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... sort of oak or esculus ; and quotes several authorities to support his opinion . This mis- take has arisen from an imagin- ation that the fagus is the same with the phyog of the Greek wri- ters , which is , indeed , a sort of oak . But ...
... sort of oak or esculus ; and quotes several authorities to support his opinion . This mis- take has arisen from an imagin- ation that the fagus is the same with the phyog of the Greek wri- ters , which is , indeed , a sort of oak . But ...
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... sort of heaven , in which he saw the god Cæsar . For in comparing a whelp to a dog , or a kid to a goat , we only express the differ- ence of magnitude , not of kind . But , when we say a lion is big- ger than a dog , we express the ...
... sort of heaven , in which he saw the god Cæsar . For in comparing a whelp to a dog , or a kid to a goat , we only express the differ- ence of magnitude , not of kind . But , when we say a lion is big- ger than a dog , we express the ...
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... sort of languishing in Melibæus after the farms which he is obliged to quit . Congestum cespite culmen . ] The roofs of houses were called cul- mina because they were thatched with straw ( culmus . ) Melibus describes the meanness of ...
... sort of languishing in Melibæus after the farms which he is obliged to quit . Congestum cespite culmen . ] The roofs of houses were called cul- mina because they were thatched with straw ( culmus . ) Melibus describes the meanness of ...
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... sort of ches- nuts , which is distinguished by this epithet from the Castanea hirsuta . They are said , by Pal- ladius , to lose the roughness of their husk , by being ingrafted on an almond . Perhaps we are to understand by Castanea ...
... sort of ches- nuts , which is distinguished by this epithet from the Castanea hirsuta . They are said , by Pal- ladius , to lose the roughness of their husk , by being ingrafted on an almond . Perhaps we are to understand by Castanea ...
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... general name of viola . It is pro- bable also , that when they in- tended to express any one par- ticular sort , they added some epithet to distinguish it . Thus but we are much at a loss to know what 20 BUCOLIC . ECL . II .
... general name of viola . It is pro- bable also , that when they in- tended to express any one par- ticular sort , they added some epithet to distinguish it . Thus but we are much at a loss to know what 20 BUCOLIC . ECL . II .
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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.