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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... hand could I not have effused , And fallen on Ilian plain , there where great Hector By weapon of Eacides lies low , ( 1 ) Where huge Sarpedon ; where so many caught who uses only such moderate force ( expressed by the word impulit ) as ...
... hand could I not have effused , And fallen on Ilian plain , there where great Hector By weapon of Eacides lies low , ( 1 ) Where huge Sarpedon ; where so many caught who uses only such moderate force ( expressed by the word impulit ) as ...
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... hands yet bear The dart aloft , and clench the pointed spear . Again , v . 166 : - : - Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum Intus aquae dulces vivoque sedilia saxo , Nympharum domus . Under the opposite front , a cave in the ...
... hands yet bear The dart aloft , and clench the pointed spear . Again , v . 166 : - : - Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum Intus aquae dulces vivoque sedilia saxo , Nympharum domus . Under the opposite front , a cave in the ...
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... hand Twain darts , broad - iron - headed , sallies. 370 375 380 ( b ) V. 300. - Volat ille , & c . Down thither prone in flight He speeds , and through the vast etherial sky Sails between worlds and worlds , with steady wing . Par . Lost ...
... hand Twain darts , broad - iron - headed , sallies. 370 375 380 ( b ) V. 300. - Volat ille , & c . Down thither prone in flight He speeds , and through the vast etherial sky Sails between worlds and worlds , with steady wing . Par . Lost ...
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... hand , shall fall before the altar . " 385 390 395 400 405 Com- ( d ) V. 314 - Cui mater , & c . pare the admirable conciseness of this exquisite picture with the ( dare I say ? tedious ) diffuseness of the Spense- rian copy . - Faerie ...
... hand , shall fall before the altar . " 385 390 395 400 405 Com- ( d ) V. 314 - Cui mater , & c . pare the admirable conciseness of this exquisite picture with the ( dare I say ? tedious ) diffuseness of the Spense- rian copy . - Faerie ...
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... hand Found ready , seize , and load with gold ; —avare ( i ) Pygmalion's strength and substance sail the deep : almost every respect , so entirely dif- ferent from Justin's , that no conclusion whatever , as to his meaning , can be ...
... hand Found ready , seize , and load with gold ; —avare ( i ) Pygmalion's strength and substance sail the deep : almost every respect , so entirely dif- ferent from Justin's , that no conclusion whatever , as to his meaning , can be ...
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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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