The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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Page 39
Virgil. From its youth up in the woods the elm is bent by main force and trained into a beam , taking the form of the crooked plough ; to suit this a pole is shaped , stretching eight feet in length with two earth - boards , and a share ...
Virgil. From its youth up in the woods the elm is bent by main force and trained into a beam , taking the form of the crooked plough ; to suit this a pole is shaped , stretching eight feet in length with two earth - boards , and a share ...
Page 40
... force the care of a whole year's losses on a reluctant soil . Many have begun ere the setting of Maia ; but they have found their expected crop mock them with a show of empty corn - ears . But if you are for sowing vetches and cheap ...
... force the care of a whole year's losses on a reluctant soil . Many have begun ere the setting of Maia ; but they have found their expected crop mock them with a show of empty corn - ears . But if you are for sowing vetches and cheap ...
Page 44
... Then summon all your rustic force to worship Ceres ; to pleasure her , mix the honeycomb with milk , and the wine - god's mellow juice , and thrice let the auspicious victim be led round the young corn , with the 44 . THE GEORGICS .
... Then summon all your rustic force to worship Ceres ; to pleasure her , mix the honeycomb with milk , and the wine - god's mellow juice , and thrice let the auspicious victim be led round the young corn , with the 44 . THE GEORGICS .
Page 52
... forces of nature in the soil . Yet un- fruitful as they are , if grafted with others or transplanted to pits where the earth has been well worked , they will be found to have put off their savage temper , and under constant cultivation ...
... forces of nature in the soil . Yet un- fruitful as they are , if grafted with others or transplanted to pits where the earth has been well worked , they will be found to have put off their savage temper , and under constant cultivation ...
Page 59
... force itself out , and big drops will trickle through the plaits - the taste will tell the tale plainly , warping the mouths of the triers into a frown by the sense of bitterness . Again , the fatness of a soil , to be brief , is ...
... force itself out , and big drops will trickle through the plaits - the taste will tell the tale plainly , warping the mouths of the triers into a frown by the sense of bitterness . Again , the fatness of a soil , to be brief , is ...
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