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In my former volume I was thought , I believe , to have disparaged unduly Virgil ' s
claim to originality : I may now be considered to be taking the opposite side , in
vindicating his right to be criticized independently of Homer . Both views are , I ...
In my former volume I was thought , I believe , to have disparaged unduly Virgil ' s
claim to originality : I may now be considered to be taking the opposite side , in
vindicating his right to be criticized independently of Homer . Both views are , I ...
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... anachronism and an impossibility , to attribute to him a thought which is
inconsistent with the whole tenor of his writings , and must have been alien to the
entire current of sentiment among his contemporaries , whether admiring or
adverse .
... anachronism and an impossibility , to attribute to him a thought which is
inconsistent with the whole tenor of his writings , and must have been alien to the
entire current of sentiment among his contemporaries , whether admiring or
adverse .
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... thoughts of hatred and vengeance could hardly fail to be uppermost in his mind
; and he may well have needed a supernatural interposition to teach him to
distinguish between the authors of so terrible a ruin and its wretched instrument .
... thoughts of hatred and vengeance could hardly fail to be uppermost in his mind
; and he may well have needed a supernatural interposition to teach him to
distinguish between the authors of so terrible a ruin and its wretched instrument .
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We follow Turnus through the few remaining stages of helpless effort , dreamy
bewilderment , and final overthrow , feeling that till he is dead we can spare no
thoughts for the conqueror and the fruits of his victory . All this , I repeat , is simply
the ...
We follow Turnus through the few remaining stages of helpless effort , dreamy
bewilderment , and final overthrow , feeling that till he is dead we can spare no
thoughts for the conqueror and the fruits of his victory . All this , I repeat , is simply
the ...
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Virgil may have had actual precedents , in history or fiction , for the characters of
Dido , Amata , Juturna , and Camilla ; but even if he had not , his recollections of
Greek art must have been amply sufficient both to suggest the thought and to ...
Virgil may have had actual precedents , in history or fiction , for the characters of
Dido , Amata , Juturna , and Camilla ; but even if he had not , his recollections of
Greek art must have been amply sufficient both to suggest the thought and to ...
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Page 437 - 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 454 - 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 175 - 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 311 - 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 200 - Accipiet reduces. Antiquam exquirite matrem. Hie domus Aeneae cunctis dominabitur oris, Et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.
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| Title | P. Vergili Maronis opera: The first six books of the Aeneid Biblioteca classica Bibliotheca classica. Ed. by George Long Volume 2 of P. Vergili Maronis opera, Publius Vergilius Maro Volume 2 of P. Vergili Maronis opera: The works of Virgil, Henry Nettleship |
| Author | Virgil |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Whittaker & Company, 1876 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Apr 2008 |
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