ortu suo et scelere collecti et muniti immanitatis suae terrore creverunt? Nam asylo prima plebs congregata est: confluxerant perditi facinerosi incesti sicarii proditores, et ut ipse Romulus imperator et rector populum suum facinore praecelleret, parricidium fecit. Haec prima sunt auspicia religiosae civitatis!
Page 169 - Corpus omne sive arescit in pulverem sive in umorem solvitur vel in cinerem comprimitur vel in nidorem tenuatur, subducitur nobis, sed deo elementorum custodia reservatur.
Page 95 - Quod si ingressus aliquam domum omnia exculta disposita ornata vidisses, utique praeesse ei crederes dominum et illis bonis rebus multo esse meliorem; ita in hac mundi domo, cum caelo terraque perspicias providentiam ordinem legem, crede esse universitatis dominum parentemque ipsis sideribus et totius mundi partibus pulchriorem.
Page 130 - Ita quicquid Romani tenent colunt possident, audaciae praeda est : templa omnia de manubiis, id est de ruinis urbium, de spoliis deorum, de caedibus sacerdotum.
Page 49 - ... 6 Et cum dicto eius adsedimus, ita ut me ex tribus medium lateris ambitione protegerent : nee hoc obsequi fuit aut ordinis aut honoris, quippe cum amicitia pares semper aut accipiat aut faciat, sed ut arbiter et utrisque proximus aures darem et disceptantes duos medius segregarem.
Page 96 - Thebanorum par, mortuam x fabulam, transeo. Ob pastorum et casae regnum de geminis memoria notissima est. Generi et soceri bella toto orbe diffusa sunt, et tam magni imperii duos fortuna non cepit. Vide cetera: rex unus apibus, dux unus in gregibus, in armentis rector unus.
Page 160 - Putatis autem nos occultare quod colimus, si delubra et aras non habemus? Quod enim simulacrum deo fingam, cum, si recte existimes, sit dei homo ipse simulacrum ? Templum quod ei extruam, cum totus hic mundus eius opere fabricatus eum capere non possit?
Page 178 - In matutina nuper spectatus arena Mucius, imposuit qui sua membra focis, Si patiens fortisque tibi durusque videtur, Abderitanae pectora plebis habes; Nam cum dicatur, tunica praesente molesta, Ure* manum: plus est dicere, Non facio.
Page 159 - Sic nos denique non notaculo corporis, ut putatis, sed innocentiae ac modestiae signo facile dinoscimus : sic nos mutuo, quod doletis, amore diligimus, quoniam odisse non novimus : sic nos, quod invidetis, fratres vocamus, ut unius dei parentis homines, ut consortes fidei, ut spei coheredes. Vos enim nee invicem adgnoscitis et in mutua odia saevitis, nee fratres vos nisi sane ad parricidium recognoscitis.