Bucolica, Georgica, et AeneisDavid H. Williams, 1842 - 600 pages |
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... body of a man , the horns and legs of a goat . 35. quid - Amyntas , what efforts did not Amyntas make . 36-7 . Est - Fistula , ' I have a shepherd's pipe , formed of seven hemlock stalks of unequal length firmly joined together : ' dono ...
... body of a man , the horns and legs of a goat . 35. quid - Amyntas , what efforts did not Amyntas make . 36-7 . Est - Fistula , ' I have a shepherd's pipe , formed of seven hemlock stalks of unequal length firmly joined together : ' dono ...
Page 363
... body of her son , called upon the gods and the cruel stars . The critics , who are always search- ing for allegory , will have it , that the poet alludes to Julius Cæsar under the character of Daphnis ; but I can find nothing in the ...
... body of her son , called upon the gods and the cruel stars . The critics , who are always search- ing for allegory , will have it , that the poet alludes to Julius Cæsar under the character of Daphnis ; but I can find nothing in the ...
Page 376
... body , a retiring disposition , and a lively sensibility for the beauties of inanimate nature , urged him to the task , no less than his patriotic feelings and the special request of Maecenas . Many of the beautiful episodes , with ...
... body , a retiring disposition , and a lively sensibility for the beauties of inanimate nature , urged him to the task , no less than his patriotic feelings and the special request of Maecenas . Many of the beautiful episodes , with ...
Page 377
... body of the work , will be separately noticed hereafter . These digressions contribute not a little to the excellence of a work , with which the author himself was so much pleased , that he willingly rested upon it his hopes of ...
... body of the work , will be separately noticed hereafter . These digressions contribute not a little to the excellence of a work , with which the author himself was so much pleased , that he willingly rested upon it his hopes of ...
Page 386
... body of Ceyx , the son of Lucifer , who had perished by shipwreck , was brought to his wife Halcyone , in her grief she threw herself into the sea . The compassionate gods changed them both into king - fishers , and their love ...
... body of Ceyx , the son of Lucifer , who had perished by shipwreck , was brought to his wife Halcyone , in her grief she threw herself into the sea . The compassionate gods changed them both into king - fishers , and their love ...
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Page 14 - O mihi turn 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.
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Page 202 - Sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur Cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus Umbris ; Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, 895 Sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
Page 88 - Trojae tristisque ruinas solabar, fatis contraria fata rependens ; nunc eadem fortuna viros tot casibus actos 240 insequitur : quem das finem, rex magne, laborum? Antenor potuit, mediis elapsus Achivis, Illyricos penetrare sinus, atque intima tutus regna Liburnorum, et fontem superare Timavi, unde per ora novem vasto cum murmure montis 245 it mare proruptum et pelago premit arva sonanti...
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Page 212 - His ubi nequiquam dictis experta Latinum contra stare videt, penitusque in viscera lapsum serpentis furiale malum, totamque pererrat, 375 tum vero infelix, ingentibus excita monstris, immensam sine more furit lymphata per urbem: ceu quondam torto volitans sub verbere turbo, quem pueri magno in gyro vacua atria circum intenti ludo exercent; ille actus habena 380 curvatis fertur spatiis; stupet inscia supra impubesque manus, mirata volubile buxum; dant animos plagae.
Page 326 - Postquam acies videt Iliacas, atque agmina Turni, Alitis in parvae subitam collecta figuram, Quae quondam in bustis aut culminibus desertis Nocte sedens, serum canit importuna per umbras ; Hanc versa in faciem, Turni se pestis ob ora 865 Fertque refertque sonans, clipeumque everberat alis.
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