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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... Tyrian maidens , and the mid - leg lace High with the purple buskin ; thou beholdest Realm Punic , Tyrians , and Agenor's city ; ( 9 ) But Libyan soil , a race of stubborn war ; Dido , the ruler ; from Tyre city hither In refuge from ...
... Tyrian maidens , and the mid - leg lace High with the purple buskin ; thou beholdest Realm Punic , Tyrians , and Agenor's city ; ( 9 ) But Libyan soil , a race of stubborn war ; Dido , the ruler ; from Tyre city hither In refuge from ...
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... Tyrians slack not ; ( 0 ) These , the walled circuit of the citadel 510 Building , and with their hands the stones uprolling : 515 While those , the habitations ' site select And furrow round ; laws and executive They choose , and holy ...
... Tyrians slack not ; ( 0 ) These , the walled circuit of the citadel 510 Building , and with their hands the stones uprolling : 515 While those , the habitations ' site select And furrow round ; laws and executive They choose , and holy ...
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... Tyrians double - tongued ; Atrocious Juno frets her , and her care Returns anights ; therefore wing - bearing love Thus she addresses : - " Son , who art alone My strength and mighty power ; son , who contemnest The darts Typhoean of ...
... Tyrians double - tongued ; Atrocious Juno frets her , and her care Returns anights ; therefore wing - bearing love Thus she addresses : - " Son , who art alone My strength and mighty power ; son , who contemnest The darts Typhoean of ...
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... Tyrians bearing the gifts regal . Already had the queen , when he arrived , Beneath superb dais , on a golden sofa Composed herself , and taken the mid seat ; And now the sire Eneas , Troy's youth now , Assemble , and on crimson cover ...
... Tyrians bearing the gifts regal . Already had the queen , when he arrived , Beneath superb dais , on a golden sofa Composed herself , and taken the mid seat ; And now the sire Eneas , Troy's youth now , Assemble , and on crimson cover ...
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... Tyrians , through the glad Approaches frequent , and commanded take On pictured tores their places of reclining , Admire Eneas ' gifts , admire Iulus , And the God's flagrant face , and words of feigning , The palle , and painted ...
... Tyrians , through the glad Approaches frequent , and commanded take On pictured tores their places of reclining , Admire Eneas ' gifts , admire Iulus , And the God's flagrant face , and words of feigning , The palle , and painted ...
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2ndly 3rdly Achates Achilles altar Anchises applied arma arms Ascanius Assaracus behold betrothed breast Calchas citadel compagibus conjux Creusa Danaï 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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