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Page vii
... Romans under the Empire , ' from the ' History of Roman Literature ' by W. S. Teuffel , from M. Sainte- Beuve's ' Étude sur Virgile , ' and from the Introductions and Notes to Professor Conington's edition of Virgil , and Mr. Munro's ...
... Romans under the Empire , ' from the ' History of Roman Literature ' by W. S. Teuffel , from M. Sainte- Beuve's ' Étude sur Virgile , ' and from the Introductions and Notes to Professor Conington's edition of Virgil , and Mr. Munro's ...
Page xii
... ROMAN LITERATURE . Virgil's pre - eminence acknowledged till recent times Disparagement of his genius in the present century I. Estimate of Virgil in former times His former reputation as a great Epic Poet Estimate of the Aeneid among ...
... ROMAN LITERATURE . Virgil's pre - eminence acknowledged till recent times Disparagement of his genius in the present century I. Estimate of Virgil in former times His former reputation as a great Epic Poet Estimate of the Aeneid among ...
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... ROMAN EPIC BEFORE THE TIME OF VIRGIL . Distinction between primitive and literary epic Absence of primitive epics from Roman literature 277-291 277 The Roman epic originates in the imitation of the Greek epic New character given to the ...
... ROMAN EPIC BEFORE THE TIME OF VIRGIL . Distinction between primitive and literary epic Absence of primitive epics from Roman literature 277-291 277 The Roman epic originates in the imitation of the Greek epic New character given to the ...
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Page 159 - 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.