Satvrae XIV.: Fourteen satiresUniversity Press, 1900 - 471 páginas |
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... sesterces ) , or about is . 3d . The name is used of any sum of money distributed un- officially to a number of people : Trajan uses it ( Pliny ad Trai . 117 ) of a dole given in Bithynian towns to guests on special 126 JUVENAL , I.
... sesterces ) , or about is . 3d . The name is used of any sum of money distributed un- officially to a number of people : Trajan uses it ( Pliny ad Trai . 117 ) of a dole given in Bithynian towns to guests on special 126 JUVENAL , I.
Página 128
... sesterces , about £ 4,000 , was the census of a Roman knight ; here the amount seems to be income , not capital . Even so , the speaker would not be nearly as rich as Pallas ( cf. Tac . Ann . xii 53 ) , than whom he claims to be richer ...
... sesterces , about £ 4,000 , was the census of a Roman knight ; here the amount seems to be income , not capital . Even so , the speaker would not be nearly as rich as Pallas ( cf. Tac . Ann . xii 53 ) , than whom he claims to be richer ...
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... sesterces ; in the 3rd century A.D. their pay was 25,000 sesterces ( about £ 250 ) . 133. His mistress is a lady of rank . Calvina may be identical with the Junia Calvina of Tac . Ann . xii 4 . 137. da , ' produce , ' = si dabis : the ...
... sesterces ; in the 3rd century A.D. their pay was 25,000 sesterces ( about £ 250 ) . 133. His mistress is a lady of rank . Calvina may be identical with the Junia Calvina of Tac . Ann . xii 4 . 137. da , ' produce , ' = si dabis : the ...
Página 155
... sesterces ( quadringenta ) , about £ 4000 : those who no longer possessed this sum , at once lost the privileges of their rank . But the order was not a mere timocracy : it was necessary that a knight should be of free birth himself and ...
... sesterces ( quadringenta ) , about £ 4000 : those who no longer possessed this sum , at once lost the privileges of their rank . But the order was not a mere timocracy : it was necessary that a knight should be of free birth himself and ...
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... sesterces ( Seneca Epp . 95 , 42 ) . In each case the price is about 1,000 sesterces ( 10 ) for each lb. in weight . 16. sane , ' it is true , ' ' I grant you . ' 19. praecipuam ... ceram , ' the first place in the will , ' wills being ...
... sesterces ( Seneca Epp . 95 , 42 ) . In each case the price is about 1,000 sesterces ( 10 ) for each lb. in weight . 16. sane , ' it is true , ' ' I grant you . ' 19. praecipuam ... ceram , ' the first place in the will , ' wills being ...
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Página 242 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 265 - And screams of horror rend the affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast, When husbands, or when lap-dogs breathe their last; Or when rich China vessels fallen from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie! Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine (The victor cried), the glorious prize is mine!
Página 145 - Antaeus, the son of Terra, the Earth, was a mighty giant and wrestler, whose strength was invincible so long as he remained in contact with his mother Earth.
Página 117 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but blasted with excess of light. Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Página 290 - Quos tibi, Fortuna, ludos facis! Facis enim ex senatoribus professores, ex professoribus senatores.
Página 340 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Página 54 - Incertaeque rei, Phalaris licet imperet, ut sis Falsus , et admoto dictet periuria tauro , Summum crede nefas animam, praeferre pudori Et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas.
Página 72 - Nil ergo optabunt homines ? Si consilium vis, Permittes ipsis expendere numinibus quid Conveniat nobis rebusque sit utile nostris. Nam pro jucundis aptissima quaeque dabunt di. Carior est illis homo quam sibi.
Página 361 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made: Stronger by weakness wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home : I0 Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Página 188 - He might fill himself with the corned beef and the carrots : but, as soon as the tarts and the cheesecakes made their appearance, he quitted his seat, and stood aloof till he was summoned to return thanks for the repast, from a great part of which he had been excluded...