The ... book of Virgil's Æneid, with a vocabulary ed. by J.T. White. (White's grammar sch. texts). 1st (-6th, 8th, 10th, 11th), Book 2

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Page 17 - Vestibulum ante ipsum primoque in limine Pyrrhus exsultat, telis et luce coruscus ae'na ; 470 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 22 - Hie, ubi disjectas moles avulsaque saxis Saxa vides mixtoque undantem pulvere fumum, Neptunus muros magnoque emota tridenti 610 Fundamenta quatit totamque a sedibus urbem Emit. Hie Juno Scaeas saevissima portas Prima tenet, sociumque furens a navibus agmen Ferro accincta vocat.
Page 11 - Heu fuge, nate dea, teque his, ait, eripe flammis. hostis habet muros ; ruit alto a culmine Troja.
Page 8 - ... agmine certo Laocoonta petunt ; et primum parva duorum corpora natorum serpens amplexus uterque implicat, et miseros morsu depascitur artus ; 215 post ipsum, auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem, corripiunt, spirisque ligant ingentibus ; et jam bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Page 4 - Cuneta equidem tibi, rex, fuerit quodcumque, fatebor Vera, inquit ; neque me Argolica de gente negabo : Hoc primum ; nec, si miserum Fortuna Sinonem Finxit, vanum etiam mendacemque improba finget.
Page 2 - Praecipitare jubent subjectisque urere flammis, Aut terebrare cavas uteri et tentare latebras. Scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus.
Page 1 - Et quorum pars magna fui. Quis talia fando Myrmidonum Dolopumve aut duri miles Ulixi Temperet a lacrimis ! et iam nox umida caelo Praecipitat, suadentque cadentia sidera somnos.
Page 17 - I was on a visit, happening to be mowing, on the 6th of that month, by the side of a canal, his scythe struck too deep, pared off a large piece of turf, and laid open to view a curious scene of domestic economy : — -Ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram : Apparet domus intus, et atria longa patescunt : Apparent penetralia.
Page 37 - Stratagem, device, artifice [either akin to &p-w, "to join," and so, " a joining "; or fr. ar-o, " to plough," and so, "a ploughing," as the earliest and most important act of skill].
Page 19 - At tibi pro scelere, exclamat, pro talibus ausis, Di (si qua est cœlo pietas quae talia curet) Persolvant grates dignas, et praemia reddant Debita, qui nati coram me cernere letum Fecisti, et patrios fœdasti funere vultus ! At non ille , satum quo te mentiris , Achilles Talis in hoste fuit Priamo ; sed jura fidemque Supplicis erubuit, corpusque exsangue sepulcro Reddidit Hectoreum, meque in mea regna remisit.

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