 | Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 páginas
...done. Catullus MS too wife to rival him ; and was the iMlt admired of all his «¡temporaries, in *11 the different ways of writing he attempted. His odes perhaps are the len.il »aluable part of his works. The llrokes of fatire in his epigrams ara very fevere ; Md the... | |
 | 1797 - 680 páginas
...":s too wife to rival him; and was the weil admired of all his cotcmporaries, in «11 the diffèrent ways of writing he attempted. His odes perhaps are the leaft valuable part of his works. The ftrokes '•' iitire in his epigrams are very fcvere ; J™ the defcriptions in his IdylHums, very... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 páginas
...they had done. Catullus was too wise to rival him ; and was the most admired of all his cotemporaries, in all the different ways of writing he attempted. His odes perhaps are the least valuable part of his works. The strokes of satire in his epigrams are very severe ; and the descriptions... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 páginas
...done. Catullus Was too wise to rival him ; and was the most admired of all his cotemporaries, in »U ternal agency, and bidding help and hindrance vanish before them. Th least valuable part of his works. The strokes of satire in his epigrams are very severe ; and the descriptions... | |
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... of him : that a philtre he took had given him a frenzy, and that he wrote in his lucid intervals. He and Catullus wrote, when letters in general began to flourish at Rome much more than ever they had done. Catullus was too wise to rival him ; and... 