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... Roman Poets of the Republic , our language is singularly deficient in sketches of the history of clas- sical literature . Here , as elsewhere , I have written rather for learners than for scholars : I have sought to popularize what ...
... Roman Poets of the Republic , our language is singularly deficient in sketches of the history of clas- sical literature . Here , as elsewhere , I have written rather for learners than for scholars : I have sought to popularize what ...
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... Roman Hus- bandry ; " but my knowledge has , I fear , not been always sufficient to enable me to use them with effect . The grammar to which I have most frequently referred is Madvig's ; the lexicon , For- cellini's . The life of Virgil ...
... Roman Hus- bandry ; " but my knowledge has , I fear , not been always sufficient to enable me to use them with effect . The grammar to which I have most frequently referred is Madvig's ; the lexicon , For- cellini's . The life of Virgil ...
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... ROMAN BIOGRAPHY AND MYTHOLOGY . ) P. VIRGILIUS , or VERGILIUS MARO , was born on the 15th of October , B.C. 70 , in the first consulship of Cn . Pompeius Magnus and M. Licinius Crassus , at Andes , a small village near Mantua in ...
... ROMAN BIOGRAPHY AND MYTHOLOGY . ) P. VIRGILIUS , or VERGILIUS MARO , was born on the 15th of October , B.C. 70 , in the first consulship of Cn . Pompeius Magnus and M. Licinius Crassus , at Andes , a small village near Mantua in ...
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... Roman civitas by filling a magistratus in their own cities . The Roman civitas was not given to the Transpadani till B.C. 49. Virgil therefore was not a Roman citizen by birth , and he was above twenty years of age before the civitas ...
... Roman civitas by filling a magistratus in their own cities . The Roman civitas was not given to the Transpadani till B.C. 49. Virgil therefore was not a Roman citizen by birth , and he was above twenty years of age before the civitas ...
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... which every Roman had a share ; and his works became school - books , even before the death of Augustus , and continued such for centuries after . CONTENTS . PREFACE . LIFE OF VIRGIL INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF VIRGIL . xxi.
... which every Roman had a share ; and his works became school - books , even before the death of Augustus , and continued such for centuries after . CONTENTS . PREFACE . LIFE OF VIRGIL INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF VIRGIL . xxi.
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Page 297 - Libyae, quid pascua versu prosequar et raris habitata mapalia tectis? 340 saepe diem noctemque et totum ex ordine mensem pascitur itque pecus longa in deserta sine ullis hospitiis: tantum campi iacet. omnia secum armentarius Afer agit, tectumque laremque armaque Amyclaeumque canem Cressamque pharetram...
Page 55 - PR 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.
Page 62 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 270 - Olympiacae miratus praemia palmae pascit equos, seu quis fortis ad aratra iuvencos, 50 corpora praecipue matrum legat. optima torvae forma bovis, cui turpe caput, cui plurima cervix, et crurum tenus a mento palearia pendent ; tum longo nullus lateri modus ; omnia magna, pes etiam; et camuris hirtae sub cornibus aures.
Page 262 - 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. necdum etiam audierant inflari classica, necdum impositos duris crepitare incudibus enses.
Page 377 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 377 - Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs, and Nature gave a second groan; Sky lowered, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...
Page 154 - Caesar, terrarumque velis curam, et te maximus orbis auctorem frugum tempestatumque potentem accipiat, cingens materna tempora myrto; an deus immensi venias maris ac tua nautae numina sola colant, tibi serviat ultima Thule...
Page 195 - Scylla capillo : quacumque illa levem fugiens secat aethera pennis, ecce inimicus atrox magno stridore per auras insequitur Nisus ; qua se fert Nisus ad auras, ilia levem fugiens raptim secat aethera pennis.
Page 313 - ... concidit et mixtum spumis vomit ore cruorem extremosque ciet gemitus. it tristis arator maerentem abiungens fraterna morte iuvencum, atque opere in medio defixa relinquit aratra.