(Vol. viii., p. 195.)
I send, as a pendant to MR. WEIR'S lines from Juvenal, the following
extract from Cicero:
"Sed in ea es urbe, in qua haec, vel plura, et ornatiora, _parietes ipsi
loqui_ posse videantur."--Cic. _Epist._, 1. vi. 3.: Torquato, Pearce's
12mo. edition.
Most, if not all, of the readers of "N. & Q." are I believe, pleased by
having their attention drawn to parallel passages in which a similarity of
idea or thought is found. Let us adopt for conciseness the term "parallel
passages" (frequently used in "N. & Q."), as embracing every kind of
similarity. Contributions of such passages to "N. & Q." would form a very
interesting collection. I should be particularly pleased by a full
collection of parallel passages from the Scriptures and ancient and modern
literature, and especially Shakspeare. (See MR. BUCKTON'S "Shakspearian
Parallels," _ante_, p. 240.)
To prevent sending passages that have been inserted in "N. & Q.," every
note should refer to the note immediately preceding. I send the following
parallel passages with some hesitation, because I have not my volumes of
"N. & Q." at hand, to ascertain whether they have already appeared, and
because they are probably familiar to your readers. I do not, however, send
them as novelties, but as a contribution to the collection which I wish to
see made:
"[Greek: Apo de tou me echontos kai ho echei arthesetai ap'
autou.]"--_Matt._ xxv. 29., _Luke_ xix. 26.
"Nil habuit Codrus. Quis enim hoc negat? et tamen illud
Perdidit infelix totum nihil."--_Juvenal_, I. iii. 208.
The rich man says:
"[Greek: Psuche, echeis polla agatha keimena eis ete polla; anapauou,
phage, pie, euphrainou]."--_Luke_ xii. 19.
"Lo, this is the man that took not God for his strength but trusted
unto the multitude of his riches."--_Ps._ lii. 8.
"For he hath said in his heart, Tush, I shall never be cast down there
shall no harm happen unto me."--_Ps._ x. 6., &c. (See _Obadiah_ v. 3.:
"Who shall bring me down to the ground?")
So Niobe boasts:
"Felix sum, quis enim hoc neget? felixque manebo.
Hoc quoque quis dubitet? tutam me copia fecit.
Major sum quam cui possit Fortuna nocere."--Ovid, _Met._ VI. 194.
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"[Greek: Ti de blepeis to karphos to en toi ophthalmoi tou adelphou
sou, ten de en toi soi ophthalmoi dokon ou katanoeis]."--_Matt._ vii.
3.
"Cum tua pervideas oculis mala lippus inunctis,
Cur in amicorum vitiis tam cernis acutum,
Quam aut aquila, aut serpens Epidaurius?"--Hor. _Serm._ I. iii. 25.
"[Greek: He nux proekopsen, he de hemera engiken]."--_Rom._ xiii. 12.
"[Greek: All' iomen; mala gar nux anetai, enguthi d' eos]."--Hom.
_Iliad_, x. 251.