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... Glory of Italy 243-257 243 244 247 251 253 254 CHAPTER VII . THE GEORGICS A POEM REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY 258-276 The Georgics an original work of Latin genius 258 Technical value of the poem as an exposition of Italian hus- bandry . 260 ...
... Glory of Italy 243-257 243 244 247 251 253 254 CHAPTER VII . THE GEORGICS A POEM REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY 258-276 The Georgics an original work of Latin genius 258 Technical value of the poem as an exposition of Italian hus- bandry . 260 ...
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... glory of the Julian family . 305 Largeness of scope afforded by the vagueness of the legend Adaptation to a poem representative of Rome in the Augustan Age 306 307 III . Composite character of the Aeneid illustrated by an examination of ...
... glory of the Julian family . 305 Largeness of scope afforded by the vagueness of the legend Adaptation to a poem representative of Rome in the Augustan Age 306 307 III . Composite character of the Aeneid illustrated by an examination of ...
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... glory , and encouraged art and literature , not merely as a source of refined pleasure congenial to their own tastes , but as the chief ornament of their reigns , and as important instruments of their policy . And not only the political ...
... glory , and encouraged art and literature , not merely as a source of refined pleasure congenial to their own tastes , but as the chief ornament of their reigns , and as important instruments of their policy . And not only the political ...
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... glory and greatness , the ancient and un- broken tradition , of their State was a more active sentiment than the love of political liberty . The care for the ' Res- publica Romana ' as a free commonwealth was in the last century of its ...
... glory and greatness , the ancient and un- broken tradition , of their State was a more active sentiment than the love of political liberty . The care for the ' Res- publica Romana ' as a free commonwealth was in the last century of its ...
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... glory , without endangering the security and pros- perity of Italy . The national sentiment of Rome was further gratified by the maintenance of the old forms of the constitution , by the revival of ancient usages and ceremonies , and by ...
... glory , without endangering the security and pros- perity of Italy . The national sentiment of Rome was further gratified by the maintenance of the old forms of the constitution , by the revival of ancient usages and ceremonies , and by ...
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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.