A Modern Virgilian: A Memorial Lecture to Monsignor Ronald Knox Delivered to the Virgil SocietyVirgil Society, 1959 - 16 pages |
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... civilised attitude to Saturday afternoon ; and if we had wanted him in our midst , we should have had to meet in Aylesbury or Tunbridge Wells . So I think it likely that many of you never set eyes on Ronald Knox and never heard the ...
... civilised attitude to Saturday afternoon ; and if we had wanted him in our midst , we should have had to meet in Aylesbury or Tunbridge Wells . So I think it likely that many of you never set eyes on Ronald Knox and never heard the ...
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... civilisation . Virgil was pre - eminently the poet of civilisation . His cities are organised as soon as they are founded , and when Aeneas gets to Italy and has subdued its native tribes , he must not only give them walls - he must ...
... civilisation . Virgil was pre - eminently the poet of civilisation . His cities are organised as soon as they are founded , and when Aeneas gets to Italy and has subdued its native tribes , he must not only give them walls - he must ...
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Aeneas goes Aeneid amplum mittimur Elysium Anchises Ascanius Augustan peace Augustus Bede bello clari Book Caesar Christian humanist civilisation Cleopatra community of contemplative Conington Deiphobus delivered by Ronald desert Dido simply divine doctrine of Purgatory Elysium et pauci Euryalus exinde per amplum fata Fate founded his line fuge fuit hae sine sorte Heaven Hegel Hell Homer Iliad Iulus Juppiter knew Knox replied laeta arva tenemus Lausus LECTURE to Monsignor lectures on Virgil Libyae Limbo Marcellus meaning of pietas Memorial Lecture Mezentius Minos MODERN VIRGILIAN mortal mortal sin Nec vero hae Newman Nisus optimistic poem Palinurus patriam pauci laeta arva peaceful epic Penates pius Plato poet Priam Purgatory quid re-incarnation reached Elysium reminded ROBERT SPEAIGHT Rome Ronald Knox delivered Rutilians says Knox sine sorte datae souls spes surgentis Iuli surely sympathy Tartarus tell things Troy Turnus understand Virgil vero hae sine Virgil delivered Virgil Society Virgil's eschatology