T. Lvcreti Cari De Rervm Natvra Libri SexAmerican Book Company, 1907 - 806 pages |
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alliteration artus atom atoms auris Bail Bern Bock bodies body book caeli calor Cartault Catull Cicero color common comp corpore death Democritus earth elsewhere Empedocles Ennius Epic Epicurus first Flor follow form found frequently Georg Giuss Goebel Heinze hence Heraclitus inane Jahrb Lachm lacuna Lamb life Livy Lucretian Lucretius lumina made makes Marull meaning means mind natura necessest neque nilo Note Notice object occurs omnibus omnis once order Pascal perhaps Phil place Plaut Pliny poem poetical poets Polle primordia probably proposed Purmann quotes read reading rebus reference refers rerum saecla same says see lex seems semina sense sine soul subject tamen tellus terra theory there things thought time times used uses usually Varro Venus verse vulg Wakef Winck Woltjer word words world would δὲ ἐν καὶ τὰ τὴν τὸ τοῦ τῶν
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Page 132 - ... quam bene si videat, iam rebus quisque relictis naturam primum studeat cognoscere rerum, temporis aeterni quoniam, non unius horae, ambigitur status, in quo sit mortalibus omnis aetas, post mortem quae restat cumque manenda.
Page 549 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
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Page 361 - ... with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney corner, and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue, even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste...
Page 567 - On that hard Pagan world disgust And secret loathing fell. Deep weariness and sated lust Made human life a hell. "In his cool hall, with haggard eyes, The Roman noble lay; He drove abroad, in furious guise, Along the Appian way. "He made a feast, drank fierce and fast, And crown'd his hair with flowers — No easier nor no quicker pass'd The impracticable hours.
Page 47 - ... naturae primus portarum claustra cupiret. Ergo vivida vis animi pervicit, et extra processit longe flammantia moenia mundi atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque, unde refert nobis victor quid possit oriri, quid nequeat, finita potestas denique cuique quanam sit ratione atque alte terminus haerens. Quare religio pedibus subiecta vicissim obteritur, nos exaequat victoria caelo.
Page 194 - Nunc quae causa deum per magnas numina gentis pervulgarit et ararum compleverit urbis suscipiendaque curarit sollemnia sacra, quae nunc in magnis florent sacra rebu...