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... associations 235 from astronomy , antiquity , religious usages 238 Inferiority of Virgil to Lucretius in the use of imaginative analogies 239 More uniform excellence in diction and rhythm 240 Virgil more of a conscious artist 242 The ...
... associations 235 from astronomy , antiquity , religious usages 238 Inferiority of Virgil to Lucretius in the use of imaginative analogies 239 More uniform excellence in diction and rhythm 240 Virgil more of a conscious artist 242 The ...
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... associations IV . Conception and Delineation of Character in the Aeneid Weakness of dramatic imagination in Virgil Conception and delineation of Aeneas The minor characters of the poem Turnus Mezentius Dido 371 372 373 375 376 378 381 ...
... associations IV . Conception and Delineation of Character in the Aeneid Weakness of dramatic imagination in Virgil Conception and delineation of Aeneas The minor characters of the poem Turnus Mezentius Dido 371 372 373 375 376 378 381 ...
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... associations and sympathies , they belonged to the Senatorian party . If they could have yielded an outward submission to the ascendency of Julius Caesar and Augustus , they never could have become sincerely reconciled to the new order ...
... associations and sympathies , they belonged to the Senatorian party . If they could have yielded an outward submission to the ascendency of Julius Caesar and Augustus , they never could have become sincerely reconciled to the new order ...
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... associations , the aspiration after a better life and a firmer faith . But , further , the expression of these feelings is made subordinate to the personal glory of Augustus , who stands out as the central and commanding figure in all ...
... associations , the aspiration after a better life and a firmer faith . But , further , the expression of these feelings is made subordinate to the personal glory of Augustus , who stands out as the central and commanding figure in all ...
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... associations , in no respect their inferiors . Another bond of union between them was that they were nearly all of the same age , born with one or two exceptions between the years 70 B.C. and 60 B.C. , and that several of them had ...
... associations , in no respect their inferiors . Another bond of union between them was that they were nearly all of the same age , born with one or two exceptions between the years 70 B.C. and 60 B.C. , and that several of them had ...
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Page 245 - Hanc olim veteres vitam coluere Sabini, hanc Remus et frater, sic fortis Etruria crevit scilicet et rerum facta est pulcherrima Roma, septemque una sibi muro circumdedit arces.
Page 159 - ... hinc tibi quae semper vicino ab limite saepes Hyblaeis apibus florem depasta salicti saepe levi somnum suadebit inire susurro hinc alta sub rupe canet frondator ad auras nee tamen interea raucae tua cura palumbes nee gemere aeria cessabit turtur ab ulmo.
Page 239 - Tam multae scelerum facies; non ullus aratro Dignus honos; squalent abductis arva colonis, Et curvae rigidum falces conflantur in ensem. Hinc movet Euphrates, illinc Germania bellum ; Vicinae ruptis inter se legibus urbes 510 Arma ferunt ; saevit toto Mars impius orbe : Ut cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia, et frustra retinacula tendens Fertur equis auriga, neque audit currus habenas.
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.