Opera, Or The Works of Virgil: With Copious Notes, Mythological, Biographical, Etc., in EnglishPratt, Woodford & Company, 1846 - 615 pages |
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Page xii
... probably was about 29 years of age . He immediately returned with the edict of the emperor for the restoration of his farm , which had fallen into the hands of one Areus , a centurion ; but he was resisted and ill - treated by the new ...
... probably was about 29 years of age . He immediately returned with the edict of the emperor for the restoration of his farm , which had fallen into the hands of one Areus , a centurion ; but he was resisted and ill - treated by the new ...
Page xiv
... probably had something of the kind in view ; but whether it was , what the Eneid afterwards proved to be , is uncertain . The subject of the poem is the removal of a colony of Trojans from Asia Minor , under the conduct of Æneas , and ...
... probably had something of the kind in view ; but whether it was , what the Eneid afterwards proved to be , is uncertain . The subject of the poem is the removal of a colony of Trojans from Asia Minor , under the conduct of Æneas , and ...
Page xvi
... probably ow . ing that we find so many imperfect lines in the Æneid . } Virgil died in the possession of a large estate , the half of which he bequeathed to Valerius Proculus , his half - brother , on his mother's side . Of the rest ...
... probably ow . ing that we find so many imperfect lines in the Æneid . } Virgil died in the possession of a large estate , the half of which he bequeathed to Valerius Proculus , his half - brother , on his mother's side . Of the rest ...
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... consider Virgil , as a pastoral poet ? Were they well received by his country . men ' What was probably the reason of his writing the Eclogues ? P. VIRGILII MARONIŲ BUCOLICA . ECLOGA PRIMA . MELIBUS , 2 * INTRODUCTION TO THE BUCOLICS. ...
... consider Virgil , as a pastoral poet ? Were they well received by his country . men ' What was probably the reason of his writing the Eclogues ? P. VIRGILII MARONIŲ BUCOLICA . ECLOGA PRIMA . MELIBUS , 2 * INTRODUCTION TO THE BUCOLICS. ...
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... probably , to the perjury of Laomedon , king of Troy ; to which the Trojans attributed their misfortunes and calamities . See Geor . I. 502 ; or to the civil wars which were carried on between Cæsar and Pompey . Or lastly , to the death ...
... probably , to the perjury of Laomedon , king of Troy ; to which the Trojans attributed their misfortunes and calamities . See Geor . I. 502 ; or to the civil wars which were carried on between Cæsar and Pompey . Or lastly , to the death ...
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Æneas Æneid æquor amor Anchises animis animos antè Apollo arma armis Ascanius atque auro Beotia called caput circùm cœlo contrà cùm Dardanus Davidson death Deûm Dido Eneas erat Ergò etiam fata ferro fortuna genus Geor gods Greeks hæc Haud Hence Heyne reads Hinc hunc illa ille illi Infelix ingens inter Intereà ipsa ipse Italy Jamque Juno Jupiter Juturna king Latinus litora longè magno manu meaning meton Mezentius mihi Mnestheus Multa Namque neque NOTES numina nunc omnes omnia omnis pater poet prælia Priam primùm procul properly quæ quàm Quid quis quod river Romans Ruæus says Rumus Rutuli sæpe says Heyne says Ruæus sense Servius signifies slain sunt super supra synec tantùm tela terga terras Teucri Thrace tibi Trapp Trojans Troy Turnus urbe urbem Valpy Venus verb verò Virgil word
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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.
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