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Page v
... Here a farm is still called Virgiliana , which is said to have been that possessed by the poet ; but the features of the country in the neighbourhood , which is low and unpicturesque , do not bear out the hints which we can gather from ...
... Here a farm is still called Virgiliana , which is said to have been that possessed by the poet ; but the features of the country in the neighbourhood , which is low and unpicturesque , do not bear out the hints which we can gather from ...
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... here was different . We can hardly doubt that the poet was self - directed to his theme , and that the suggestion was his own , but encouraged and fostered by Maecenas . There seems little doubt that the Georgics were completed in B. C. ...
... here was different . We can hardly doubt that the poet was self - directed to his theme , and that the suggestion was his own , but encouraged and fostered by Maecenas . There seems little doubt that the Georgics were completed in B. C. ...
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... here . Cluverius first raised doubts on the subject , for universal tradition , so far back as it can be traced up to Petrarch , is in its favour ; and Cluverius was followed by Addison ( Remarks on Italy , p . 138 ) . Holdsworth ...
... here . Cluverius first raised doubts on the subject , for universal tradition , so far back as it can be traced up to Petrarch , is in its favour ; and Cluverius was followed by Addison ( Remarks on Italy , p . 138 ) . Holdsworth ...
Page xix
... here and there of rural life , we find little to imbue us with a shepherd's feelings or habits of thinking , even in their poetised state . And the avowed transfer- ence of Syracusan song to northern Italy leads to a mingling up of ...
... here and there of rural life , we find little to imbue us with a shepherd's feelings or habits of thinking , even in their poetised state . And the avowed transfer- ence of Syracusan song to northern Italy leads to a mingling up of ...
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... been found by experience that most of his rules may be put in practice even here to advantage . ' The dangers to which 1 See especially the fourth Eclogue . the poet was exposed were , that either by treating XX INTRODUCTION .
... been found by experience that most of his rules may be put in practice even here to advantage . ' The dangers to which 1 See especially the fourth Eclogue . the poet was exposed were , that either by treating XX INTRODUCTION .
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Page 39 - O mihi tarn longae maneat pars ultima vitae, Spiritus et, quantum sat erit tua dicere facta : Non me carminibus vincet nee Thracius Orpheus, 55 Nee Linus, huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo.
Page 204 - Charybdis 420 obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus rursusque sub auras erigit alternos, et sidera verberat unda.
Page 447 - Hic Venus, indigno nati concussa dolore, dictamnum genetrix Cretaea carpit ab Ida, puberibus caulem foliis et flore comantem purpureo ; non illa feris incognita capris gramina, cum tergo volucres haesere sagittae...
Page 41 - Apollo. grandia saepe quibus mandavimus hordea sulcis, infelix lolium et steriles nascuntur avenae ; pro molli viola, pro purpureo narcisso carduus et spinis surgit paliurus acutis. spargite humum foliis, inducite fontibus umbras, 40 pastores ; mandat fieri sibi talia Daphnis ; et tumulum facite, et tumulo super addite carmen : ' Daphnis ego in silvis, hinc usque ad sidera notus, formosi pecoris custos, formosior ipse.
Page 396 - Nescia mens hominum fati sortisque futurae et servare modum, rebus sublata secundis ! Turno tempus erit, magno cum optaverit emptum intactum Pallanta et cum spolia ista diemque oderit.
Page 447 - Disce, puer, virtutem ex me verumque laborem, 435 fortunam ex aliis. Nunc te mea dextera bello defensum dabit et magna inter praemia ducet. Tu facito, mox cum matura adoleverit aetas, sis memor, et te animo repetentem exempla tuorum et pater Aeneas et avunculus excitet Hector.
Page 304 - Heu, miserande puer, si qua fata aspera rumpas — tu Marcellus eris. Manibus date lilia plenis purpureos spargam flores animamque nepotis his saltern accumulem donis, et fungar inani 885 munere.
Page 272 - Veneris monumenta nefandae ; hie labor ille domus et inextricabilis error ; magnum reginae sed enim miseratus amorem Daedalus, ipse dolos tecti ambagesque resolvit, caeca regens filo vestigia. Tu quoque magnam 30 partem opere in tanto, sineret dolor, Icare, haberes.
Page 343 - ... primus ab aetherio venit Saturnus Olympo arma lovis fugiens et regnis exsul ademptis. 320 is genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis composuit legesque dedit, Latiumque vocari maluit, his quoniam latuisset tutus in oris.
Page 238 - Ulta virum, poenas inimico a fratre recepi: „Felix, heu nimium felix, si litora tantum „Numquam Dardaniae tetigissent nostra carinae ! " Dixit et, os impressa toro, „Moriemur inultae; „Sed moriamur ! " ait : „sic, sic iuvat ire sub umbras.