History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 80
Seite 17
... passage . This good taste of the Prince had the happiest effect on that of the age . No writer could hope for patronage or popularity , except by cultivating a style chaste and simple - which , if ornamental , was not luxu- riant , or ...
... passage . This good taste of the Prince had the happiest effect on that of the age . No writer could hope for patronage or popularity , except by cultivating a style chaste and simple - which , if ornamental , was not luxu- riant , or ...
Seite 25
... passages of Virgil ! At the commencement of the reign of Augustus , the old Cæsarians , Balbus Matius and Oppius , men who were highly accomplished , and had been the chief personal friends of the great Julius , still survived , and led ...
... passages of Virgil ! At the commencement of the reign of Augustus , the old Cæsarians , Balbus Matius and Oppius , men who were highly accomplished , and had been the chief personal friends of the great Julius , still survived , and led ...
Seite 58
... passage in the dialogue , De Causis Corrupta Elo- quentiæ , where it is said , - " Corvinus in medium us- que Augusti principatum , Asinius penè ad extremum duravit . " Now , the middle of the reign of Augustus cannot be fixed later ...
... passage in the dialogue , De Causis Corrupta Elo- quentiæ , where it is said , - " Corvinus in medium us- que Augusti principatum , Asinius penè ad extremum duravit . " Now , the middle of the reign of Augustus cannot be fixed later ...
Seite 88
... passage which describes the shield of Æneas , appears to have been seen by Pro- pertius . Augustus himself at length became desi- rous to read the poem , so far as it had been carried ; and , in the year 729 , while absent from Rome on ...
... passage which describes the shield of Æneas , appears to have been seen by Pro- pertius . Augustus himself at length became desi- rous to read the poem , so far as it had been carried ; and , in the year 729 , while absent from Rome on ...
Seite 89
John Colin Dunlop. in the prospect of this recitation , had inserted the affecting passage , in which he alludes to ... passages he rehearsed . Eros , his librarian and freedman , used to relate , when far advanced in life , that in the ...
John Colin Dunlop. in the prospect of this recitation , had inserted the affecting passage , in which he alludes to ... passages he rehearsed . Eros , his librarian and freedman , used to relate , when far advanced in life , that in the ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
addressed Æneas Æneid amid amorous ancient Antony appears atque Augustan age Augustus battle of Actium beautiful Cæsar Cassius Catullus celebrated century character chief chiefly Cicero commenced composition critical death Delia Dio Cassius eclogue edition elegant elegiac elegies emperor Eneid epic epistles Esquiline Hill expression fables favour followed formed frequently Gallus genius Georgics Greece Greek Hæc honour Horace imitated Italian Italy Julius Cæsar language Latin poets length lines Livy Mæcenas manners ment Messala Metamorphoses mihi mistress Muretus Nepos nunc odes Orat original Ovid passages passion pastoral patron perhaps period poem poet poetical poetry Pollio Ponto possessed printed Propertius quæ reign render Roman Rome rural satire says sentiments shepherd spirit style Sueton supposed taste Theocritus Tiberius tibi Tibullus Tibur tion translation Tristia verses villa Virgil whole writers written wrote youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 141 - What though he knows not those fantastic joys That still amuse the wanton, still deceive ; A face of pleasure, but a heart of pain ; Their hollow moments undelighted all ! Sure peace is his ; a solid life, estrang'd To disappointment and fallacious hope : Rich in content ; in Nature's bounty rich, In herbs and fruits...
Seite 238 - Then farewell, Horace ; whom I hated so, Not for thy faults, but mine ; it is a curse To understand, not feel thy lyric flow, To comprehend, but never love thy verse...
Seite 281 - ... marriage, like other partnerships, might be dissolved by the abdication of one of the associates. In three centuries of prosperity and corruption, this principle was enlarged to frequent practice and pernicious abuse. Passion, interest, or caprice...
Seite 141 - To disappointment, and fallacious hope: Rich in content, in Nature's bounty rich, In herbs and fruits; whatever greens the Spring, When heaven descends in showers; or bends the bough When Summer reddens, and when Autumn beams ; Or in the wintry glebe whatever lies Conceal'd, and fattens with the richest sap...
Seite 313 - He that courts his mistress with Roman imagery deserves to lose her ; for she may with good reason suspect his sincerity, iHammond has few sentiments drawn from nature, and few images from modern life.
Seite 84 - Here flow'd his fountain ; here his laurels grew ; Here oft the meek good man, the lofty bard Fram'd the...
Seite 141 - These are not wanting ; nor the milky drove, Luxuriant, spread o'er all the lowing vale ; Nor bleating mountains ; nor the chide of streams, And hum of bees, inviting sleep sincere Into the guiltless breast, beneath the shade...
Seite 208 - Soracte, Frascati, the Campagna, and Rome in the distance ; these form a succession of landscapes superior, in the delight produced, to the richest cabinet of Claude's. Tivoli cannot be described : no true portrait of it exists : all views alter and embellish it : they...
Seite 295 - Et sedeo duras ianitor ante fores. Non ego laudari curo, mea Delia : tecum Dum modo sim, quaeso segnis inersque vocer.
Seite 296 - Messallam terra dum sequiturque mari.' sed me, quod facilis tenero sum semper Amori, ipsa Venus campos ducet in Elysios.