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... present century . Virgil's alleged dissatisfaction with the Aeneid Probable explanation of this Adverse criticisms in the present century · Causes of these criticisms Advance in Greek scholarship Modern interest in remote antiquity ...
... present century . Virgil's alleged dissatisfaction with the Aeneid Probable explanation of this Adverse criticisms in the present century · Causes of these criticisms Advance in Greek scholarship Modern interest in remote antiquity ...
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... present had on the Roman nature was the secret of the great stability of the Republic and Empire . We shall find how largely this sentiment enters into the poetry of the age , -how it is especially the animating principle of the great 1 ...
... present had on the Roman nature was the secret of the great stability of the Republic and Empire . We shall find how largely this sentiment enters into the poetry of the age , -how it is especially the animating principle of the great 1 ...
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... present seen among the statues of the Braccio Nuovo 1 The belief in the divinity of the genius attending on each individual , a and also the custom of raising altars to some abstract quality in an individual , such as the ' Clemency of ...
... present seen among the statues of the Braccio Nuovo 1 The belief in the divinity of the genius attending on each individual , a and also the custom of raising altars to some abstract quality in an individual , such as the ' Clemency of ...
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... presents the view of his character suggested by the contrast between his ability as a statesman and the apparent indolence of his private life : ' Vir ubi res vigiliam exigeret sane exsomnis , providens , atque agendi sciens , simul ...
... presents the view of his character suggested by the contrast between his ability as a statesman and the apparent indolence of his private life : ' Vir ubi res vigiliam exigeret sane exsomnis , providens , atque agendi sciens , simul ...
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... present is that of a paternal ruler giving laws to his people and caring for their welfare . His repugnance to the influence of the ' popularis aura ' on government is indicated in such passages as the famous simile near the beginning ...
... present is that of a paternal ruler giving laws to his people and caring for their welfare . His repugnance to the influence of the ' popularis aura ' on government is indicated in such passages as the famous simile near the beginning ...
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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.