The Satires of Decimus Junius JuvenalisW. Bulmer, 1806 - 473 psl. |
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abolla allusion ancient appears Augustus beautiful boast breast Cæsar Caligula calls Catullus Cicero Claudius Codrus consul crimes Crispinus criticks Dacian war death Domitian dreadful Dryden Emperour Ennius eyes fate father favour favourite fear fire followed fortune frequently Galba give Greek heaven Herodotus Holyday honour Horace horrour husband indignation Julius Cæsar Juvenal's kind learned Martial means mentioned mind Nero never o'er observes old Scholiast Ovid passage perhaps Persius Pliny Plutarch poet poor probably publick quæ quam Quintilian quod rage reader reign rich Romans Rome Ruperti sacred Satire says scarcely Scholiast seems Sejanus senate Seneca shame singular sire slave speaks Statius Suetonius superiour suppose Tacitus tell thee thing thou thought Tiberius Tigellinus Trajan translation Umbritius Vespasian vice virtue wealth wife word wretched youth δε τε
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