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... ' ; and in examining the order in which the Eclogues were composed , I have adopted the opinions ex- pressed in Ribbeck's Prolegomena . I have also derived some PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION suggestions from the notes in.
... ' ; and in examining the order in which the Eclogues were composed , I have adopted the opinions ex- pressed in Ribbeck's Prolegomena . I have also derived some PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION suggestions from the notes in.
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... ECLOGUES . I. The Eclogues examined in the order of their composition 130-152 Character of the Eclogues indicated by expressions used in them Order and time of their composition Imitative character of the second and third The fifth ...
... ECLOGUES . I. The Eclogues examined in the order of their composition 130-152 Character of the Eclogues indicated by expressions used in them Order and time of their composition Imitative character of the second and third The fifth ...
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... Eclogues Inferiority of the Eclogues in truth and vividness of repre- sentation . • · Allusive personal references in the Eclogues Mythological and geographical allusions The sentiment of Nature in the Eclogues The love of home and of ...
... Eclogues Inferiority of the Eclogues in truth and vividness of repre- sentation . • · Allusive personal references in the Eclogues Mythological and geographical allusions The sentiment of Nature in the Eclogues The love of home and of ...
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... Eclogues of his being the first and apparently the only one who inspired in Virgil that affection , partly of the heart , partly of the imagination , which fascinates and attaches the finer nature of the poet to the stronger or bolder ...
... Eclogues of his being the first and apparently the only one who inspired in Virgil that affection , partly of the heart , partly of the imagination , which fascinates and attaches the finer nature of the poet to the stronger or bolder ...
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... Eclogues and Georgics , but it was regarded as a work of higher inspiration . The criticism which Virgil by implication applies to his earlier works , in the use of such expressions as ' ludere quae vellem , ' ' carmina qui lusi ...
... Eclogues and Georgics , but it was regarded as a work of higher inspiration . The criticism which Virgil by implication applies to his earlier works , in the use of such expressions as ' ludere quae vellem , ' ' carmina qui lusi ...
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Page 164 - ... hinc tibi quae semper vicino ab limite saepes Hyblaeis apibus florem depasta salicti saepe levi somnum suadebit inire susurro hinc alta sub rupe canet frondator ad auras nee tamen interea raucae tua cura palumbes nee gemere aeria cessabit turtur ab ulmo.
Page 247 - Tam multae scelerum facies; non ullus aratro Dignus honos; squalent abductis arva colonis, Et curvae rigidum falces conflantur in ensem. Hinc movet Euphrates, illinc Germania bellum ; Vicinae ruptis inter se legibus urbes 510 Arma ferunt ; saevit toto Mars impius orbe : Ut cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia, et frustra retinacula tendens Fertur equis auriga, neque audit currus habenas.
Page 164 - PR o mihi tum 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 400 - Fly hence, our contact fear: Still fly, plunge deeper in the bowering wood! Averse, as Dido did with gesture stern From her false friend's approach in Hades turn, Wave us away, and keep thy solitude!
Page 366 - Heu fuge, nate dea, teque his" ait "eripe flammis. Hostis habet muros, ruit alto a culmine Troia.
Page 407 - Turnus vertitur arma tenens, et toto vertice supra est; ceu septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus 30 per tacitum Ganges, aut pingui flumine Nilus cum refluit campis et iam se condidit alveo.
Page 346 - Oceano, famam qui terminet astris, lulius, a magno demissum nomen lulo. Hunc tu olim caelo spoliis Orientis onustum accipies secura; vocabitur hie quoque votis.
Page 4 - Hinc Augustus agens Italos in proelia Caesar cum patribus populoque, Penatibus et magnis dis...
Page 320 - His ego nee metas rerum nee tempora pono ; imperium sine fine dedi.
Page 325 - En, qui nostra sibi bello connubia poscunt ! Quis deus Italiam, quae vos dementia adegit ? Non hic Atridae, nec fandi fictor Ulixes. Durum a stirpe genus natos ad flumina primum Deferimus saevoque gelu duramus et undis ; Venatu invigilant pueri, silvasque fatigant ; Flectere ludus equos et spicula tendere cornu. At patiens operum parvoque adsueta iuventus Aut rastris terram domat, aut quatit oppida bello.