P. Vergili Maronis opera: The first six books of the Aeneid. 1863Whittaker, 1863 |
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... say any thing of the rest of the early Roman epic writers , who are indeed mere names to us ; to speculate on the ... says that Montanus Julius praised Virgil for having improved ( in his description of night , A. 8. 27 , foll . ) on ...
... say any thing of the rest of the early Roman epic writers , who are indeed mere names to us ; to speculate on the ... says that Montanus Julius praised Virgil for having improved ( in his description of night , A. 8. 27 , foll . ) on ...
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... says nothing of a general storm . Ajax , in Od . 4. 499 , is shipwrecked , but saved on a rock , in spite of the enmity of Pallas , by Poseidon , who afterwards , provoked by his impious boast that he would escape in spite of the gods ...
... says nothing of a general storm . Ajax , in Od . 4. 499 , is shipwrecked , but saved on a rock , in spite of the enmity of Pallas , by Poseidon , who afterwards , provoked by his impious boast that he would escape in spite of the gods ...
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... say accensa super . Otherwise hoc ' might have stood there as well as here , as in either place it would only mean ... says that the words ' Divom are from pater atque hominum rex ' Ennius . 66. ] Hom . Od . 10. 22 , ἠμὲν πανέμεναι ἠδ ...
... say accensa super . Otherwise hoc ' might have stood there as well as here , as in either place it would only mean ... says that the words ' Divom are from pater atque hominum rex ' Ennius . 66. ] Hom . Od . 10. 22 , ἠμὲν πανέμεναι ἠδ ...
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... says , ' or it must be explained as an elliptical expression for " refert pectore , " which we find 5. 409 .- ' O ... say that Aeneas , who in the line before speaks of the act of dying , is here thinking merely of the moment of death ...
... says , ' or it must be explained as an elliptical expression for " refert pectore , " which we find 5. 409 .- ' O ... say that Aeneas , who in the line before speaks of the act of dying , is here thinking merely of the moment of death ...
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... says , it is common to many har- bours . See his Excursus . In secessu lon- go , ' in a deep retiring bay . ' Henry says it cannot recessus ; ' but the dic- tionaries show ( what he seems to ques- tion ) that it may mean a place of ...
... says , it is common to many har- bours . See his Excursus . In secessu lon- go , ' in a deep retiring bay . ' Henry says it cannot recessus ; ' but the dic- tionaries show ( what he seems to ques- tion ) that it may mean a place of ...
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Page 39 - Though rooted deep as high, and sturdiest oaks, Bowed their stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts, Or torn up sheer.
Page 288 - Nee tibi diva parens, generis nee Dardanus auctor, perfide ; sed duris genuit te cautibus horrens Caucasus, Hyrcanaeque admorunt ubera tigres.
Page 527 - Sunt geminae Somni portae ; quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, 895 sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
Page 23 - Watts, that there is scarcely a happy combination of words, or a phrase poetically elegant in the English language, which Pope has not inserted into his version of Homer. How he obtained possession of so many beauties of speech, it were desirable to know. That he gleaned from authors. obscure as well as eminent, what he thought brilliant or useful, and preserved it all in a regular collection...
Page 451 - Ditis vacuas et inania regna : qua'le per incertam lunam sub luce maligna 270 est iter in silvis, ubi caelum condidit umbra luppiter, et rebus nox abstulit atra colorem. vestibulum ante ipsum primisque in faucibus Orci Luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae, pallentesque habitant Morbi, tristisque Senectus, 275 et Metus, et malesuada Fames, ac turpis Egestas, terribiles visu formae, Letumque, Labosque ; turn consanguineus Leti Sopor, et mala mentis Gaudia, mortiferumque adverso in limine Bellum,...
Page 470 - ... quam vellent aethere in alto nunc et pauperiem et duros perferre labores ! fas obstat, tristique palus inamabilis unda adligat, et noviens Styx interfusa coercet.
Page 171 - Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? DoCT. Do you mark that? LADY M. The thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? What, will these hands ne'er be clean? No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that: you mar all with this starting.
Page 504 - ... suscipit Anchises atque ordine singula pandit. 'principio caelum ac terras camposque liquentes lucentemque globum Lunae Titaniaque astra Spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet.
Page 441 - A verm, tollunt se celeres liquidumque per aera lapsae sedibus optatis gemina super arbore sidunt, discolor unde auri per ramos aura refulsit. quale solet silvis brumali frigore viscum 205 fronde virere nova, quod non sua seminat arbos, et croceo fetu teretis circumdare truncos : talis erat species auri frondentis opaca ilice, sic leni crepitabat brattea vento.
Page 254 - Ne cui me vinclo vellem sociare iugali, 'Postquam primus amor deceptam morte fefellit; 'Si non pertaesum thalami taedaeque fuisset, 'Huic uni forsan potui succumbere culpae. 'Anna, fatebor enim, miseri post fata Sychaei 20 'Coniugis et sparsos fraterna caede penates, 'Solus hie inflexit sensus, animumque labantem 'Impulit: adgnosco veteris vestigia flammae.