The Fourth Book of Virgil's Aeneid: On the Loves of Dido and Aeneas |
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... Rome . Observations on Aeneid VIII . The Death of Turnus . Aeneid XII . By J. SARGEAUNT , M.A. Observations on The Trees , Shrubs , and Plants of Virgil . By CHARLES J. BILLSON , M.A. The Aeneid of Virgil . Translated into English Verse ...
... Rome . Observations on Aeneid VIII . The Death of Turnus . Aeneid XII . By J. SARGEAUNT , M.A. Observations on The Trees , Shrubs , and Plants of Virgil . By CHARLES J. BILLSON , M.A. The Aeneid of Virgil . Translated into English Verse ...
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... Rome is bound to suffer , and Dido is unquestionably the enemy of Rome . She is ruined because she comes between Aeneas and Heaven's will for him . Lastly , Virgil has made a right understanding harder for us by the depth of his own ...
... Rome is bound to suffer , and Dido is unquestionably the enemy of Rome . She is ruined because she comes between Aeneas and Heaven's will for him . Lastly , Virgil has made a right understanding harder for us by the depth of his own ...
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... Rome was not worth the founding at such a cost . Yet even while we feel so , our reason sits in the wind against us . Mr. Glover speaks truth when he asserts that if our sympathies are with Dido , our judgment is with Aeneas ; 1 and the ...
... Rome was not worth the founding at such a cost . Yet even while we feel so , our reason sits in the wind against us . Mr. Glover speaks truth when he asserts that if our sympathies are with Dido , our judgment is with Aeneas ; 1 and the ...
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... Rome . It is the triumph , by Heaven's aid , of pietas over selfish indulgence . In writing these notes I have consulted throughout the three commentators on whom Warde Fowler fused to rely - Servius , Henry , and Page . Beyond these I ...
... Rome . It is the triumph , by Heaven's aid , of pietas over selfish indulgence . In writing these notes I have consulted throughout the three commentators on whom Warde Fowler fused to rely - Servius , Henry , and Page . Beyond these I ...
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... Rome is due . ' This having said , Cyllenius vanish'd quite From mortal eyes , and back to Heaven flew . Aeneas at the vision shakes with fright , His tongue cleaves to his jaws , his hair stands bolt upright . He is on fire to go , and ...
... Rome is due . ' This having said , Cyllenius vanish'd quite From mortal eyes , and back to Heaven flew . Aeneas at the vision shakes with fright , His tongue cleaves to his jaws , his hair stands bolt upright . He is on fire to go , and ...
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1817 LIBRARIES Aeneid Agathyrsi amor animum Anna Ascanius atque auras caelum caput Carthage Catullus Cerda CHIGAN Classical Review Conington curas Cynthus Dardanus death dictis DIDO AND AENEAS Dido's divum doth Dryopes Ennius epithet eyes Fama fame Fanshawe fata Fates Fourth Book Georgics gives Glover gods haec Heaven Henry hinc Iarbas illa inter ipsa ipse Italiam Iulus iussa Jove Juno lacrimas Libyae lines litora LOVES OF DIDO lumina Lyciae Mackail MICHIGAN mihi moenia morte night numina nunc omnis Ovid Oxford passage pectore Pentheus poet primum Professor quae quam queen quid quis quod quote reader regina Roman Rome Sargeaunt says seems Servius sidera Sir James Frazer sister somnos soror speech sword Sychaeus tantum tears terras thee things thou tibi translation Trojans Tyre Tyrian Tyrii umbras UNIVE unto urbem urbes Venus Virgil Virgilian viri volnus Warde Fowler words
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Page 48 - I, sequere Italiam ventis; pete regna per undas. 'Spero equidem mediis, si quid pia numina possunt, 'Supplicia hausurum scopulis, et nomine Dido 'Saepe vocaturum.
Page 48 - Nee tibi diva parens, generis nee Dardanus auctor, Perfide ; sed duris genuit te cautibus horrens Caucasus, Hyrcanaeque admorunt ubera tigres.
Page 22 - ... uritur infelix Dido totaque vagatur urbe furens qualis coniecta cerva sagitta, quam procul incautam nemora inter Cresia fixit 70 pastor agens telis liquitque volatile ferrum nescius, illa fuga silvas saltusque peragrat Dictaeos, haeret lateri letalis harundo.
Page 82 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Page 32 - ... illam Terra parens ira inritata deorum extremam, ut perhibent, Coeo Enceladoque sororem progenuit pedibus celerem et pernicibus alis, 180 monstrum horrendum, ingens, cui quot sunt corpore plumae, tot vigiles oculi subter (mirabile dictu), tot linguae, totidem ora sonant, tot subrigit auris.
Page 44 - Saltern si qua mihi de te suscepta fuisset ante fugam suboles, si quis mihi parvulus aula luderet Aeneas, qui te tamen ore referret, 330 non equidem omnino capta ac deserta viderer.
Page 50 - Ñeque te teneo neque dicta refello : 380 i, sequere Italiam ventis, pete regna per undas. Spero equidem mediis, si quid pia numina possunt, supplicia hausurum scopulis et nomine Dido saepe vocaturum. Sequar atris ignibus absens, et, cum frigida mors anima seduxerit artus, 385 omnibus umbra locis adero. Dabis, improbe, poenas. Audiam, et haec manes veniet mihi fama sub imos.
Page 32 - Extemplo Libyae magnas it Fama per urbes, Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum : mobilitate viget virisque adquirit eundo, parva metu primo, mox sese attollit in auras ingrediturque solo et caput inter nubila condit.
Page 70 - Elissae, 610 accipite haec, meritumque malis advertite numen, et nostras audite preces. Si tangere portus infandum caput ac terris adnare necesse est, et sic fata lovis poscunt, hie terminus haeret : at bello audacis populi vexatus et armis, 615 finibus extorris, complexu avulsus luli, auxilium imploret, videatque indigna suorum funera ; nee, cum se sub leges pacis iniquae tradiderit, regno aut optata luce fruatur, sed cadat ante diem, mediaque inhumatus arena.
Page 62 - Quaeque lacus late liquidos, quaeque aspera dumis Rura tenent, somno positae sub nocte silenti...