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Page ix
... character , and is intersected by long ranges of hills which gradually sink down towards the lake and the Mincio . The loftiest of these hills may perhaps reach a height of 1000 feet above the lake - level , but that is a point on which ...
... character , and is intersected by long ranges of hills which gradually sink down towards the lake and the Mincio . The loftiest of these hills may perhaps reach a height of 1000 feet above the lake - level , but that is a point on which ...
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... character of the last years of the Republic and earlier years of the Empire . · Distinction between the earlier and later periods Appreciation of Greek art and literature in both Alexandrine influences on the Augustan poetry ...
... character of the last years of the Republic and earlier years of the Empire . · Distinction between the earlier and later periods Appreciation of Greek art and literature in both Alexandrine influences on the Augustan poetry ...
Page xiv
... Character of the Eclogues indicated by expressions used in them Order and time of their composition . Imitative character of the second and third The fifth founded on the death and apotheosis of Julius Caesar Purely Theocritean ...
... Character of the Eclogues indicated by expressions used in them Order and time of their composition . Imitative character of the second and third The fifth founded on the death and apotheosis of Julius Caesar Purely Theocritean ...
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... Character of didactic poetry among the Greeks New type of didactic poetry introduced by Virgil III . National interest and substance of the Poem Italian character of the subject . Connexion of the subject with national history ...
... Character of didactic poetry among the Greeks New type of didactic poetry introduced by Virgil III . National interest and substance of the Poem Italian character of the subject . Connexion of the subject with national history ...
Page xvii
... character of the religious sentiment of the poem " 9 99 of its ethical and political sentiment 99 of its artistic execution PAGE 263 264 265 269 270 273 CHAPTER VIII . THE ROMAN EPIC BEFORE THE TIME OF VIRGIL . Distinction between ...
... character of the religious sentiment of the poem " 9 99 of its ethical and political sentiment 99 of its artistic execution PAGE 263 264 265 269 270 273 CHAPTER VIII . THE ROMAN EPIC BEFORE THE TIME OF VIRGIL . Distinction between ...
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