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... sense ; while , at the same time , Virgil's sense was unyielding , would not be forced to meet the measure . In this dilemma , I determined at last to change my hand , and to vary the measure to alter my rythm according to the ...
... sense ; while , at the same time , Virgil's sense was unyielding , would not be forced to meet the measure . In this dilemma , I determined at last to change my hand , and to vary the measure to alter my rythm according to the ...
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... sense seems to have been perceived by Voss in his translation : " Waffen ertönt mein Gesang ; " and by Spenser in his imitation quoted above : " For trumpets sterne to chaunge mine oaten reeds . " TROJE QUI PRIMUS AB ORIS ITALIAM FATO ...
... sense seems to have been perceived by Voss in his translation : " Waffen ertönt mein Gesang ; " and by Spenser in his imitation quoted above : " For trumpets sterne to chaunge mine oaten reeds . " TROJE QUI PRIMUS AB ORIS ITALIAM FATO ...
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... sense assigned to it in such interpretation ) , but simply that they were driven onward , or toward Latium , by the fates , ( ACTI FATIS ) ; while at the same time they were driven backward , or from Latium , by Juno , ( ARCEBAT LONGE ...
... sense assigned to it in such interpretation ) , but simply that they were driven onward , or toward Latium , by the fates , ( ACTI FATIS ) ; while at the same time they were driven backward , or from Latium , by Juno , ( ARCEBAT LONGE ...
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... sense with the preceding IMPERIO PREMIT AC VINCLIS ET CARCERE FRÆNAT , as if Virgil had said , Premens imperio suo , et frænans vinclis et carcere , mollit animos , & c . And accordingly we are told ( verse 62 ) , NI FACIAT , unless ...
... sense with the preceding IMPERIO PREMIT AC VINCLIS ET CARCERE FRÆNAT , as if Virgil had said , Premens imperio suo , et frænans vinclis et carcere , mollit animos , & c . And accordingly we are told ( verse 62 ) , NI FACIAT , unless ...
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... sense . The Italians , indeed , designate a place kept locked , or secured by claustra , chiostri ( cloisters ) ; but such appli- cation of the term seems to have been unknown to the classic writers . Therefore , CIRCUM CLAUSTRA , about ...
... sense . The Italians , indeed , designate a place kept locked , or secured by claustra , chiostri ( cloisters ) ; but such appli- cation of the term seems to have been unknown to the classic writers . Therefore , CIRCUM CLAUSTRA , about ...
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