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... Latin , and modern imagination Vividness and realism of feeling characteristic of the Latin imagi- nation Modes in which this vividness and realism are manifested by Virgil 88 89 90 93-101 93 93 94 94 95 97 98 ⚫ 99 • 100 ΙΟΙ CHAPTER ...
... Latin , and modern imagination Vividness and realism of feeling characteristic of the Latin imagi- nation Modes in which this vividness and realism are manifested by Virgil 88 89 90 93-101 93 93 94 94 95 97 98 ⚫ 99 • 100 ΙΟΙ CHAPTER ...
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... ITALY 258-276 The Georgics an original work of Latin genius Technical value of the poem as an exposition of Italian hus- bandry . 258 260 Relation of the illustrative matter to the cultivated Italian mind xvi CONTENTS .
... ITALY 258-276 The Georgics an original work of Latin genius Technical value of the poem as an exposition of Italian hus- bandry . 258 260 Relation of the illustrative matter to the cultivated Italian mind xvi CONTENTS .
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William Young Sellar. other respects , can possess . Those who regard all Latin poetry as exotic and imitative have , with some plausibility , attempted to establish a parallel between the Alexandrine poetry of the third century B.C. and ...
William Young Sellar. other respects , can possess . Those who regard all Latin poetry as exotic and imitative have , with some plausibility , attempted to establish a parallel between the Alexandrine poetry of the third century B.C. and ...
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... Latin name and the strength of Italy had grown great . ' But it was with Horace that he shared all his public interests and private feelings , and it is not a very hazardous conjecture 1 Velleius , ii . 88 . 2 Tac . Ann . iii . 30 ...
... Latin name and the strength of Italy had grown great . ' But it was with Horace that he shared all his public interests and private feelings , and it is not a very hazardous conjecture 1 Velleius , ii . 88 . 2 Tac . Ann . iii . 30 ...
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... Latin poetry , commencing in the ' years preceding the overthrow of the Republic , reaches its maturity in the earlier part of the reign of Augustus , and then begins to decline , till under Tiberius the last poetic voice is silenced ...
... Latin poetry , commencing in the ' years preceding the overthrow of the Republic , reaches its maturity in the earlier part of the reign of Augustus , and then begins to decline , till under Tiberius the last poetic voice is silenced ...
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Page 257 - Hanc olim veteres vitam coluere Sabini, hanc Remus et frater, sic fortis Etruria crevit scilicet et rerum facta est pulcherrima Roma, septemque una sibi muro circumdedit arces.
Page 398 - I, sequere Italiam ventis, pete regna per undas. Spero equidem mediis, si quid pia numina possunt, supplicia hausurum scopulis, et nomine Dido saepe vocaturum. Sequar atris ignibus absens, et cum frigida mors anima seduxerit artus, 385 omnibus umbra locis adero. Dabis, improbe, poenas. Audiam, et haec Manis veniet mihi fama sub imos.
Page 378 - Acesten.' talibus Ilioneus; cuncti simul ore fremebant Dardanidae. 560 Tum breviter Dido voltum demissa profatur: 'solvite corde metum, Teucri, secludite curas. res dura et regni novitas me talia cogunt moliri et late finis custode tueri. quis genus Aeneadum, quis Troiae nesciat urbem 505 virtutesque virosque aut tanti incendia belli?
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Page 171 - PR o mihi tum longae maneat pars ultima vitae, spiritus et, quantum sat erit tua dicere facta : non me carminibus vincet nee Thracius Orpheus, 55 nee Linus, huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo.
Page 171 - ... hinc tibi quae semper vicino ab limite saepes Hyblaeis apibus florem depasta salicti saepe levi somnum suadebit inire susurro hinc alta sub rupe canet frondator ad auras nee tamen interea raucae tua cura palumbes nee gemere aeria cessabit turtur ab ulmo.
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