Virgil's Aeneid, Book 12 |
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... honour as a perfect epic . The " Eneid , " based on Homer's " Iliad , " is great in action , since it represents the mythical story of the founding of the Roman power ; great in its consequences , the future of the Roman world ; and as ...
... honour as a perfect epic . The " Eneid , " based on Homer's " Iliad , " is great in action , since it represents the mythical story of the founding of the Roman power ; great in its consequences , the future of the Roman world ; and as ...
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... honours in part payment . The profit from the work to Dryden himself seems to have been about twelve hundred pounds . A generation later Pope earned very much more by translating Homer . As Dryden would not make friendly advance to King ...
... honours in part payment . The profit from the work to Dryden himself seems to have been about twelve hundred pounds . A generation later Pope earned very much more by translating Homer . As Dryden would not make friendly advance to King ...
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... honours claim : For Tyrian virgins bows and quivers bear , And purple buskins o'er their ankles wear . Know , gentle youth , in Libyan lands you are , A people rude in peace and rough in war . The rising city which from far you see Is ...
... honours claim : For Tyrian virgins bows and quivers bear , And purple buskins o'er their ankles wear . Know , gentle youth , in Libyan lands you are , A people rude in peace and rough in war . The rising city which from far you see Is ...
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... honour , name , and praise shall never die . Whate'er abode my fortune has assigned , Your image shall be present in my mind . " Thus having said , he turned with pious haste , And joyful his expecting friends embraced : With his right ...
... honour , name , and praise shall never die . Whate'er abode my fortune has assigned , Your image shall be present in my mind . " Thus having said , he turned with pious haste , And joyful his expecting friends embraced : With his right ...
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... honour and revenge inspired . Pantheus , Apollo's priest , a sacred name , Had ' scaped the Grecian swords , and passed the flame ; With relics laden to my doors he fled , And by the hand his tender grandson led . ' What hope , O ...
... honour and revenge inspired . Pantheus , Apollo's priest , a sacred name , Had ' scaped the Grecian swords , and passed the flame ; With relics laden to my doors he fled , And by the hand his tender grandson led . ' What hope , O ...
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Æneas aloft altars Anchises arms Ascanius Ausonian bear behold blood bore breast Carthage chief clouds coast command coursers Creusa cries crowned dare dart death descends Dido dire divine Euryalus eyes falchion fame fatal fate father Faunus fear field fierce fight fire flames flies flood foes force fortune friends fury ghost goddess gods grace Grecian ground hand haste head heaven hero holy honour Jove Juno Juturna king labour lance land Latian Latium Lausus limbs Messapus Mezentius mighty mind Mnestheus mortal night o'er oars Pallas peace Phrygian pious plain Priam prince purple pursue Queen race rage rest rising rites rolling Rutulians sacred shades shield shining shore shun side sight sire skies slain soul sound spear stand steeds stood sword Tarchon temples thee thou Thracian thrice throne thunder towers town train trembling Trojan troops Troy Turnus Tuscan Tyrian unhappy Virgil vows walls winds wood wound youth