Miscellanea Virgiliana, in scriptis maxime eruditorum virorum varie dispersa, in unum fasciculum collectaPhilip Wentworth Buckham W.P. Grant, 1825 - 308 pages |
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... thing in it which may throw a " stronger light on it , I am obliged for it to a very par- " ticular friend of mine , Mr. Holdsworth , author of the 66 6 Muscipula , ' & c . , who has travelled often into Italy , " and who ( I believe ) ...
... thing in it which may throw a " stronger light on it , I am obliged for it to a very par- " ticular friend of mine , Mr. Holdsworth , author of the 66 6 Muscipula , ' & c . , who has travelled often into Italy , " and who ( I believe ) ...
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... thing but the name , their King . This monarchical form of government must naturally be apt to displease the people . Virgil seems to have laid the plan of poem to reconcile them to it . He takes advantage of this religious turn , and ...
... thing but the name , their King . This monarchical form of government must naturally be apt to displease the people . Virgil seems to have laid the plan of poem to reconcile them to it . He takes advantage of this religious turn , and ...
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... thing that is said ought to be of the greatest weight . 66 66 What he proposes is , " to sing the great hero who came from Troy , by " the order of Heaven , to settle in Italy ; the difficulties he underwent " in his voyage ; and the ...
... thing that is said ought to be of the greatest weight . 66 66 What he proposes is , " to sing the great hero who came from Troy , by " the order of Heaven , to settle in Italy ; the difficulties he underwent " in his voyage ; and the ...
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... thing more than an engine of state ) it may fairly enough be considered as a work merely po- litical . If this was the case , Virgil was not so highly encou- raged by Augustus and Maecenas for nothing . To speak a little more plainly ...
... thing more than an engine of state ) it may fairly enough be considered as a work merely po- litical . If this was the case , Virgil was not so highly encou- raged by Augustus and Maecenas for nothing . To speak a little more plainly ...
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... things aright . Whatever he borrowed , he had the skill of making his own , by weaving it so well into his work , that it looks all of a piece ; even those parts of his poem , where this may be most practised , resembling a fine piece ...
... things aright . Whatever he borrowed , he had the skill of making his own , by weaving it so well into his work , that it looks all of a piece ; even those parts of his poem , where this may be most practised , resembling a fine piece ...
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Aeneas Aeneid antient apibus appears arva atque Augustus autem Autonoë Averni Caesar called Ceres circum Columella Creüsa Cumae deinde describes Dido ejus enim epithet erat etiam expresses fable genus Georgics gives haec haud Hell hero hiems Hinc Homer illa illi initiated inter ipsa ipse Italy Itaque Ixion likewise Lucan magno manner manu maximè means mentions mihi Mysteries neque nomen nunc observes omnes omnia orbes Ovid passage pater pingui Plin Pliny poem Poet primum Proserpine Pytheas quae quam quibus Quid quidem quod quoque Roman Ruaeus saepe says Servius shew sibi Sibyl signify Silius Silius Italicus sint sort speaking Statius Strabo sunt suppose tamen tells terrâ terrae Theseus thing tibi ulmos umbras unda usque Varro verse VIII Virgil Virgilius vocant word δὲ ἐν καὶ τὸν
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Page 265 - Spiritus intus alit: totamque infusa per artus ' Mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet ' Inde hominum pecudumque genus vitaeque volantum ' Et quae marmoreo fert monstra sub aequore pontus.
Page 287 - Qualis ubi in lucem coluber, mala gramina pastus, Frigida sub terra tumidum quem bruma tegebat, Nunc, positis novus exuviis, nitidusque juventa, Lubrica convolvit sublato pectore terga, Arduus ad solem, et linguis micat ore trisulcis.
Page 267 - Latini, et quo quemque modo fugiatque feratque laborem. sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
Page 222 - Nunc age, Dardaniam prolem quae deinde sequatur Gloria, qui maneant Itala de gente nepotes, Illustres animas nostrumque in nomen ituras, Expediam dictis, et ,te tua fata docebo.
Page 7 - Quam quibus in patriam ventosa per aequora vectis Pontus et ostriferi fauces tentantur Abydi.
Page 164 - Romulus excipiet gentem, et Mavortia condet moenia, Romanosque suo de nomine dicet. his ego nec metas rerum nec tempora pono ; imperium sine fine dedi.
Page 221 - ... suscipit Anchises atque ordine singula pandit. 'principio caelum ac terras camposque liquentes lucentemque globum Lunae Titaniaque astra Spiritus intus alit, .totamque infusa per artus mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet.
Page 35 - Ter sunt conati imponere Pelio Ossam scilicet, atque Ossae frondosum involvere Olympum; ter pater exstructos disiecit fulmine montes.
Page 189 - Trojanum orditur ab ovo ; Semper ad eventum festinat et in medias res Non secus ac notas auditorem rapit, et quae Desperat tractata nitescere posse relinquit ; 150 Atque ita mentitur, sic veris falsa remiscet, Primo ne medium, medio ne discrepet imum.
Page 49 - ... moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam : usque ego postera Crescam laude recens dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita virgine pontifex. Dicar qua violens obstrepit Aufidus Et qua pauper aquae Daunus agrestium Regnavit populorum, ex humili potens, Princeps Aeolium carmen ad Italos Deduxisse modos. Sume superbiam Quaesitam meritis et mihi Delphica Lauro cinge volens, Melpomene, comam.