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... fortunes 293 in the position of Augustus . 294 295 297 II . Adaptation of the legend of Aeneas to Virgil's purpose 298-307 Adaptation of the legend of Romulus to a poem founded on national sentiment . 298 Deficiency of the legend of ...
... fortunes 293 in the position of Augustus . 294 295 297 II . Adaptation of the legend of Aeneas to Virgil's purpose 298-307 Adaptation of the legend of Romulus to a poem founded on national sentiment . 298 Deficiency of the legend of ...
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... , his education and personal fortunes . But the quality and intensity of that spiritual force which manifests itself from time to time in the world , giving a new impulse to thought , a new direction to feeling GENERAL INTRODUCTION . 7.
... , his education and personal fortunes . But the quality and intensity of that spiritual force which manifests itself from time to time in the world , giving a new impulse to thought , a new direction to feeling GENERAL INTRODUCTION . 7.
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... fortunes of an indi- vidual poet before endeavouring to extract from his various works the secret of his power and charm , so it is desirable , before entering on a separate study of the various books which constitute the literature of ...
... fortunes of an indi- vidual poet before endeavouring to extract from his various works the secret of his power and charm , so it is desirable , before entering on a separate study of the various books which constitute the literature of ...
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... fortune which marked all his earlier career , may account , without the necessity of attributing any unworthy motive , for the eulogies bestowed upon him as a ruler and organiser of empire . But the language of admiration goes beyond ...
... fortune which marked all his earlier career , may account , without the necessity of attributing any unworthy motive , for the eulogies bestowed upon him as a ruler and organiser of empire . But the language of admiration goes beyond ...
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... fortune . There was moreover in Augustus , in contradistinction to Julius Caesar , a strong vein of religious or superstitious sentiment . His personal courage has been questioned , probably with in- justice , but he appears to have ...
... fortune . There was moreover in Augustus , in contradistinction to Julius Caesar , a strong vein of religious or superstitious sentiment . His personal courage has been questioned , probably with in- justice , but he appears to have ...
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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.