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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... betrothed . I shall , perhaps , be ex- cused for giving at some length my arguments in support of an opinion , which , if correct , gives a new charm not only to this romantic episode , but to the whole story of Dido , and conse ...
... betrothed . I shall , perhaps , be ex- cused for giving at some length my arguments in support of an opinion , which , if correct , gives a new charm not only to this romantic episode , but to the whole story of Dido , and conse ...
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... betrothed or espoused , is applied to the married female ; commonly , indeed , for no more than a short period after marriage ; but poetically , in one in- stance at least , for the whole period of mar- riage , or nearly as synonymous ...
... betrothed or espoused , is applied to the married female ; commonly , indeed , for no more than a short period after marriage ; but poetically , in one in- stance at least , for the whole period of mar- riage , or nearly as synonymous ...
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... betrothed , living , as it is natural to suppose , under a different roof , and , because unmarried , subject to the immediate control of her brother , the despotic sovereign . 5.- Vaná spe lusit amantem ( v . 352 ) . The word amans ...
... betrothed , living , as it is natural to suppose , under a different roof , and , because unmarried , subject to the immediate control of her brother , the despotic sovereign . 5.- Vaná spe lusit amantem ( v . 352 ) . The word amans ...
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... betrothed parties printed upon them , are sent round to friends and relatives ; and the parties acquire , and preserve until actual marriage , the respective appellations of braut ( bride ) and bräutigam ( bridegroom ) . 66 16. The word ...
... betrothed parties printed upon them , are sent round to friends and relatives ; and the parties acquire , and preserve until actual marriage , the respective appellations of braut ( bride ) and bräutigam ( bridegroom ) . 66 16. The word ...
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... betrothed , and which Pygmalion had never even so much as possessed ; but the emasculating Pygmalion's king- dom , by carrying away , along with the treasure , men , ships , and munitions of war , in sufficient quantity to found a great ...
... betrothed , and which Pygmalion had never even so much as possessed ; but the emasculating Pygmalion's king- dom , by carrying away , along with the treasure , men , ships , and munitions of war , in sufficient quantity to found a great ...
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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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