Publii Virgilii; or, The works of Virgil: With copious notes, mythological, biographical, historical ... in English; comp. from the best commentators... Together with an ordo of the most intricate parts of the text, upon the same page with the text. Designed for the use of students in the colleges, academies, and other seminaries, in the United States... To which is added, A table of reference...N. & J. White, 1837 - 615 pages |
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... Roman army in Germany . The first seven years of his life were passed under his paternal roof : after which he was ... Romans , was at the age of 17. At an early period he showed himself to be a favorite of the Muses , and manifested a ...
... Roman army in Germany . The first seven years of his life were passed under his paternal roof : after which he was ... Romans , was at the age of 17. At an early period he showed himself to be a favorite of the Muses , and manifested a ...
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... Romans . It is a fact worthy of notice , that he was the introducer , and at the same time the perfector , of this kind of writing . All succeeding poets have taken him as their model , and found the surest way to success to be , to ...
... Romans . It is a fact worthy of notice , that he was the introducer , and at the same time the perfector , of this kind of writing . All succeeding poets have taken him as their model , and found the surest way to success to be , to ...
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... Romans . The former denominated his pastorals Idyllia , the latter Ecloga . Virgil , however , cannot so properly be called an original pastoral writer , as an imitator of Theocritus . Many of his finest touches are taken from the ...
... Romans . The former denominated his pastorals Idyllia , the latter Ecloga . Virgil , however , cannot so properly be called an original pastoral writer , as an imitator of Theocritus . Many of his finest touches are taken from the ...
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... Romans had deified . Hæc otia : this rest or ease . Otium is opposed to labor in signification . 14. Namque , modò connixa gemellos , spem gregis , ah ! reliquit eos hic - inter densas corylos , in nuda silice . 9. Errare . To feed at ...
... Romans had deified . Hæc otia : this rest or ease . Otium is opposed to labor in signification . 14. Namque , modò connixa gemellos , spem gregis , ah ! reliquit eos hic - inter densas corylos , in nuda silice . 9. Errare . To feed at ...
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... Romans were very superstitious . They considered every thing as ominous . The flight of some kinds of birds , the croaking of others , the darting of a meteor , a peal of thunder , were signs of good or bad luck . Those that appeared on ...
... Romans were very superstitious . They considered every thing as ominous . The flight of some kinds of birds , the croaking of others , the darting of a meteor , a peal of thunder , were signs of good or bad luck . Those that appeared on ...
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