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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... represented the winds , ( who should necessarily be let loose every time a storm was required , and be brought back to their confinement as soon as their business was done ) , as confined in a place without vent or outlet , or if the ...
... represented the winds , ( who should necessarily be let loose every time a storm was required , and be brought back to their confinement as soon as their business was done ) , as confined in a place without vent or outlet , or if the ...
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... represented in a chart . So , reductâ valle , En . vi , 703 ; reductis alis consti- terant . Liv . xxii , 47 . 66 ( 0 ) V. 164. - Aequora tuta silent . The commentators understand tuta in its passive sense , of being safe or protected ...
... represented in a chart . So , reductâ valle , En . vi , 703 ; reductis alis consti- terant . Liv . xxii , 47 . 66 ( 0 ) V. 164. - Aequora tuta silent . The commentators understand tuta in its passive sense , of being safe or protected ...
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... represented as leaning on brass ( sciz . brazen columns ) , the precise position of the trabes ( the modern architrave ) , as described by Vitruvius . The picture presented is that of the whole façade of the temple , consisting of the ...
... represented as leaning on brass ( sciz . brazen columns ) , the precise position of the trabes ( the modern architrave ) , as described by Vitruvius . The picture presented is that of the whole façade of the temple , consisting of the ...
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... representing the person of Eneas , and the polish the beauty super - added by Venus ; and 2ndly , to a piece of wrought silver , or Parian marble , chased or framed in yellow gold - the silver or Parian marble being the resplendent face ...
... representing the person of Eneas , and the polish the beauty super - added by Venus ; and 2ndly , to a piece of wrought silver , or Parian marble , chased or framed in yellow gold - the silver or Parian marble being the resplendent face ...
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... represents either as a spectator or actor in so many of the incidents of that memorable night , that on the one hand the account of those incidents is the history of the adventures of his hero , and on the other the adventures of his ...
... represents either as a spectator or actor in so many of the incidents of that memorable night , that on the one hand the account of those incidents is the history of the adventures of his hero , and on the other the adventures of his ...
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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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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.