Latin Literature: By J.W. Mackail ... 6th Impression1895 - 289 Seiten |
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admiration Aeneid ancient Annals Apuleius Augustan Augustus beautiful brilliant Caesar Catullus century Christian Cicero Ciceronian civilisation classical Claudian comedy contemporary continued criticism death diction Domitian dramatic earlier Eclogues elaborate elegiac eminent Emperor Empire Ennius epic extant famous Flavian fragments Gaius genius Georgics grace Greek hexameter historian Horace imitation immense imperial influence interest Italy language later Latin language Latin literature Latin poetry less letters lines literary Livy Lucan Lucius Lucretius manner Marcus master metre modern moral narrative nature Nero oratory Ovid passage passed period philosophy phrase pieces Plautus Pliny poem poetical poets political Propertius prose provinces published Quintilian reign Republic rhetoric Roman history Rome Sallust Satires Seneca single speech splendid Statius Stoicism story style Suetonius survived Tacitus Terence Tiberius tion tradition tragedy Trajan treatise Valerius verse Vespasian Virgil Virgilian whole wholly words writing written younger
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Seite 56 - Lesbia, atque amemus, rumoresque senum severiorum omnes unius aestimemus assis. soles occidere et redire possunt : nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux, ? nox est perpetua una dormienda. da mi basia mille, deinde centum, dein mille altera, dein secunda centum, deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.
Seite 62 - Deorum. lit is that he created a anguage which remained for 'sixteen .centuries that of the civilised world) and used that language to create a style which nineteen centuries have not replaced, and in some respects have scarcely altered.
Seite 43 - ... avia Pieridum peragro loca nullius ante trita solo, iuvat integros accedere fontis atque haurire, iuvatque novos decerpere flores insignemque meo capiti petere inde coronam unde prius nulli velarint tempora musae...
Seite 20 - Qui gentcs omnes mariaque et terras movet, eius sum civis civitate caelitum. Ita sum ut videtis splendens Stella Candida, signum quod semper tempore exoritur suo hie atque in caelo. Nomen Arcturost mihi.
Seite 117 - Lusisti satis, edisti satis atque bibisti : Tempus abire tibi est, ne potum largius aequo Rideat et pulset lasciva decentius aetas.
Seite 168 - When we see the fatal facility with which the legions were learning " the secret of empire, that Emperors could be made elsewhere than at Rome," we are being prepared for centuries of anarchy and confusion.
Seite 189 - Crimine quo merui, iuvenis placidissime divum, quove errore miser, donis ut solus egerem, Somne, tuis? Tacet omne pecus volucresque feraeque et simulant fessos curvata cacumina somnos, nec trucibus fluviis idem sonus; occidit horror aequoris et terris maria acclinata quiescunt.