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Page 99 - THE angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he a while Thought him still speaking, still stood fixed to hear...
Page 263 - In partisque rapit varias perque omnia versat: sicut aquae tremulum labris ubi lumen aenis sole repercussum aut radiantis imagine lunae omnia pervolitat late loca iamque sub auras erigitur summique ferit lacuaria tecti.
Page 335 - Padi devehi possit. nam quod Aeschylus in Iberia, hoc est in Hispania, Eridanum esse dixit eundemque appellari Rhodanum, Euripides rursus et Apollonius in Hadriatico litore confluere Rhodanum et Padum, faciliorem 33 veniam facit ignorati sucini in tanta ignorantia orbis.
Page 381 - Troi'us heros ut primum iuxta stetit adgnovitque per umbras obscuram, qualem primo qui surgere mense aut videt, aut vidisse putat per nubila lunam, demisit lacrimas, dulcique adfatus amore est : 455 ' Infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo venerat exstinctam, ferroque extrema secutam?
Page 301 - Talia dicta dabat; sed viribus ensis adactus Transabiit costas et candida pectora rumpit. 260 Volvitur Euryalus leto, pulchrosque per artus It cruor, inque umeros cervix conlapsa recumbit: Purpureus veluti cum flos succisus aratro Languescit moriens, lassove papavera collo Demisere caput, pluvia cum forte gravantur.
Page 68 - Nomen imago, Aut in umbrosis Heliconis oris Aut super Pindó, gelidove in Haemo? Unde vocalem temeré insecutae Orphea silvae, Arte materna rápidos morantem Fluminum lapsus, celeresque ventos ; Blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus.
Page 154 - 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 ; in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size, Titanian, or Earth-born, that...
Page 113 - Ignipotens caelo descendit ab alto. ferrum exercebant vasto Cyclopes in antro, Brontesque Steropesque et nudus membra Pyracmon.
Page 219 - A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk : the parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire.
Page 247 - AT regina gravi iamdudum saucia cura vulnus alit venis, et caeco carpitur igni. Multa viri virtus animo multusque recursat gentis honos, haerent infixi pectore vultus verbaque, nee placidam membris dat cura quietem.