Persius
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Department spokesman John Pepin says at-risk insects living in the sprayed areas include the Mitchell’s satyr, the Silphium borer moth and Persius duskywing butterfly.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2019
Persius, indeed, professes to follow him, but Juvenal seems a closer imitator of his manner.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
Here was profligate, card-playing, snobbish, vapoured Society, quite recovered of its whipping and, by candletime, setting out to perform, just those very actions Persius most bitterly abuses.
From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton
Persius addresses it to his friend Plotius Macrinus, congratulating him upon the returning anniversary of his birthday.
From Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman by Miller, Frank Justus
He published, in conjunction with Congreve, Creech, and others, a translation of Juvenal, and one of Persius entirely by himself.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
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