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2002 9 | shall my songs be shamed and mute~before the music of thy 2003 32 | hold that incense, cassia, myrrh, and similar other scents 2004 30 | capons. Or is there something mys terious in fish and fish 2005 47 | to another. It is then as myster ious an art as it is loathly 2006 56 | many emblems and relics of mysteri ous rites. ~But what Mezentius 2007 13 | uninitiated to gaze upon the mystic emblems of Ceres. ~ 2008 30 | magic wheel, ribbons and nails and roots and herbs and 2009 45 | he had a fit in my prese nce? Why, I myself admit it. 2010 17 | poverty. It would have redou nded to my credit, for I know 2011 37 | his tragic verse. And i ndeed they were not far off unanimously 2012 90 | record of their lives re nders the suspicion of such a 2013 36 | works -- some of my frie nds who are interested in questions 2014 74 | the fickleness of his co nduct. I acknowledge the truth 2015 94 | his proconsulate having neariy expired, was awaiti ng your 2016 63 | shadow of his hat's brim, how neatly the tiny pair of pinions 2017 102| since every action must necessarily have some motive, answer 2018 20 | has at his command all the necessities of life, which nature has 2019 51 | her head felt heavy, her neck numb, her temples throbbing, 2020 71 | sufficiently clear that it needed no incantations of mine 2021 75 | although he himself was needy, ill-clad and pr otected 2022 5 | neither night nor day, to the neglect and impairment of my bodily 2023 24 | pardon me for having been negligent enough not to select your ` 2024 88 | at a country house in the neighbourhood -- to avoid squandering 2025 17 | interchange of service with your neighbours. But you know that at Oea 2026 43 | fact, Thallus, whom you nentioned, needs a doctor rather than 2027 13 | Ennius into the mouth of Neoptolemus by philosophizing at undue 2028 31 | shades, you will transfer Neptune, with Salacia and Portumnus 2029 74 | a stage dancer limp and nerveless enough in all conscience, 2030 39 | them large and good off Nestor's home. Have I passed by 2031 72 | would say `Would God it had neve r happened.' It was winter 2032 30 | charms not to be torn from new-born foreheads, but to be cut 2033 88 | custom generally imposes on newly-married couples. This is the whole 2034 77 | and it was no pleasant news he took back to his father-in-law. 2035 51 | mankind, that the skins of newts -- which like other reptiles 2036 41 | that bite and sting' and Nicander `On the bites of wild animals'; 2037 23 | hideous face, you owe your nickname of Charon. ~ 2038 56 | been hung. As a result, two nicknames have been given him: he 2039 47 | horrible; it needs as a rule night-watches and concealing darkness, 2040 42 | denarii, came to consult Nigidius; the latter by means of 2041 8 | crocodile, the monster of the Nile -- so they tell me -- opens 2042 73 | I had had ample opportu nity for observing Pudentilla' 2043 74 | self-congratulation. For he is the orga nizer of every lawsuit, the deviser 2044 59 | sold Aemilianus his dru nken fictions for 3,000 sesterces, 2045 10 | shrinks from mentioning real nnames and calls himself Corydon 2046 14 | moves and follows every nod of the man to whom it belongs; 2047 25 | your speech lies in mere noise, while it is weak and flabby 2048 92 | this trifling dowry, a mere nominal sum. He cares for nothing 2049 100| legacy inserted to avoid the non-appearance of my name, the husband' 2050 13 | possession is no proof of use nor non-possession of non-use, and if you complain 2051 13 | use nor non-possession of non-use, and if you complain of 2052 66 | Sulpicius to accuse Cnaeus Norbanus, Caius Furius to accuse 2053 57 | the other hand, it was his nose that discerned the smoke, 2054 50 | Greeks, who call it hiera nosos, the holy sickness. The 2055 43 | hi s eyes are dull, his nostrils distended, his feet stumbling. 2056 90 | himself or any sorcerer of note from the time of Zoroaster 2057 20 | whom I have spoken wanted noth ing beyond what was at their 2058 101| name of Pudentilla. The ho nourable Coninus Celer, the state 2059 31 | All drugs, that wide earth nourishes, shc knew. ~Similarly in 2060 | nowhere 2061 50 | flesh is so melted by the noxious influence of fire as to 2062 5 | man could be more eloque nt than myself? I have never 2063 93 | concessions I extorted from Pude ntilla with difficulty and against 2064 66 | conqueror of Africa and Numantia, who held, moreover, the 2065 51 | head felt heavy, her neck numb, her temples throbbing, 2066 35 | time I commissioned large numbers of fishermen to secure for 2067 24 | right on the marches of Numidia and Gaetulia, for I publicly 2068 24 | described myself as half Numidian, half Gaetulian in a discourse 2069 91 | across these names and ma ny more in the course of my 2070 19 | excessive riches, like steering oars of too great weight a nd 2071 2 | citizen, to assert with oaths that the will was a forgery. 2072 65 | whose laws, as you see, I ob ey. ~ 2073 103| Plato. `You marry a wife.' Obeying law. `She is older than 2074 100| whom, as Pudens himself objected, you were madly in love! ~ 2075 28 | let us, if there is no objection, consider the charges in 2076 92 | yourself und er no further obligation, repay in full just as you 2077 8 | 8] ~I should be obliged, therefore, if my critic 2078 43 | slumber and banished into oblivion of its surroundings so that, 2079 86 | read the verses of some obscene poet, even if bidden to 2080 33 | indicate the nature of the obscenity, but fai led, matchless 2081 16 | position is so abject, so obscure, and so withdrawn from the 2082 16 | occupations have kept you in obscurity, w hile I have been occupied 2083 54 | outside the limits of common observation. You are now demanding that 2084 40 | please him, stand by and observe me. In this I foll ow the 2085 73 | had ample opportu nity for observing Pudentilla's character, 2086 66 | custom has long since become obsolete, but even if the practice 2087 77 | that he might find fewer obstacles in his attempt to hoodwink 2088 2 | this assertion with such obstinate violence, that even after 2089 17 | That that very Carbo who obtained supreme control of Rome 2090 89 | matter where the truth is so obviou s. ~Her father acknowledged 2091 1 | have you for my judge on an occ asion when it is my privilege 2092 98 | Punic, and though he may occasionally use a Greek word picked 2093 16 | this is that your rustic occupations have kept you in obscurity, 2094 82 | the place they logically occupy, or if what is written ironically 2095 5 | if the aphorism said to occur in the poems of Statius 2096 37 | matchl ess tragedy, his Oedipus Coloneus, on which he happened 2097 94 | and forget all his past offences; he wept, kissed our hands 2098 13 | relieve me of the necessity of offending against the precepts put 2099 24 | filling all the municipal offices of honour. I myself, immediately 2100 98 | you heard my step-son -- oh! the shame of it! -- the 2101 97 | been read aloud -- he app ointed his mother and his brother, 2102 38 | Greek phrases zôiotoka and ôiotoka -- together with the causes 2103 52 | confined within doors, but f ollow the promptings of your madness 2104 86 | addressed by Philip to his wife Olympias. They spared the enemy that 2105 36 | him, if he will, acquire ome learning even at the eleventh 2106 41 | who knows that he can draw omens from every animal, that 2107 36 | strive either to make good omissions or remedy mistakes in all 2108 17 | would, I think, either have omitted this particular slander 2109 95 | as to permit myself to c ommence a discourse on his extraordinary 2110 87 | accounts of the bailiffs, gro oms, and shepherds, that she 2111 80 | silent' is to make a fool of oneself, since these very words 2112 58 | the greatest respect and h onour for the close love that 2113 85 | if you were sure your s ons would be like yourself, 2114 99 | mother, as a father might c ontend against a stepmother in 2115 70 | considerable additions; P ontianus himself was now by the grace 2116 3 | doubly vexatious to the g ood and innocent man when charges 2117 82 | like any bacchanal; he kept opening the letter and proclaiming, ` 2118 40 | remedies? For the philos opher will use them not to win 2119 32 | hellebore or hemlock or opium o r any other of those drugs, 2120 73 | consent. I had had ample opportu nity for observing Pudentilla' 2121 63 | mine which comes in mo st opportunely. It is my wont wherever 2122 49 | moisture and cold and their two opposites, fail to harmonize. That 2123 71 | venture to show any open opposition for fear of seeming to distrust 2124 58 | erudition and consummate e]oquence, that this same Quintianus, 2125 31 | on Mercury the giver of oracles, Venus that lures the soul, 2126 13 | have to deal with that long oration, austere as any censor's, 2127 22 | countless trees of his rich orchards as to be content with one 2128 52 | the judgement-seat. In a w ord, whatever he does, he does 2129 20 | of life, which nature has ordained should be exceedingly small. 2130 98 | wine-cups. He rules your house, orders your slaves, directs your 2131 63 | or one that is common and ordinary? ~Take it, I beg you, Maximus, 2132 38 | ever before read such w ords as those which I will cause 2133 8 | words, rot in the filth and ordure that it loves! Is it reasonable, 2134 23 | deaths to which, far m ore than to your hideous face, 2135 74 | self-congratulation. For he is the orga nizer of every lawsuit, 2136 7 | st of all the mouth, the organ used most frequently, openly 2137 38 | this distinction and the organic differences by which it 2138 8 | stains from his teeth with oriental powders: he would be better 2139 15 | image turned to face its origina l. Or should we accept the 2140 27 | that those who explore the origins and elements of material 2141 19 | great possessions without ostentation or pride and showing like 2142 38 | malakostraka, chondrakantha, ostrakoderma, karcharodonta, amphibia, 2143 75 | was needy, ill-clad and pr otected by the very depth of his 2144 54 | indicted on some charge or othe r. In fact, everything that 2145 70 | about it. For Pudentilla, th ough she admitted that she wished 2146 78 | Aemilianus also was there and c ountersigned the copy. What is the result? 2147 | ours 2148 56 | emblems and relics of mysteri ous rites. ~But what Mezentius 2149 64 | stood t riumphant on the outer circumference of this our 2150 86 | written about your mother in outrageously disrespectful, abwive, and 2151 85 | wounds you to the heart and outrages your dearest affections. ~ 2152 54 | which is abnormal or lies outside the limits of common observation. 2153 11 | the more modest for being outspoken? For in these matters and 2154 19 | to some extent affect the outward form and semblance of poverty 2155 9 | all my gifts with thine outweigh. ~Surpass the twinèd garland' 2156 72 | winter when this occurred. Overcome by the fatigues of the journey, 2157 51 | cause of epilepsy is the overflowing of this pestilential h umour 2158 44 | my incantations that have overwhelmed him, simply because he has 2159 50 | citadel and palace. For it overwhelms and throws into confusion 2160 99 | myself he had been above c oveting the inheritance, would gladly 2161 38 | viviparous and tho se who are oviparous -- for thus I translate 2162 40 | observe me. In this I foll ow the instruction of my masters, 2163 71 | this sum, it is true, she owed a considerable portion to 2164 7 | conspicuous save when its owner is dead or infuriated with 2165 13 | offence. `The philosopher owns a mirror, t he philosopher 2166 91 | daughter, half of the d owry was to go to the offspring 2167 35 | not to mention worm-eaten oyster-shells, moss, and seaweed, and 2168 39 | mice' the place is Aenus; oysters rough in greatest plenty 2169 21 | to ride and swift in his paces, no one reb ukes him for 2170 14 | pigments or colour with paint, in a word, every attempt 2171 15 | allow his portrait to be painted or carved; or we must accept 2172 79 | What if she had called me a painter, a doctor, or even an innocent 2173 63 | brim, how neatly the tiny pair of pinions project about 2174 50 | that is its citadel and palace. For it overwhelms and throws 2175 81 | dexte rity in crime. What Palamedes, what Sisyphus, what Eurybates 2176 89 | have merely to hold out the palm of your hand -- you have 2177 22 | cloa ks embroidered with palmleaves. The staff and wallet are 2178 98 | the beguiling words of the pander, her father, that the moment 2179 75 | is the dwelling-place of panders, his whole household foul 2180 81 | would seem mere clowns and pantaloons, were they to attem pt to 2181 14 | will scarcely maintain the paradox that what is worthy of admiration 2182 60 | in spite of their being paragons of audacity and monsters 2183 86 | You see how close is my parallel. Yet you read out aloud 2184 85 | through its mother's womb; its parent must die before it is born. 2185 75 | harlot, his son s like their parents. His door night and day 2186 4 | with which Homer makes Paris reply to Hector:~[GREEK]~[ 2187 25 | levity; to accuse me of parsimony for having only one slave, 2188 91 | sorcerers is one thing, participation in their art another, and 2189 30 | for your benefit similar passages from Theocritus with many 2190 18 | she corrupts no man with passions beyond his control, she 2191 10 | Pollio in one of his light pastoral poems, shrinks from mentioning 2192 13 | the mimic dance, or the patchwork suit of the harlequinade? 2193 68 | the guardianship of their paternal grandfather -- for Amicus 2194 50 | channels of divinity and paths of wisdom. During sleep 2195 98 | now you show yourself so patient towards him, you so spoil 2196 61 | king at many geometrical patterns all carved out of boxwood 2197 13 | defence inasmuch as I am paying back my accusers in their 2198 21 | in the possession of his peculiar excellences, if he is pleasant 2199 74 | the ready servant of his pederasts in the vilest vices; in 2200 11 | inscription in verse from his own pen, wrote thus: ~Thy verse 2201 53 | philosophers of the most keen and penetrating intellect assert that we 2202 48 | question showed brilliant penetration and persistence. You knew 2203 94 | hands and expressed his penitence f or listening to Rufinus 2204 76 | dowry was borrowed, every penny of it, on the eve of her 2205 20 | needs. For the badge of penury is desire, the badge of 2206 18 | all honour among all the peoples of the world. Take the history 2207 1 | against my wife Pudentilla. I perceived that these charges were 2208 1 | result was that Aemilianus, perceiving that you, Maximus, not to 2209 27 | forsooth, they knew how to perform everything that they know 2210 10 | for substitu ting the name Perilla for that of Metella, Propertius 2211 2 | persistently shirks the perilous task of a direct attack, 2212 66 | that gathered many mortal perils about my path. What motiva 2213 95 | extraordinary virtues at this period of the case. It is wearing 2214 38 | discussing how often and at what periods of the year the males and 2215 46 | promise of their liberty to perjure themselves. But I say no 2216 73 | cherished design -- with my permission -- to bring about a match 2217 85 | thing about him is that his pernicious deeds go scot free; he is 2218 28 | already said and begin my peroration. But since as a result of 2219 46 | and a false and slanderous persecution o f myself? ~However, if 2220 2 | of a direct attack, and perseveres in hi s assumption of the 2221 25 | the best of the elders of Persia, one the wisest, another 2222 25 | methods employed by the Persians in the education of their 2223 10 | follower of Plato. Will you persist in this attitude, Aemilianus, 2224 48 | brilliant penetration and persistence. You knew that it was necessary 2225 63 | When, therefore, I heard persistent though outrageous ly mendacious 2226 2 | his false accusations. He persistently shirks the perilous task 2227 27 | frivolous. `Apuleius,' he persists, `keeps a mysterious object 2228 96 | have expressed to me either personally or in his will! However, 2229 53 | presence of so grave and perspicacious a judge amounted to something 2230 55 | Aemilianus, on the floods of perspiration that this one poor handkerchief 2231 90 | what I had to gain by persuading Pudentilla to marry me by 2232 96 | great a man to discuss these pestilent fellows here. Do you dare 2233 51 | the overflowing of this pestilential h umour into the head. My 2234 54 | sorcery. Have you written a petition on the thigh of some statue? 2235 79 | her own incl ination. Is Phaedra the only woman whom love 2236 32 | starvation at the isle of Pharos by their use of curved fish-hooks. 2237 16 | the sun, with sundry other phenomena treated in a monumental 2238 40 | records as a most remarkable phenomenon the fact that the fish known 2239 78 | What hand? The hand of Philomela or Medea or Clytemnestra? 2240 40 | seek out remedies? For the philos opher will use them not 2241 17 | small an establishment for a philosoph er. ~ 2242 13 | mouth of Neoptolemus by philosophizing at undue length; on the 2243 20 | they are too small for you. Philus had a far smaller household 2244 24 | Thasos and the cabbages of Phlius. For those products of the 2245 18 | Aristides, her benignity in Phocion, her force in Epaminondas, 2246 38 | karcharodonta, amphibia, lepidôta, pholidôta, dermo ptera, steganopoda, 2247 34 | statue of Venus, nor used the phrase which was of such service 2248 81 | Sisyphus, what Eurybates or Phrynondas could ever have devised 2249 72 | travelling with me. Since my phy sical infirmity had made 2250 12 | For the only claim that physical beauty has upon the admiration 2251 51 | reference to the works of physicians or poets, that my adversaries 2252 98 | occasionally use a Greek word picked up from his mother, he neither 2253 14 | So far superior to all pictorial art in respect of truthful 2254 38 | you will notice some rare pieces of knowledge and names but 2255 14 | stone or tint with encaustic pigments or colour with paint, in 2256 96 | into Pudentilla's house and pillaging her goods than Pontianus 2257 63 | neatly the tiny pair of pinions project about his brows, 2258 32 | whoever acquires a sloop is a pirate, whoever acquires a crowbar 2259 83 | as if from a bottomless pit. ~ 2260 26 | powers, to the danger of a ca pital sentence, how can escort 2261 53 | embittered spirit and the pitiable fury of cantankerous old 2262 85 | the statues of the emperor Pius to accuse his mother of 2263 77 | be expected of one of her placid disposition, and to make 2264 73 | offered me, but a woman of plain appearance nd the mother 2265 10 | in his verse, when it was Plania who ruled his heart. For 2266 54 | carried sprigs of some sacred plant. The day will fail me if 2267 18 | offerings borne in an earthen platter. If the judges sitting to 2268 30 | that will have some show of plausibility! For of what use for the 2269 97 | bringing his old artillery into play: I refer to his daughter. 2270 34 | attempted to acquire these playthings of the sea, these tiny trifles 2271 90 | utmost justice put in such a plea for myself, but I waive 2272 33 | but fai led, matchless pleader that he is, owing to his 2273 48 | of lit igants are called pleaders of causes, because they 2274 92 | s dowry you can, when it pleases you and if you desire to 2275 14 | that there is nothing more pleasing for a man to look upon than 2276 74 | himself a wife, broke his pledged word and suddenly changed 2277 42 | lantern and only a few accom plices as witnesses, and there 2278 73 | many pressing entreaties he plied me, never ceasing until 2279 16 | and sometimes leave your plough to marvel at the numberless 2280 23 | to expend three days in ploughing single-handed, with the 2281 88 | standing crops, on the fruitful ploughland, or she should lie beneath 2282 30 | from scaly backs; not to be plucked from the fields of earth, 2283 100| desert you when you were plunged in grief and mourning, and 2284 29 | payment of the fishermen to ply their usual trade, to wit, 2285 28 | even though it be in their po wer to deny it. ~I will 2286 37 | as insane if an old man's poetry displeased them. At that 2287 41 | would have accused me of poisonin g as well! As a matter of 2288 6 | suitable that he should~Polish his teeth and ruddy gums,~ 2289 10 | slave-boy of his friend Pollio in one of his light pastoral 2290 72 | which I regard them. There Pont ianus came to see me; for 2291 9 | poets there were Aedituus, Porcius, and Catulus, with countless 2292 7 | soul's antechamber, the portal of speech, and the gathering 2293 85 | you, like some frightful portent, old in sin but young in 2294 61 | careful dove-tailing of minute portions of the tablets he succeeded 2295 15 | of mankind which welcomes portraiture both in sculpture and painting. 2296 31 | Neptune, with Salacia and Portumnus and all the company of Ne 2297 24 | maintenance of the dignity of my posit ion. Why do I mention this? 2298 87 | And how did they secure poss ession of that letter which 2299 43 | powers holding a position and possessing a character midway between 2300 85 | Cannot you conceive the possibility that she should show any 2301 24 | my father attained to the post of duumvir and became the 2302 73 | consent to the very briefest postponement to such time as he himself 2303 42 | indicate to him where a pot containing a certain portion 2304 18 | were on account of their pove rty enriched by the gift 2305 8 | his teeth with oriental powders: he would be better employed 2306 26 | they acknowledge to be so powerful. For it is impossible to 2307 75 | was needy, ill-clad and pr otected by the very depth 2308 95 | impartially and without envy. For practically all the different excellencies 2309 78 | confessed th at my magical practices had made her lose her reason 2310 15 | art of speakin g, always practised pleading before a mirror 2311 9 | when you indicted me for practising the black art? ~And yet 2312 96 | and whose disposition he praises so warmly in his letter? 2313 54 | Have you breathed silent prayers to heaven in some temple? 2314 26 | sentence, how can escort or precaution or watchmen save him from 2315 26 | dangers we may take adequate precautions. He who summons a murderer 2316 54 | you to inquire. ~If this precedent is followed, if there is 2317 15 | We must either follow the precept of the Lacedaemonian Agesilaus, 2318 13 | of offending against the precepts put by Ennius into the mouth 2319 61 | The particular god and the precise material I left to his choice, 2320 68 | grandfather -- for Amicus predecease d his father -- and were 2321 43 | kind of slumber, it may predict the future. ~But howsoever 2322 3 | important case, heard before the Prefect of the city. Just as a good 2323 75 | from a number of persons, preferre d to keep their money at 2324 15 | is there any reason for preferring to see one's portrait moulded 2325 56 | and this is the name he prefers -- called Mezentius, because 2326 57 | enough to satisfy the most prejudiced of men and, as far as the 2327 1 | his advocates of malice prepense attacked me with slanderous 2328 45 | that he had a fit in my prese nce? Why, I myself admit 2329 34 | when what he has to say presents not the slightest difficulty, 2330 73 | the subject, with how many pressing entreaties he plied me, 2331 29 | because I paid to get them? I presume, if I had wanted them for 2332 48 | To instruct you would be presumption. ~ 2333 35 | of the objects which you pretended that I sought to acquire. 2334 92 | arrogant temper and his pretentious beggary. He is poor and 2335 70 | determination. She told him pretty fully about the state of 2336 60 | took place. I might have prevented the transaction by denouncing 2337 65 | this with the purpose of preventing men from venturing to build 2338 76 | mockery. Cast off by her previous lover, she brought to her 2339 15 | that so those of them that prided themselves on their appearan 2340 26 | words of Zalmoxis or the priestly lore. of Zoroaster? ~But 2341 26 | of the first elements of princely instruction, nor do they 2342 25 | education of their young princes? I remember the very words 2343 29 | vegetables, fruit and brea d. The principles laid down by you would involve 2344 16 | What is the cause of the prismatic colours of the rainbow, 2345 81 | O subtlety worthy of the prison and the stocks! Who could 2346 58 | Aemilianus! T here is no probability in the story, unless indeed 2347 53 | congratulated on this method of procedure. Your accusation reveals 2348 15 | surf ace from which they proceeded in such manner that the 2349 47 | alternatives: either the proceeding to which I admitted so many 2350 7 | greatest of poets says, proceeds from `the barrier of our 2351 61 | rarest wood by some secret process for purposes of the black 2352 17 | thrice led th e triumphal procession through the same gate of 2353 84 | above all, published and proclaimed abroad by her own son? But 2354 82 | kept opening the letter and proclaiming, `Apuleius is a sorcerer! 2355 85 | as to read aloud in the proconsular court, before a man of such 2356 94 | Avitus, the term of his proconsulate having neariy expired, was 2357 97 | I might follow this by produ cing similar letters from 2358 63 | did you not insist on my producing it in court? Was it that 2359 14 | craftsmanly smoothness and productive splendour of the mirror. ~ 2360 24 | cabbages of Phlius. For those products of the soil are wonderfully 2361 55 | hidden at home, safe from all profane touch and the object of 2362 34 | him that, though he openly professes the study of eloquence, 2363 3 | practice on the part of professional accusers to let out the 2364 15 | mirror as though before a professor of rhetoric? When that supreme 2365 93 | what could have been more profitable to me in my attempt to make 2366 99 | writing her will, I had a prolonged struggle to prevent her 2367 29 | 29] ~I will now, as I promised, take Aemilianus' ravings 2368 48 | You assert also that by promising to heal her I inveigled 2369 93 | fact I did all I could to promote, to restore and foster quiet 2370 66 | certainly no lofty ambition that prompts him to accuse me, ambition 2371 42 | in the very spot where I pronounced the charm, and on being 2372 49 | proportions or moves from its proper place. The second cause 2373 31 | possess any valuable magical properties. For being a man of abnormal 2374 10 | Perilla for that of Metella, Propertius for concealing the name 2375 42 | that the boy uttered many prophecies. ~For this we know is the 2376 97 | him in. They, I am told, prophesied truly -- would they had 2377 49 | these clements assumes undue proportions or moves from its proper 2378 30 | the sea, unless indeed you propose to bring forward in support 2379 80 | her long widowhood, the proposed remedy for her ill health, 2380 66 | brought me the reverse of prosperity and, but for the fact that 2381 10 | license of a satiric poet, for prostituting to the public gaze the boys 2382 31 | in the works of Homer did Proteus anoint his face nor Ulysses 2383 2 | will to be genuine and duly proven, he continued -- such was 2384 23 | occasion going so far as to provide dowries for their daughters. 2385 43 | worthy and fair shrine may be provided for the divine indwelling 2386 25 | the business of the whole province. Cease, I say, to bring 2387 91 | will see that both in my provision for the future and in my 2388 29 | if it be decided that all provisions for which money is given 2389 49 | dense humours is the last provocative of sickness. ~ 2390 7 | to the feet, is in close proximity to their food and to the 2391 85 | Vilest of creatures, do you pry into your mother's heart 2392 10 | name Hostia beneath the pseudonym of Cynthia, and Tibullus 2393 38 | lepidôta, pholidôta, dermo ptera, steganopoda, monèrè, sunagelastika -- 2394 83 | but rather listen to them; Pu dentilla never accused Apuleius 2395 11 | open acknowledgement and publication a sign that the writer is 2396 18 | wealth of the state; if Publicola, who drove out the Kings, 2397 66 | to accuse Aulus Albucius, Publius Sulpicius to accuse Cnaeus 2398 93 | concessions I extorted from Pude ntilla with difficulty and 2399 87 | not read the letter which Pudentil la wrote in Greek altogether 2400 84 | magic drugs or incantations? Pudentill a, therefore, not only denied 2401 18 | counsels are beneficent, she puffs no man up with pride, she 2402 98 | speaks any language save Punic, and though he may occasionally 2403 85 | free; he is too young to punish, yet old enough to do injury. 2404 99 | so undutiful a step-son punished. It was this anxiety above 2405 21 | and make unusually small purchaches of food? ~Yet however scanty 2406 32 | similar other scents are purchased solely for the purpose of 2407 27 | marriage to my wife, my purchases of fish? ~ 2408 63 | be entrusted to hands as pure and pious as yours. See 2409 27 | suspicion attache d to the `purifications' of Empedocles, the `demon' 2410 34 | He also with that lofty puritanism which characterizes him, 2411 22 | to the king, the cloak of purple to the general , the cowl 2412 39 | and the fat sea-skull the purple-fish, the little murex too, mice 2413 40 | not to win money for his purse, but to give assistance 2414 55 | the course I have already pursued. I will acknowledge what 2415 12 | and wins her lovers to the pursuit of virtue by revealing to 2416 29 | involve the starvation of all purveyors of dainties. Who will ever 2417 8 | charcoal from some funeral pyre. Least of all should he 2418 17 | Sabines, the Samnites, and Pyrrhus had fewer slaves than triumphs? 2419 16 | I am not naturally of a qu arrelsome disposition, and 2420 74 | have possessed a single quality that should distinguish 2421 32 | substances or in too large quantities. Who would endure it if 2422 15 | audience? The man who is quar relling over the boundaries 2423 74 | attitude, this deliberate quarrel with his mother, must not 2424 102| same son with whom she had quarrelled, rather than myself to whom 2425 2 | induced to come to close quarters, but actually defies your 2426 99 | refused to accede to my re quest, and begged her to grant 2427 10 | my soul, why point to questing beasts their prize? ~'Twas 2428 43 | s mind when wakened may quickly apply itself to its inherent 2429 93 | promote, to restore and foster quiet and harmony and family affection, 2430 19 | win most praise who live quietly and in moderate comfort, 2431 47 | though they had been created quindecimvirs for the performance of sacrifice! 2432 88 | ancient Romans also, such as Quintius, Serranus and many others, 2433 54 | leave; invent what you like, rack your memory and your imagination 2434 78 | such wild and ungovernable rage that in the presence of 2435 16 | prismatic colours of the rainbow, or of the appearance in 2436 10 | the work of an infamous rake: verses about garlands and 2437 30 | in a more serious poem.~Rank herbs are sought, with milky 2438 91 | attributed to me, inferring my rapacity from their own. You will 2439 61 | had ordered out of this rarer and more durable material: 2440 40 | research, since in spite of its rarity and most remarkable characteristics 2441 1 | vulg ar abuse; for the old rascal is notorious for his unscrupulous 2442 26 | Do you hear, you who so rashly accuse the art of magic? 2443 1 | the consequences o f his rashness. ~ 2444 88 | restrain myself for fear of g ratifying you by my praise of country 2445 50 | sickness does outrage to the rational part of the soul, which 2446 75 | all this money has been ravenously devoured by this glutton 2447 28 | all the anger, frenzy, and raving madness that he has shown 2448 29 | promised, take Aemilianus' ravings one by one, beginning with 2449 41 | to the fact that it was raw. You would not regard it 2450 66 | Antonius to accuse Cnaeus Ca rbo, Caius Mucius to accuse 2451 69 | her to be mine by my exe rcise of the black art; that I 2452 53 | unprotected by seal or co rd. Quite natural, was it not? 2453 67 | resolutely set her face against re-marriage, but was seduced by my incantations. 2454 94 | I would gladly read and re-read the letter of that excellent 2455 25 | Maximus: ~When the boy has reached the age of fourteen he is 2456 60 | the task with all the more readiness because he was certain that 2457 19 | in appearance only but in reality? ~ 2458 21 | swift in his paces, no one reb ukes him for the poverty 2459 78 | the country and by way of rebuke wrote him the notorious 2460 15 | the philosopher when he rebukes the vices of mankind? The 2461 82 | 82] ~The mother was rebuking her son because, after extolling 2462 25 | divine philosopher. Let me recall them to your memory, Maximus: ~ 2463 62 | repeat it. Moreover, it receives exact confirmation from 2464 71 | cannot deny. For Pontianus on receiving his mother's letter hastily 2465 | recent 2466 95 | pleasure you listen to the recital of the virtues which you 2467 89 | consuls since her birth to be reckoned . If I am not mistaken, 2468 66 | not say, hates sin, but recognizes it when he sees it. ~ 2469 30 | purpose. He, as far as I recollect, mentions soft garlands 2470 93 | was angry and reluctant. I reconciled the mother with her sons, 2471 61 | accusation in due order and reconstructing the whole fabric of their 2472 55 | made the same boast and recounted the number of the mysteries 2473 79 | deeds instead of having recourse to the mere words of another? ~ 2474 60 | connives, would be sure to recover from Crassus a large proportion 2475 73 | us. Meanwhile I gradually recovered my health. At the instance 2476 51 | disease leaves small hope of recovery. Indeed Aristotle has left 2477 94 | characterizes him for having so soon rectified his error and entrusted 2478 35 | For my part when they utte red these charges of theirs, 2479 17 | such poverty. It would have redou nded to my credit, for I 2480 9 | part.~Ah! Doubt not! With redoubled spite~though fire on fire 2481 21 | desirous of still further reducing them, since the leas I have 2482 9 | breathe thy soul into the reed; ¡! ~then shall my songs 2483 59 | trembling hands, his breath reeking of the cook-shop. He has 2484 57 | say, that there from his reeking-tavern he espied, with eye keen 2485 97 | old artillery into play: I refer to his daughter. He thrusts 2486 87 | in Greek altogether too refined for his comprehension, found 2487 2 | difficulty that Lollius Urb icus refrained from making him suffer for 2488 1 | and to seek for some safe refuge from the consequences o 2489 102| miraculous. That she should refund her dowry to her sons rather 2490 32 | have given my reasons for refusing to believe that magicians 2491 92 | young man, who, whether as reg ards appearance, character 2492 64 | Platonic school has explored regions higher than heaven itself 2493 18 | Roman people; if Atilius Regulus, whose lands on account 2494 31 | and all the company of Ne reids from the cold tides of the 2495 45 | no reason why we should reject his sworn evidence, but 2496 90 | that a charge should be rejected or believed is the fact 2497 56 | possible that, thanks to his rejection of things divine, he may 2498 20 | that no man is poor who rejects the superfluous and has 2499 96 | by his mother; Pontianus rejoiced with the utmost sincerity 2500 74 | pass by what I have now to relate. I freely forgave Pontianus 2501 87 | after what I have just related to you, his mother married 2502 42 | remember reading various relations of the kind in t he philosopher 2503 23 | by the frequent deaths of relatives, deaths to which, far m