A Modern Virgilian: A Memorial Lecture to Monsignor Ronald Knox Delivered to the Virgil SocietyVirgil Society, 1959 - 16 pages |
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... better compliment , asks Knox , ' could Virgil pay to Augustus than to remind him that he was the heir of a man who in such circumstances had responded to the call of duty , and the conqueror of one who in the same cir- cumstances had ...
... better compliment , asks Knox , ' could Virgil pay to Augustus than to remind him that he was the heir of a man who in such circumstances had responded to the call of duty , and the conqueror of one who in the same cir- cumstances had ...
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... better man , in the sense that we always thought that Bombardier Wells war better than the man who knocked him out . But it wasn't going to alter the course of civilisation whether Troy was burnt or remained standing . " The moral of ...
... better man , in the sense that we always thought that Bombardier Wells war better than the man who knocked him out . But it wasn't going to alter the course of civilisation whether Troy was burnt or remained standing . " The moral of ...
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... at sixty , and because I am sure that many of us who love our Virgil will now understand him better because Ronald Knox loved and understood him so well . ROBERT SPEAIGHT . VIRGIL SOCIETY President : ROBERT SPEAIGHT , C.B.E. , M.A. 16.
... at sixty , and because I am sure that many of us who love our Virgil will now understand him better because Ronald Knox loved and understood him so well . ROBERT SPEAIGHT . VIRGIL SOCIETY President : ROBERT SPEAIGHT , C.B.E. , M.A. 16.
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