Notes of a Twelve Years' Voyage of Discovery in the First Six Books of the EneisMeinhold and Sons, 1853 - 586 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 49
Page 7
... actually perform its mission . Compare “ Nunc age , Dardaniam prolem quae deinde sequatur Gloria , qui maneant Itala de gente nepotes . " En . VI . 756 . where the single Roman people is indicated by the double expression : " Dardaniam ...
... actually perform its mission . Compare “ Nunc age , Dardaniam prolem quae deinde sequatur Gloria , qui maneant Itala de gente nepotes . " En . VI . 756 . where the single Roman people is indicated by the double expression : " Dardaniam ...
Page 18
... actually holding his sceptre in his hand , but invested with regal power , in possession of the supreme authority , as ( STAT . Theb . I. 140 ) : " ut sceptra tenentem " Fœdere præcipiti semper novus angeret hæres . " also ( OVID . Ex ...
... actually holding his sceptre in his hand , but invested with regal power , in possession of the supreme authority , as ( STAT . Theb . I. 140 ) : " ut sceptra tenentem " Fœdere præcipiti semper novus angeret hæres . " also ( OVID . Ex ...
Page 27
... actually broken into , I reply , that in this case , as in so many others , either there were more versions of the story than one , or Virgil's better judgment taught him not to adhere too closely to what was absurd or preposterous in ...
... actually broken into , I reply , that in this case , as in so many others , either there were more versions of the story than one , or Virgil's better judgment taught him not to adhere too closely to what was absurd or preposterous in ...
Page 36
... actually overwhelming ; as fully shown by the manner in which the thought is carried out : HI SUMMO IN FLUCTU PENDENT , HIS UNDA DEHISCENS ; where there is a transition from the single ship of Eneas , and the single mountain wave ...
... actually overwhelming ; as fully shown by the manner in which the thought is carried out : HI SUMMO IN FLUCTU PENDENT , HIS UNDA DEHISCENS ; where there is a transition from the single ship of Eneas , and the single mountain wave ...
Page 74
... actually considering , in the double light of a frons terræ and a frons scena . The idea contained in frons is wholly omitted both by Voss and Caro : " Grad ' entgegen gewandt ist eine gewölbete Felskluft ; " " D ' incontro è di gran ...
... actually considering , in the double light of a frons terræ and a frons scena . The idea contained in frons is wholly omitted both by Voss and Caro : " Grad ' entgegen gewandt ist eine gewölbete Felskluft ; " " D ' incontro è di gran ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Alfieri Anchises ARMA ATQUE auras Bersmann Burmann CAELUM caput Cerda clause Comm commentators Compare Creusa Daniel Heinsius Dido Dido's Dresden Eneas Eneas's Eneis enim Epist erat etiam exactly express FATA FATO FERRO fluctus Foggini Forbiger Gudian HAEC Heinsius Heroid Heyne HINC ILLA instar inter interpretation IPSE Juno Jupiter Ladewig Leipzig littora LUMINA manu meaning Medicean Metam mihi Modena neque numen numine NUNC object observe omnes OVID Pallas passage pater PELAGO Petrarchian Pierius PLIN poet poetical quae quam quod quoted reader reading Roman sciz secondly sense sentence Servius SIDERA similar Sinon SINUS STAT Statius sunt tamen TANTUM temple term terra Theb Thirdly tibi Timavus trabes Trojans Troy UMBRAS UMBRIS UNDA venti verb VERO vers verse VIAM VIII Virg Virgil VIRUM Voss Wagner whole winds words δε
Popular passages
Page 9 - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs: She swore, in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful...
Page 37 - She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers...
Page 27 - Jovemque concilias, tu das epulis accumbere divom, nimborumque facis tempestatumque potentem.' 80 Haec ubi dicta, cavum conversa cuspide montem impulit in latus : ac venti, velut agmine facto, qua data porta, ruunt et terras turbine perflant...
Page 37 - Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers: dost thou flow. Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress.
Page 50 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Page 102 - Notre chair change bientôt de nature : notre corps prend un autre nom; même celui de cadavre, dit Tertullien, parce qu'il nous montre encore quelque forme humaine, ne lui demeure pas longtemps : il devient un je ne sais quoi, qui n'a plus de nom dans aucune langue...
Page 5 - Dat tecto ingentem, mox aere lapsa quieto Radit iter liquidum, celeres neque commovet alas : Sic Mnestheus, sic ipsa fuga secat ultima Pristis Aequora, sic illam fert impetus ipse volantem.
Page 28 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 87 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing...
Page 69 - Within a long recess there lies a bay, An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride, Broke by the jutting land on either side: In double streams the briny waters glide. Betwixt two rows of rocks, a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green...