P. Vergili Maronis Opera: Virgil with an Introduction and NotesClarendon Press, 1892 |
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... subj . ludere , often used , in a half- depreciatory tone , of poetry , as of a mere relaxation ; ' to play as I wished on the rustic pipe : ' cp . G. iv . 565 carmina qui lusi pastorum . • 12 , 13. turbatur , impersonal , ' onward ...
... subj . ludere , often used , in a half- depreciatory tone , of poetry , as of a mere relaxation ; ' to play as I wished on the rustic pipe : ' cp . G. iv . 565 carmina qui lusi pastorum . • 12 , 13. turbatur , impersonal , ' onward ...
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... subj . ' what was I to do ? ' licebat , some such phrase as alio modo must be supplied from alibi in the next line . praesentes , ' powerful , ' lit. ' present , ' a natural meaning of the term as applied to a heathen god : cp . G. i ...
... subj . ' what was I to do ? ' licebat , some such phrase as alio modo must be supplied from alibi in the next line . praesentes , ' powerful , ' lit. ' present , ' a natural meaning of the term as applied to a heathen god : cp . G. i ...
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... subj . ' was he not to hand over ? ' i . e . ' should he not have handed over to me ? ' As imperf . indic . states a fact in past time , the imp . subj . states a supposition or possibility in past time ; the English idiom for which is ...
... subj . ' was he not to hand over ? ' i . e . ' should he not have handed over to me ? ' As imperf . indic . states a fact in past time , the imp . subj . states a supposition or possibility in past time ; the English idiom for which is ...
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... subj . , infin . ) , found in Plautus , old laws , etc. 36. ponam deponam , as 1. 31 . 38 , 39. ' On which some cunning chisel has traced the pliant vine en- twined with clusters that the pale ivy spreads . ' torno , abl . instr ...
... subj . , infin . ) , found in Plautus , old laws , etc. 36. ponam deponam , as 1. 31 . 38 , 39. ' On which some cunning chisel has traced the pliant vine en- twined with clusters that the pale ivy spreads . ' torno , abl . instr ...
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... subjects , not copied from the Greek . Cp . Ecl . viii . 10 where Pollio's tragedies are praised . But it is unnecessary to restrict nova to this precise meaning . qui petat , consecutive subj . , ' such as butts . ' 88-91 . The general ...
... subjects , not copied from the Greek . Cp . Ecl . viii . 10 where Pollio's tragedies are praised . But it is unnecessary to restrict nova to this precise meaning . qui petat , consecutive subj . , ' such as butts . ' 88-91 . The general ...
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Page 338 - But when the warrior dieth, His comrades in the war, With arms reversed and muffled drum, Follow his funeral car ; They show the banners taken, They tell his battles won, And after him lead his masterless steed, While peals the minute gun.
Page 14 - And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw...
Page 319 - Incensed with indignation, Satan stood Unterrified, and like a comet burned, That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In the Arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.
Page 230 - Where now thy might, which all those kings subdued ? No martial myriads muster in thy gate ; No suppliant nations in thy Temple wait ; No prophet bards, thy glittering courts among, Wake the full lyre, and swell the tide of song : But lawless Force, and meagre Want is there, And the quick-darting eye of restless Fear ; While cold Oblivion, 'mid thy ruins laid, Folds his dank wing beneath the ivy shade.
Page 239 - And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 349 - ... at all, it must be sought elsewhere. And, perhaps, if the fancy be permitted, we may imagine that we discern it best in the strange and yearning beauty of the passages which speak of the glorious girlhood of Camilla, the maid unwon; Camilla, whose death a nymph avenges, and whose tale Diana tells; Camilla, whose name leapt first of all to Virgil's lips as he spoke to Dante of their Italy in the underworld.
Page 366 - Glitt'ring lances are the loom, Where the dusky warp we strain, Weaving many a soldier's doom, Orkney's woe and Randver's bane.
Page 135 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Page 117 - Neptune, besides the sway Of every salt flood and each ebbing stream, Took in, by lot 'twixt high and nether Jove, Imperial rule of all the sea-girt Isles...