JuvenalJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1875 - 169 pages |
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A. C. vol Absalom and Achitophel ancient ancient Rome Anubis Appian Augustus bear birth breast Cæsar Caligula circus citizen client Clytemnestra Codrus court crimes Crispinus crowd custom Cybele death Demosthenes disgrace dole Domitian Dryden Elagabalus emperor Epicurus eyes fame fancy fate feast feeling fierce fire folly foreign fortune genius Greece Greek hear heart heaven honour hope Horace hour husband imitation indignant Johnson Juvenal Juvenal's Latian less literary live lofty look lord luxury manners Matho moral Nero never noble o'er passage patrician patron philosopher pleasure poem poet poet's political poor poured prætor praise race ready Roman Rome round satire Satires of Juvenal satirist Sejanus sire slaves soul street Tacitus thought throng tion toil traced train Trebius true vice victory Virgil virtue Vitellius wealth whole wife wine women writings youth
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Page 73 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ;* A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long...
Page 158 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Page 156 - Resistless burns the fever of renown, Caught from the strong contagion of the gown : O'er Bodley's dome his future labours spread, ... And Bacon's mansion trembles o'er his head.
Page 159 - But did not chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 155 - In full-blown dignity see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand...
Page 158 - The vanquished hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands; Condemned a needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 46 - Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind, In the hollow Lotos-land to live and lie reclined On the hills like Gods together, careless of mankind.
Page 4 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Page 71 - Sooner or later I too may passively take the print Of the golden age - why not? I have neither hope nor trust; May make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint, Cheat and be cheated, and die: who knows? we are ashes and dust.
Page 158 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait ; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay ; — Hide, blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's day : The...