P. Vergili Maronis Opera, Volume 2Whittaker & Company, 1876 - Agriculture |
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Page viii
... present volume where a word has been introduced from the dictum of a critic without some ancient authority , it will be found , I think , to be in a case which , to a transcriber , was really a case of spelling , such as ' Cyclopius ...
... present volume where a word has been introduced from the dictum of a critic without some ancient authority , it will be found , I think , to be in a case which , to a transcriber , was really a case of spelling , such as ' Cyclopius ...
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... present state of classical studies we shall probably have to wait long before any one will think it worth while to qualify himself for writing a detailed history of the text of Virgil . say In reporting MS . readings I have in general ...
... present state of classical studies we shall probably have to wait long before any one will think it worth while to qualify himself for writing a detailed history of the text of Virgil . say In reporting MS . readings I have in general ...
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... present volume almost wholly to the notes on the First Book , which we originally composed together in 1853 : and even they have since been so completely recast that it would be difficult now to point to any part of them as specially ...
... present volume almost wholly to the notes on the First Book , which we originally composed together in 1853 : and even they have since been so completely recast that it would be difficult now to point to any part of them as specially ...
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... present we must be content to admit that , as regards the execution of the poem , at any rate , our conceptions of what is required fall infinitely short of Virgil's own ; and that though we may hope , in some measure , to appreciate ...
... present we must be content to admit that , as regards the execution of the poem , at any rate , our conceptions of what is required fall infinitely short of Virgil's own ; and that though we may hope , in some measure , to appreciate ...
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... present to the minds of those who quoted ' arma ' by itself as war . Tastes may differ as to the rival commencements , on which see Henry in loco , and on 2. 247 ; but it may be sug- gested that Virg . would scarcely in his first ...
... present to the minds of those who quoted ' arma ' by itself as war . Tastes may differ as to the rival commencements , on which see Henry in loco , and on 2. 247 ; but it may be sug- gested that Virg . would scarcely in his first ...
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Achilles Aeneas Aeneid aequora Aesch aether Anchises animi Apoll Apollo appears arma Ascanius atque auras caelum Carthage Catull Cerda circum comp Creusa cursus Dardanus Deiphobus Dict Dido Dido's Donatus doubtless Edition Ennius epithet explained expression fata favour Fcap foll Forb Forc fragm give gods Gossrau Greek haec Heins Helenus hendiadys Henry Heyne Heyne remarks hinc Homeric imitated inter ipse Juno litora Livy Lucr lumina manu meaning mentioned mihi Mnestheus moenia natural notion numine nunc omnis parallel passage pater perhaps Pierius poet poetical Priam Priscian probably quae quam quid quod quoted reading reference Ribbeck rightly Roman says seems sense Serv Sibyl story suppose terra thinks tibi tion Troia Trojans Troy Ulysses urbem Venus Virg Virg.'s Virgil viri Wagn words Wund δὲ καὶ τε
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Page 439 - Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno : noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis ; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est.
Page 136 - Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Page 456 - Ibant obscuri sola sub nocte per umbram, Perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna : Quale per incertam lunam sub luce maligna Est iter in silvis, ubi caelum condidit umbra luppiter, et rebus nox abstulit atra colorem.
Page 177 - Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? DoCT. Do you mark that? LADY M. The thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? What, will these hands ne'er be clean? No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that: you mar all with this starting.
Page 313 - Nox erat et placidum carpebant fessa soporem corpora per terras, silvaeque et saeva quierant aequora, cum medio volvuntur sidera lapsu, cum tacet omnis ager, pecudes pictaeque volucres, quaeque lacus late liquidos quaeque aspera dumis rura tenent, somno positae sub nocte silenti.
Page 202 - Accipiet reduces. Antiquam exquirite matrem. Hie domus Aeneae cunctis dominabitur oris, Et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.