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... cattle and cheese to market , and yet not being the richer for it . Candidior postquam , & c . ] The commentators , who generally affirm that Virgil describes him- self under the name of Tityrus , are much confounded with this mention ...
... cattle and cheese to market , and yet not being the richer for it . Candidior postquam , & c . ] The commentators , who generally affirm that Virgil describes him- self under the name of Tityrus , are much confounded with this mention ...
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... cattle , before the in- vention of money ; and the most ancient coin had cattle impress- ed on it . Septis . ] Servius tells us , that septa signified those places in the Campus Martius which were fenced in for the people to give their ...
... cattle , before the in- vention of money ; and the most ancient coin had cattle impress- ed on it . Septis . ] Servius tells us , that septa signified those places in the Campus Martius which were fenced in for the people to give their ...
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... cattle seems to be taken from the manner of the ancient shep- herds , who did not drive their sheep before them , as the cus- tom is now ; but went first call- ing them , and playing on their pipes ; and the sheep readily followed them ...
... cattle seems to be taken from the manner of the ancient shep- herds , who did not drive their sheep before them , as the cus- tom is now ; but went first call- ing them , and playing on their pipes ; and the sheep readily followed them ...
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... cattle under the shade , the lizards hiding them- selves under the bushes , the reapers sitting down to their re- past , and the cicada chirping in the thickets ; all which circum- stances , having an immediate relation to the country ...
... cattle under the shade , the lizards hiding them- selves under the bushes , the reapers sitting down to their re- past , and the cicada chirping in the thickets ; all which circum- stances , having an immediate relation to the country ...
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... cattle from his hands ; yet he was so sure of victory , that he would Verum id quod multo tute ipse venture a good cow , that Da- fatebere majus . Menalcas had affirmed , that his cups were of far greater value than the cow which his ...
... cattle from his hands ; yet he was so sure of victory , that he would Verum id quod multo tute ipse venture a good cow , that Da- fatebere majus . Menalcas had affirmed , that his cups were of far greater value than the cow which his ...
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Page 90 - Audieras, et fama fuit ; sed carmina tantum nostra valent, Lycida, tela inter Martia, quantum Chaonias dicunt aquila veniente columbas.
Page 35 - Teque adeo decus hoc aevi, te consule, inibit, Pollio, et incipient magni procedere menses, te duce, si qua manent sceleris vestigia nostri, irrita perpetua solvent formidine terras, ille deum vitam accipiet, divisque videbit 15 permixtos heroas, et ipse videbitur illis, pacatumque reget patriis virtutibus orbem.
Page 257 - Illa quidem, dum te fugeret per flumina praeceps, ' Immanem ante pedes hydrum moritura puella ' Servantem ripas alta non vidit in herba.
Page 48 - Apollo. 35 grandia saepe quibus mandavimus hordea sulcis, infelix lolium et steriles nascuntur avenae; pro molli viola, pro purpureo narcisso carduus et spinis surgit paliurus acutis. spargite humum foliis, inducite fontibus umbras, 40 pastores; mandat fieri sibi talia Daphnis; et tumulum facite, et tumulo superaddite carmen: 'Daphnis ego in silvis, hinc usque ad sidera notus, formosi pecoris custos, formosior ipse.
Page 206 - Optima torvae forma bovis, cui turpe caput, cui plurima cervix, et crurum tenus a mento palearia pendent; tum longo nullus lateri modus; omnia magna, pes etiam; et camuris hirtae sub cornibus aures. 55 Nec mihi displiceat maculis insignis et albo, aut iuga detractans interdumque aspera cornu et faciem tauro propior, quaeque ardua tota et gradiens ima verrit vestigia cauda.
Page 192 - Assyrio fucatur lana veneno, nec casia liquidi corrumpitur usus olivi ; at secura quies et nescia fallere vita, dives opum variarum, at latis otia fundis, speluncae, vivique lacus...
Page 42 - Linus ; huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo. Pan etiam Arcadia mecum si judice certet, Pan etiam Arcadia dicat se judice victum. Incipe, parve puer, risu cognoscere matrem ; Matri longa decem tulerunt fastidia menses. Incipe, parve puer ; cui non risere parentes, Nec deus hunc mensa, dea nec dignata cubili est.
Page 202 - Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas, et viridi in campo templum de marmore ponam propter aquam, tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius et tenera praetexit harundine ripas.
Page 8 - Fortunate senex ergo tua rura manebunt. et tibi magna satis quamvis lapis omnia nudus limosoque palus obducat pascua iunco.
Page 91 - Tityre, dum redeo — brevis est via — pasce capellas, „et potum pastas age, Tityre, et inter agendum „occursare capro — cornu ferit ille — caveto.