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... representative writer Virgil a great representative of his country and age of the idea of Rome 22 " " 99 of the sentiment of Italy ✓ " " 29 " " " " " " " " xiii PAGE 74 74 74 75 77-87 78 79 80 81 83 • 84 85 86 of the political feeling ...
... representative writer Virgil a great representative of his country and age of the idea of Rome 22 " " 99 of the sentiment of Italy ✓ " " 29 " " " " " " " " xiii PAGE 74 74 74 75 77-87 78 79 80 81 83 • 84 85 86 of the political feeling ...
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... REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY 261-279 The Georgics an original work of Latin genius 261 • Technical value of the poem as an exposition of Italian hus- bandry 263 Relation of the illustrative matter to the cultivated Italian mind 266 Feeling ...
... REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY 261-279 The Georgics an original work of Latin genius 261 • Technical value of the poem as an exposition of Italian hus- bandry 263 Relation of the illustrative matter to the cultivated Italian mind 266 Feeling ...
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... Representative character of the Annals of Ennius Later annalistic and panegyrical poems New type of Roman epic introduced by Varro Atacinus Type of historical epic rejected in the maturity of Roman art CHAPTER IX . FORM AND SUBJECT OF ...
... Representative character of the Annals of Ennius Later annalistic and panegyrical poems New type of Roman epic introduced by Varro Atacinus Type of historical epic rejected in the maturity of Roman art CHAPTER IX . FORM AND SUBJECT OF ...
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... representative of Italy , of the ' Senatus Popu- lusque Romanus ' against the motley hosts of the East , arrayed under the standards of Antony and his Egyptian queen : - Hinc Augustus agens Italos in proelia Caesar Cum Patribus ...
... representative of Italy , of the ' Senatus Popu- lusque Romanus ' against the motley hosts of the East , arrayed under the standards of Antony and his Egyptian queen : - Hinc Augustus agens Italos in proelia Caesar Cum Patribus ...
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... representative and vicegerent of omnipotence 1 . 6 Some further light is thrown on this subject by considering the manifestation of this same spirit in other forms of the art of that age . The famous statue of the Emperor , found re ...
... representative and vicegerent of omnipotence 1 . 6 Some further light is thrown on this subject by considering the manifestation of this same spirit in other forms of the art of that age . The famous statue of the Emperor , found re ...
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Page 170 - ... 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 170 - 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 347 - Eridani per silvam volvitur amnis. hie manus ob patriam pugnando volnera passi, 660 quique sacerdotes casti, dum vita manebat, quique pii vates et Phoebo digna locuti, inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes, quique sui memores alios fecere merendo ; omnibus his nivea cinguntur tempora vitta.
Page 150 - Saepibus in nostris parvam te roscida mala (dux ego vester eram) vidi cum matre legentem. alter ab undecimo tum me iam acceperat annus; iam fragilis poteram ab terra contingere ramos. 40 ut vidi ut perii, ut me malus abstulit error.
Page 372 - Ille nihil ; nee me quaerentem vana moratur : Sed graviter gemitus imo de pectore ducens, ' Heu ! fuge, nate dea, teque his, ' ait,
Page 331 - 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.
Page 408 - 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 415 - 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 10 - Hinc Augustus agens Italos in proelia Caesar cum patribus populoque, Penatibus et magnis dis...
Page 260 - Roma, septemque una sibi muro circumdedit arces. 535 ante etiam sceptrum Dictaei regis, et ante impia quam caesis gens est epulata iuvencis, aureus hanc vitam in terris Saturnus agebat.