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Page v
... for verifying these early im- pressions . Ever affectionately yours , W. Y. SELLAR . PREFACE . THIS volume has been written in continuation of 13076 General condition of literary culture as affecting the Augustan Poetry.
... for verifying these early im- pressions . Ever affectionately yours , W. Y. SELLAR . PREFACE . THIS volume has been written in continuation of 13076 General condition of literary culture as affecting the Augustan Poetry.
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William Young Sellar. PREFACE . THIS volume has been written in continuation of one which appeared some years ago on the Roman Poets of the Republic . I hope in a short time to bring out a new edition of that work , enlarged and ...
William Young Sellar. PREFACE . THIS volume has been written in continuation of one which appeared some years ago on the Roman Poets of the Republic . I hope in a short time to bring out a new edition of that work , enlarged and ...
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... writing all I had to say about that poem .. I have drawn attention in the text or in notes at the foot of the page to some places in which I modified what I had originally written after reading his ' Sugges- tions , ' to others in which ...
... writing all I had to say about that poem .. I have drawn attention in the text or in notes at the foot of the page to some places in which I modified what I had originally written after reading his ' Sugges- tions , ' to others in which ...
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... written , and by the author's genius Dignity of the circumstances treated in the poem PAGE 350-360 350 Distinction of the actors • 351 Interest to Roman readers of the revival of Homeric life 352 99 39 99 of the new romance of Italy 353 ...
... written , and by the author's genius Dignity of the circumstances treated in the poem PAGE 350-360 350 Distinction of the actors • 351 Interest to Roman readers of the revival of Homeric life 352 99 39 99 of the new romance of Italy 353 ...
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... written later express the deep thankfulness for its attainment . In Virgil the recoil from 1 Od . iii . 4. 28 . 2 Cf. Eleg . i . 41-42 : — Non ego divitias patrum fructusque requiro Quos tulit antiquo condita messis avo . 3 Cf. v . I ...
... written later express the deep thankfulness for its attainment . In Virgil the recoil from 1 Od . iii . 4. 28 . 2 Cf. Eleg . i . 41-42 : — Non ego divitias patrum fructusque requiro Quos tulit antiquo condita messis avo . 3 Cf. v . I ...
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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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