Bucolica, Georgica, et AeneisDavid H. Williams, 1842 - 600 pages |
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Page 365
... fire had been brought together in the great void . 34. tener , ' soft , yielding , because just formed . เ 35-6 . Tum cœperit , ' then how the ground began to harden , and to throw off the water into the ocean cavities . Nereus , the ...
... fire had been brought together in the great void . 34. tener , ' soft , yielding , because just formed . เ 35-6 . Tum cœperit , ' then how the ground began to harden , and to throw off the water into the ocean cavities . Nereus , the ...
Page 371
... fire , so may Daphnis be affected by our love ; that is , may he be softened into love for me , and then confirmed in his affection . In much later times , the superstitious have attempted to affect the lives or feelings of absent ...
... fire , so may Daphnis be affected by our love ; that is , may he be softened into love for me , and then confirmed in his affection . In much later times , the superstitious have attempted to affect the lives or feelings of absent ...
Page 380
... fire , but concealed it , so that art and industry were requisite for obtaining it . 133. That experience by frequent thinking might strike out various arts . The diction is very pregnant and forcible . 136. The art of navigation was ...
... fire , but concealed it , so that art and industry were requisite for obtaining it . 133. That experience by frequent thinking might strike out various arts . The diction is very pregnant and forcible . 136. The art of navigation was ...
Page 382
... fire . 178-9 . Above all , the threshing - floor is to be made level with a large rolling stone , to be worked over by hand , and consolidated with binding chalk . The ancients made their threshing - floors in the open air . " - 180 ...
... fire . 178-9 . Above all , the threshing - floor is to be made level with a large rolling stone , to be worked over by hand , and consolidated with binding chalk . The ancients made their threshing - floors in the open air . " - 180 ...
Page 384
... fire , is put for the fire itself . A pleasant picture is here presented of the interior of a cottage on a winter's eve . 297. Ceres , ' grain : medio æstu , ' at mid - day , when the heat is greatest . 299-300 . Ploughing and sowing ...
... fire , is put for the fire itself . A pleasant picture is here presented of the interior of a cottage on a winter's eve . 297. Ceres , ' grain : medio æstu , ' at mid - day , when the heat is greatest . 299-300 . Ploughing and sowing ...
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