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Horace, which were then delighting Europe, he calls, with simple impudence, "a book entitled Satires!"
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
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According to Juvenal ( "Satires," Book III, v, 1), Grecian athletes wore protective charms in the arena, to counterbalance the magical devices of their opponents.
Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence
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[445] Compare our Author, "Quaestiones Convivalium," viii.p. 717 F. [446] So Horace, "Satires," i.
Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch
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And T. Tembarom, lightly sweating as a frightened horse will, sat smoking another pipe and listening intently to "Satires" and "Lampoons," read aloud in the Latin of 65 B.C. "By gee!" he said faithfully, at intervals, when he saw on the reader's face that the moment was ripe.
T. Tembarom 1913
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(Ecclesial Latin papa from Gr. papas, a variant of pappas father, in classical Latin pappas -- Juvenal, "Satires" 6: 633).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The best part of Krasicki's poetry is his "Satires" (1778) and his
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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His "Satires", or epistles in verse, give a perfect portrait of the poet himself, and sketch the life of the times with a master's hand.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Beginning in 1660, Boileau gave to the world his "Satires", his "Epistles", in which he shows himself a marvelous critic, unerring in his estimate of contemporary writers, and his
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The eighth and ninth poems of the first book of his "Satires" are good illustrations of this side of his work:
Life Immovable First Part Kostes Palamas 1901
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The adventure of Hans Carvel has passed through many successions of merry wits, for it is to be found in Ariosto's "Satires," and is perhaps yet older.
Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Johnson, Samuel 1891
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