The Eucis, Books I and II.: Rendered Into English Blank Iambic, with New Interpretations and IllustrationsTaylor and Walton, 1845 - 126 pages |
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... Sinon , of the whole of whose story he was an ear - witness that he was one of those who agreed to spare Sinon's life that he saw the two serpents come across the sea , and destroy Laocoon and his two sons that he assisted to break down ...
... Sinon , of the whole of whose story he was an ear - witness that he was one of those who agreed to spare Sinon's life that he saw the two serpents come across the sea , and destroy Laocoon and his two sons that he assisted to break down ...
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... Sinon . This is , I think , a sufficient answer to those critics , who have objected to Virgil's account of the taking of Troy , that it is by no means a full , complete , and strategical account of the taking of a great city ; that ...
... Sinon . This is , I think , a sufficient answer to those critics , who have objected to Virgil's account of the taking of Troy , that it is by no means a full , complete , and strategical account of the taking of a great city ; that ...
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... Sinon , on which the whole plot hangs ? that of the vision , of the inimitable Tempus erat , the moestis- simus Hector ? -that of the Priameian priestess , Ad coelum tendens ardentia lumina frustra , Lumina nam tener as arcebant vincula ...
... Sinon , on which the whole plot hangs ? that of the vision , of the inimitable Tempus erat , the moestis- simus Hector ? -that of the Priameian priestess , Ad coelum tendens ardentia lumina frustra , Lumina nam tener as arcebant vincula ...
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... Sinon aperit Trojan Achivis , 1st . Struendo hoc ipsum , sciz . , by telling so plausible a story as to induce the Trojans to take both himself and the horse into the city ; and 2ndly . By letting his con- federates out of the horse ...
... Sinon aperit Trojan Achivis , 1st . Struendo hoc ipsum , sciz . , by telling so plausible a story as to induce the Trojans to take both himself and the horse into the city ; and 2ndly . By letting his con- federates out of the horse ...
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... Sinon was a prisoner , with his hands bound behind his back , would think it neces- sary to inform us almost instantly afterwards , that he was unarmed or without weapons . And 2ndly . Because , even if Sinon had not been bound ...
... Sinon was a prisoner , with his hands bound behind his back , would think it neces- sary to inform us almost instantly afterwards , that he was unarmed or without weapons . And 2ndly . Because , even if Sinon had not been bound ...
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2ndly 3rdly Achates Achilles altar Anchises applied arma arms Ascanius Assaracus behold betrothed breast Calchas citadel compagibus conjux Creusa Danaļ Dardan death dederat Dido Dryden Eneas Eneas's Eneis English Eolus Eurus express eyes fates fear fire flame Forbiger gates Goddess Gods Grecian Greeks hands hath heaven Hector hero Heyne horse infandous interpretation Iulus Juno Jupiter king Laocoon Latin limina Livy luminous midst mortal vision mountain muros Mycenae nimbi nimbus object observe opima Ovid Palamedes Pallas Pantheus passage Pelasgi Penates periphrasis poet poetical precisely present Priam quae queen raptatus bigis reader round sciz seat sense sentence ships shore Sichaeus side Sinon sire snatched spear story syrtes taking of Troy temple Tenedos term Teucrian thee thou Timavi tion trabes translation Trojans Troy's Tyrians Ulysses understand Venus verb vers Virgil Wagner walls waves weapons whole wholly winds words wretched
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Page 110 - And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.
Page 76 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Page 111 - Each cast at the other, as when two black clouds With heaven's artillery fraught, come rattling on Over the Caspian, then stand front to front Hovering a space, till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid air...
Page 56 - ... she thanked him, and told him, if he had a friend who loved her, he had only to teach him how to tell his story, and that would woo her.
Page 56 - twas wondrous pitiful. She wished she had not heard it, yet she wished That heaven had made her such a man. She thanked me And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake. She loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her that she did pity them.
Page 25 - Assyrian queen ; But far above in spangled sheen Celestial Cupid, her famed son, advanced, Holds his dear Psyche sweet entranced. After her wandering labours long, Till free consent the Gods among Make her his eternal bride, And from her fair unspotted side Two blissful twins are to be born, Youth and Joy : so Jove hath sworn.
Page 76 - Neptune's priest by lot that year, With solemn pomp then sacrificed a steer ; When (dreadful to behold !) from sea we spied Two serpents, ranked abreast, the seas divide, And smoothly sweep along the swelling tide.
Page 123 - This having said, she left me all in tears And minding much to speak; but she was gone, And subtly fled into the weightless air. Thrice raught I with mine arms to accoll her neck : Thrice did my hands vain hold the image escape, Like nimble winds, and like the flying dream.
Page 41 - He saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.