Opera, Or The Works of Virgil: With Copious Notes, Mythological, Biographical, Etc., in EnglishPratt, Woodford & Company, 1846 - 615 pages |
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... give him a correct idea of the meaning of the author in the more difficult passages ; and by its copious notes upon ancient history , and mythology , will enable him to relish beauties that are now rarely perceived in the early course ...
... give him a correct idea of the meaning of the author in the more difficult passages ; and by its copious notes upon ancient history , and mythology , will enable him to relish beauties that are now rarely perceived in the early course ...
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... give force to this caution , he mentions the case of the ram that had just recovered of a fall from it into the river , and was then drying his fleece . 96. Reice . Imp . of the verb reicio , by syncope for rejicio : drive back . 98 ...
... give force to this caution , he mentions the case of the ram that had just recovered of a fall from it into the river , and was then drying his fleece . 96. Reice . Imp . of the verb reicio , by syncope for rejicio : drive back . 98 ...
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... its excellent pastures . The whole of it was sacred to Pan . See Ecl . ii . 31 . 60. Risu cognoscere , & c . Begin , sweet boy , to know thy mother by her smiles This is the sense which Rumus and some others give 98 P. VIRGILII MARONIS.
... its excellent pastures . The whole of it was sacred to Pan . See Ecl . ii . 31 . 60. Risu cognoscere , & c . Begin , sweet boy , to know thy mother by her smiles This is the sense which Rumus and some others give 98 P. VIRGILII MARONIS.
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... give to risu . But Dr. Trapp takes it otherwise , applying it to the boy . Begin to know and acknowledge thy mother by smiling on her ; as a kind of recompense for the pains she endured for thy sake . 61. Fastidia : qualms , as of a ...
... give to risu . But Dr. Trapp takes it otherwise , applying it to the boy . Begin to know and acknowledge thy mother by smiling on her ; as a kind of recompense for the pains she endured for thy sake . 61. Fastidia : qualms , as of a ...
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... give a livelier idea of the charms of his music , and the melody of his song . 48. Magistrum : the master . It appears from this , that Mopsus had been a pupil of Menalcas , and much esteemed by him . 55 49. Aller ab illo : the next ...
... give a livelier idea of the charms of his music , and the melody of his song . 48. Magistrum : the master . It appears from this , that Mopsus had been a pupil of Menalcas , and much esteemed by him . 55 49. Aller ab illo : the next ...
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Page 43 - Maenalios mecum, mea tibia, versus, saevus Amor docuit natorum sanguine matrem commaculare manus ; crudelis tu quoque, mater : crudelis mater magis, an puer improbus ille? improbus ille puer ; crudelis tu quoque, mater.
Page 358 - At, Phoebi nondum patiens, immanis in antro bacchatur vates, magnum si pectore possit excussisse deum ; tanto magis ille fatigat os rabidum, fera corda domans, fingitque premendo.
Page 154 - Quis et me, inquit, miseram, et te perdidit, Orpheu? Quis tantus furor? en iterum crudelia retro 495 fata vocant, conditque natantia lumina somnus. lamque vale. Feror ingenti circumdata nocte, invalidasque tibi tendens, heu non tua, palmas!
Page 225 - Non sic, aggeribus ruptis cum spumeus amnis Exiit, oppositasque evicit gurgite moles, Fertur in arva furens cumulo, camposque per omnes Cum stabulis armenta trahit.
Page 372 - Troi'us heros ut primum iuxta stetit adgnovitque per umbras obscuram, qualem primo qui surgere mense aut videt, aut vidisse putat per nubila lunam, demisit lacrimas, dulcique adfatus amore est : 455 ' Infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo venerat exstinctam, ferroque extrema secutam?
Page 211 - ... bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis. ille simul manibus tendit divellere nodos, 220 perfusus sanie vittas atroque veneno, clamores simul horrendos ad sidera tollit : quales mugitus, fugit cum saucius aram taurus, et incertam excussit cervice securim.
Page 109 - Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas et viridi in campo templum de marmore ponam propter aquam, tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius et tenera praetexit harundine ripas.
Page 21 - At tibi prima, puer, nullo munuscula cultu errantes hederas passim cum baccare tellus mixtaque ridenti colocasia fundet acantho. 20 Ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae ubera, nec magnos metuent armenta leones.
Page 224 - ... apparet domus intus, et atria longa patescunt ; apparent Priami et veterum penetralia regum, armatosque vident stantes in limine primo.
Page 360 - Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, cum sic orsa loqui vates : ' Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno ; noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hic labor est.