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Page xiii
... tell his Book that was buried what he had feen , viz . that King Midas hath Ajes Ears . Men ' mutire nefas , nec clam nec cum fcrobe ? nufquam . Heic tamen infodiam . Vidi , vidi ipfe , libelle , Auriculas Afini Mida rex habet . This is ...
... tell his Book that was buried what he had feen , viz . that King Midas hath Ajes Ears . Men ' mutire nefas , nec clam nec cum fcrobe ? nufquam . Heic tamen infodiam . Vidi , vidi ipfe , libelle , Auriculas Afini Mida rex habet . This is ...
Page xvii
... tell us that the Torva Mimal- loneis had any Relation to Nero . He gives no other Example of the Liberty that Poet took to criticise him , than those Verses concerning Mida rex , which Cornutus made him correct . There is then only one ...
... tell us that the Torva Mimal- loneis had any Relation to Nero . He gives no other Example of the Liberty that Poet took to criticise him , than those Verses concerning Mida rex , which Cornutus made him correct . There is then only one ...
Page 52
... tell me , what avails your Gold ? No more alas ! than jointed Babies , laid At Venus ' Altar , by the nubile Maid . 150 But , to the Gods , be fuch the Gift we bear , Such , as the great Meffala's daftard Heir , 155 From his capacious ...
... tell me , what avails your Gold ? No more alas ! than jointed Babies , laid At Venus ' Altar , by the nubile Maid . 150 But , to the Gods , be fuch the Gift we bear , Such , as the great Meffala's daftard Heir , 155 From his capacious ...
Page 75
... tell : Both , Feet and Hands , confefs that I am well . ' 260 But , fhould fome Mifer's glittering Hoard of Gold , It's fudden Beauties to thy Sight unfold ; Or , fhould thy Neighbour's lovelier Fair advance , Leering a soft , a melting ...
... tell : Both , Feet and Hands , confefs that I am well . ' 260 But , fhould fome Mifer's glittering Hoard of Gold , It's fudden Beauties to thy Sight unfold ; Or , fhould thy Neighbour's lovelier Fair advance , Leering a soft , a melting ...
Page 88
... tell me , pray , resolve me only this ; • What makes the Sum of fublunary Bliss ? " Good Cheer , no doubt ; delicious daily Treats ; Soft Pleasures , fuppling Oils , and funny Heats . That cripled Beldame , who comes hobling by , If ask ...
... tell me , pray , resolve me only this ; • What makes the Sum of fublunary Bliss ? " Good Cheer , no doubt ; delicious daily Treats ; Soft Pleasures , fuppling Oils , and funny Heats . That cripled Beldame , who comes hobling by , If ask ...
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Page 36 - ... belle' hoc excute totum: quid non intus habet? non hie est Ilias Atti 50 ebria veratro? non siqua elegidia crudi dictarunt proceres? non quidquid denique lectis scribitur in citreis? calidum scis ponere sumen, scis comitem horridulum trita donare lacerna, et 'verum' inquis 'amo, verum mihi dicite de me.
Page 78 - Contemnere, sonat vitium percussa, maligne Respondet viridi non cocta fidelia limo. Udum et molle lutum es, nunc nunc properandus, et acri Fingendus sine fine rota. Sed rure paterno Est tibi far modicum, purum et sine labe salinum, 25 (Quid metuas ?) cultrixque foci secura patella.
Page 127 - Tecum etenim longos memini consumere soles, Et tecum primas epulis decerpere noctes ; Unum opus, et requiem pariter disponimus ambo, Atque verecunda laxamus seria mensa.
Page 38 - Pedius quid ? crimina rasis 85 Librat in antithetis : doctas posuisse figuras Laudatur : bellum hoc : hoc bellum? an, Romule, ceves? Men
Page 127 - Consentire dies, et ab uno sidere duci. Nostra vel aequali suspendit tempora Libra Parca tenax veri, seu nata fidelibus hora Dividit in Geminos concordia fata duorum: Saturnumque gravem nostro Jove frangimus una. Nescio quod, certe est quod me tibi temperat, astrum.
Page 54 - Macrine, diem numera meliore lapillo, Qui tibi labentes apponit candidus annos; Funde merum genio. Non tu prece poscis emaci, Quae nisi seductis nequeas committere divis; At bona pars procerum tacita libabit acerra.
Page 130 - Stat contra ratio, et fecretam garrit in aurem, Ne liceat facere id, quod quis vitiabit agendo. Publica lex hominum naturaque continet hoc fas, Ut teneat vetitos infcitia debilis aftus. Diluis helleborum, certo compefcere punfto 100 Nefcius examen ; vetat hoc natura medendi.
Page 40 - Auriculas asini Mida rex habet : hoc ego opertum, Hoc ridere meum, tam nil, nulla tibi vendo Iliade. Audaci, quicunque, afflate Cratino, Iratum Eupolidem praegrandi cum sene palles, Aspice et haec, si forte aliquid decoctius audis.