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Page iv
... their want of beauty , but because a didactic poem is not so well fitted to interest the young as a nar- rative or a dialogue . But there are some passages in the Georgics which universal consent points out as among the finest efforts ...
... their want of beauty , but because a didactic poem is not so well fitted to interest the young as a nar- rative or a dialogue . But there are some passages in the Georgics which universal consent points out as among the finest efforts ...
Page vi
... their son a liberal education . This , according to the traditions regarding him , preserved by Donatus , was carried on at Cremona , Mediolanum ( Milan ) , and afterwards at Neapolis ( Naples ) . It has been conjectured that Virgil ...
... their son a liberal education . This , according to the traditions regarding him , preserved by Donatus , was carried on at Cremona , Mediolanum ( Milan ) , and afterwards at Neapolis ( Naples ) . It has been conjectured that Virgil ...
Page viii
... their influence pro- cured for him the consulship , and the outlawry of the conspirators , of course including D. Brutus , who was betrayed by his officers and slain - Antony and his followers being freed from a sentence of outlawry ...
... their influence pro- cured for him the consulship , and the outlawry of the conspirators , of course including D. Brutus , who was betrayed by his officers and slain - Antony and his followers being freed from a sentence of outlawry ...
Page ix
... their share . Those despoiled by the latter fled in turn to Octavianus , who at first was not unwilling to court the popular favour by protecting them . But he found that , after all , the army was his great support ; and he finally ...
... their share . Those despoiled by the latter fled in turn to Octavianus , who at first was not unwilling to court the popular favour by protecting them . But he found that , after all , the army was his great support ; and he finally ...
Page x
... their favour did not protect our poet from the violence of the soldiery . The lands about Cremona , which had , from favouring the conspirators , rendered itself obnoxious to the veterans of Caesar , did not suffice , and Mantua ...
... their favour did not protect our poet from the violence of the soldiery . The lands about Cremona , which had , from favouring the conspirators , rendered itself obnoxious to the veterans of Caesar , did not suffice , and Mantua ...
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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.