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... memories and 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 ...
... memories and 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 ...
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... memory of his old loves in song than to involve himself in new engagements . The Horatian maxims in favour of simplicity have this recommendation , that they are the result of experience in both ways of living . The luxurious life of ...
... memory of his old loves in song than to involve himself in new engagements . The Horatian maxims in favour of simplicity have this recommendation , that they are the result of experience in both ways of living . The luxurious life of ...
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... memory of Julius Caesar , in another celebrating the wars of Augustus . Afterwards he resigned to Virgil the honours of epic poetry , and entered into rivalry with Pollio as the author of tragedy . His drama of Thyestes was represented ...
... memory of Julius Caesar , in another celebrating the wars of Augustus . Afterwards he resigned to Virgil the honours of epic poetry , and entered into rivalry with Pollio as the author of tragedy . His drama of Thyestes was represented ...
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... memory was cherished with the veneration men feel to a great master , united to the affection which they feel to a departed friend . Lucan indeed rather enters into rivalry with him than follows in his footsteps ; nor can there be any ...
... memory was cherished with the veneration men feel to a great master , united to the affection which they feel to a departed friend . Lucan indeed rather enters into rivalry with him than follows in his footsteps ; nor can there be any ...
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... memory of himself2 , ' that may be truly said of Virgil . Though his name may henceforth be less famous , it cannot be deprived of its lustre in the past . Nor does it seem possible that this 1 ' Who shall say what share the turning ...
... memory of himself2 , ' that may be truly said of Virgil . Though his name may henceforth be less famous , it cannot be deprived of its lustre in the past . Nor does it seem possible that this 1 ' Who shall say what share the turning ...
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