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A lady who had not learned discretion by experience, and came to an evil end. He shook his head, as he sadly repeated, " -misera ante diem, subitoque accensa furore;" but when he came to the lines, "Ergo Iris croceis per coelum roscida pennis Mille trahens varios adverso Sole colores,"
A lady who had not learned discretion by experience, and came to an evil end. He shook his head, as he sadly repeated, " misera ante diem, subitoque accensa furore;" but when he came to the lines, "Ergo Iris croceis per coelum roscida pennis Mille trahens varios adverso Sole colores,"
A lady who had not learned discretion by experience, and came to an evil end. He shook his head, as he sadly repeated, " misera ante diem, subitoque accensa furore"; but when he came to the lines, "Ergo Iris croceis per coelum roscida pennis Mille trahens varios adverso Sole colores,"
RORANTIA: here with an active sense, 'besprinkling', representing επιψεκαζειν in Xenophon; often however not different in sense from 'roscida'. REFRIGERATIO ... HIBERNUS: cf. closely 57 ubi et seq. IN SABINIS: 'when with the Sabines', who were celebrated for their simplicity of life. Cato had an estate in the Sabine district. AT: so in 21, where see n.
In this respect he often reminded me of Sir Walter Scott, with whom, in the general character of his mind, he had very little affinity. The Georgics pleased me better; the Eclogues best, the second and tenth above all. But I think the finest lines in the Latin language are those five which begin, "Sepibus in nostris parvam te roscida mala " I cannot tell you how they struck me.
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