The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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Page 68
... bodies , hard as iron , for a country wrestle . Such were the arts of cultivation practised of old by the Sabines , and by Remus and his brother ; such , in fact , the life in which Etruria grew to strength , and in which Rome has ...
... bodies , hard as iron , for a country wrestle . Such were the arts of cultivation practised of old by the Sabines , and by Remus and his brother ; such , in fact , the life in which Etruria grew to strength , and in which Rome has ...
Page 73
... body quivers , he snorts , and works in his nostrils the gathered fire . His mane is thick , and as he tosses it , rests on his right shoulder . The spine which runs between his loins is hollow ; his hoof goes deep into the ground , and ...
... body quivers , he snorts , and works in his nostrils the gathered fire . His mane is thick , and as he tosses it , rests on his right shoulder . The spine which runs between his loins is hollow ; his hoof goes deep into the ground , and ...
Page 85
... body after shearing with bitter mother - of - oil , and mix scum of silver , and native sulphur , and pitch from Ida ... bodies here and there that the plague bears off , but the whole of a summer's fold all in a moment - the flock of ...
... body after shearing with bitter mother - of - oil , and mix scum of silver , and native sulphur , and pitch from Ida ... bodies here and there that the plague bears off , but the whole of a summer's fold all in a moment - the flock of ...
Page 90
... body of bees issuing at last from their prison towards the sky and all afloat in the clear summer - tide , and wonder at the murky cloud which the wind is swaying to and fro , mark them well ; they always make for fresh water and ...
... body of bees issuing at last from their prison towards the sky and all afloat in the clear summer - tide , and wonder at the murky cloud which the wind is swaying to and fro , mark them well ; they always make for fresh water and ...
Page 91
... bodies of the common- alty ; for one sort are loathly and squalid , like the traveller when he emerges from his bath of dust , and spits the clay from his dry throat , parched and thirsty ; the others shine out and flash resplendently ...
... bodies of the common- alty ; for one sort are loathly and squalid , like the traveller when he emerges from his bath of dust , and spits the clay from his dry throat , parched and thirsty ; the others shine out and flash resplendently ...
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