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... 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 seventh The first ...
... 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 seventh The first ...
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... indicated in the comparison be- tween the two periods are to be studied as modifying , not as productive , influences . The forms which the highest spiritual life in an age or an individual assumes , the power of free and happy ...
... indicated in the comparison be- tween the two periods are to be studied as modifying , not as productive , influences . The forms which the highest spiritual life in an age or an individual assumes , the power of free and happy ...
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... indicates that his life had been more than once in jeopardy- at the rout of Philippi , and in his subsequent wanderings by land and sea1 - till he found himself a needy adventurer , ' humilem decisis pennis , ' again at Rome . Tibullus ...
... indicates that his life had been more than once in jeopardy- at the rout of Philippi , and in his subsequent wanderings by land and sea1 - till he found himself a needy adventurer , ' humilem decisis pennis , ' again at Rome . Tibullus ...
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... and the eagle of Jupiter at his side . In others both the Emperor himself and various members of his family are 1 This is indicated by the bare feet . represented under the form of gods , goddesses , and C 2 GENERAL INTRODUCTION . 19.
... and the eagle of Jupiter at his side . In others both the Emperor himself and various members of his family are 1 This is indicated by the bare feet . represented under the form of gods , goddesses , and C 2 GENERAL INTRODUCTION . 19.
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... indicated in many passages in the Odes and familiar writings of Horace . Belonging by descent to the com- paratively obscure families of the Octavii and Atii , Augustus attached peculiar importance to the glories of the Julian line ...
... indicated in many passages in the Odes and familiar writings of Horace . Belonging by descent to the com- paratively obscure families of the Octavii and Atii , Augustus attached peculiar importance to the glories of the Julian line ...
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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.
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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.