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... fire from his eyes , and rearing aloft his hissing neck ; the other part maimed with the wound , retards him , twisting his body in knots , and winding himself up on his own limbs : -with such kind of steerage the ship slowly moved ...
... fire from his eyes , and rearing aloft his hissing neck ; the other part maimed with the wound , retards him , twisting his body in knots , and winding himself up on his own limbs : -with such kind of steerage the ship slowly moved ...
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... fire : and now inflamed he drives Dares headlong over the whole plain , redoubling blows on blows , sometimes with the right - hand , sometimes with the left . No stop ; Nec mora , nec requies . Quam multâ grandine nimbi D 3 ENEIDOS LIB ...
... fire : and now inflamed he drives Dares headlong over the whole plain , redoubling blows on blows , sometimes with the right - hand , sometimes with the left . No stop ; Nec mora , nec requies . Quam multâ grandine nimbi D 3 ENEIDOS LIB ...
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... Incedunt pueri . This game was commonly known by the name of Lusus Trojae . 559 , Flexilis circulus obtorti auri . A poetical circumlocution for a golden chain . The clouds , took fire , and with the flames 34 P. VIRGILII MARONIS.
... Incedunt pueri . This game was commonly known by the name of Lusus Trojae . 559 , Flexilis circulus obtorti auri . A poetical circumlocution for a golden chain . The clouds , took fire , and with the flames 34 P. VIRGILII MARONIS.
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Publius Vergilius Maro. The clouds , took fire , and with the flames marked out a path , till , being quite consumed , it vanished into thin air ; as often stars loosened from the firmament shoot across the sky , and flying draw after ...
Publius Vergilius Maro. The clouds , took fire , and with the flames marked out a path , till , being quite consumed , it vanished into thin air ; as often stars loosened from the firmament shoot across the sky , and flying draw after ...
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... fire , and , lifting up her right hand with exerted force , first waves at a distance , then throws it . Roused are the minds , and stunned the hearts of the Trojan matrons . Then one of the number , Pyrgo , the most advanced in years ...
... fire , and , lifting up her right hand with exerted force , first waves at a distance , then throws it . Roused are the minds , and stunned the hearts of the Trojan matrons . Then one of the number , Pyrgo , the most advanced in years ...
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Acestes acies Æneæ Ænean Æneas æquore agmina alta alto Anchises animis arma armis arms Ascanius atque auras Ausonian bello blood breast castra chariot circum cœlo cursu Dardanus darts death dedit Deûm dextrâ dictis Eneas equos Euryalus fata fate father Faunus ferro flames fortuna fury genus gods hæc hand hath Haud heaven hero Hinc honour Hunc illa Ille ingens inter interea ipse Jamque javelin Jove Juno Juturna juventus king Latinus Latium litora lofty longè manu medio Messapus Mezentius midst mihi Mnestheus moenia Multa muros neque nequicquam Nisus nunc omnes omnia omnis Pallas pater pectore procul pugnæ quæ quam Quid Quò quod quos rage Rutuli Rutulians sacred sanguine sese soul spear steeds super sword talia Tarchon tela terga Teucri thee thou tibi Trojans troops Troy Turnus Tuscan ultro urbem urbes verò viros waves wound youth
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Page 64 - Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, Cum sic orsa loqui vates : ' Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiada, facilis descensus Averno ; Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est.
Page 438 - Tune hinc spoliis indute meorum eripiare mihi? Pallas te hoc vulnere, Pallas immolat et poenam scelerato ex sanguine sumit.
Page 122 - o fidi Troiae, salvete, penates : hie domus, haec patria est. genitor mihi talia namque (nunc repeto) Anchises fatorum arcana reliquit : ' cum te, nate, fames ignota ad litora vectum accisis coget dapibus consumere mensas, 125 tum sperare domos defessus ibique memento prima locare manu molirique aggere tecta.
Page 84 - Troi'us heros ut primum iuxta stetit adgnovitque per umbras obscuram, qualem primo qui surgere mense aut videt, aut vidisse putat per nubila lunam, demisit lacrimas, dulcique adfatus amore est : 455 ' Infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo venerat exstinctam, ferroque extrema secutam?
Page 82 - Continuo auditae voces, vagitus et ingens, infantumque animae flentes in limine primo, quos dulcis vitae exsortes et ab ubere raptos abstulit atra dies et funere mersit acerbo ; hos juxta falso damnati crimine mortis.
Page 138 - His ubi nequiquam dictis experta Latinum contra stare videt, penitusque in viscera lapsum serpentis furiale malum, totamque pererrat, 375 tum vero infelix, ingentibus excita monstris, immensam sine more furit lymphata per urbem: ceu quondam torto volitans sub verbere turbo, quem pueri magno in gyro vacua atria circum intenti ludo exercent; ille actus habena 380 curvatis fertur spatiis; stupet inscia supra impubesque manus, mirata volubile buxum; dant animos plagae.
Page 94 - Districti pendent; sedet aeternumque sedebit Infelix Theseus ; Phlegyasque miserrimus omnes Admonet, et magna testatur voce per umbras : < Discite justitiam moniti, et non temnere divos.
Page 276 - Mantua, dives avis, sed non genus omnibus unum : gens illi triplex, populi sub gente quaterni, ipsa caput populis, Tusco de sanguine vires...
Page 208 - Alta petunt : pelago credas innare revulsas Cycladas aut montes concurrere montibus altos, tanta mole viri turritis puppibus instant.
Page 74 - Quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia, aut ad terram gurgite ab alto 310 Quam multae glomerantur aves, ubi frigidus annus Trans pontum fugat et terris immittit apricis.