 | 1810 - 396 pages
...acrior'ipso, 2io Agmine remorum celeri, ventisque vocatis, Prona petit maria, et pelago decurrit aperto. Qualis spelunca subito commota columba, Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi, Fertur in arvavolans, plausumque exterrita pennis Dat tecto ingerìtem; mox acre lapsa quieto, La ciurma infiamma:... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1822 - 380 pages
...thought that by their fierce and wild demeanor they frighted their foster-mothers, and so were starved. Virgil, as a familiar occurrence, by way of simile,...rendered it so happily in our language, that without farther excuse I shall add his translation also. " Qualis spelunca subito commota Columba, " Cui iloinus,... | |
 | Bibliotheca - 1825 - 634 pages
...laudatum a Kiotzio in Lection. Venusinis p. 107. Eo pertinere videtur Virgil. V. Aen. vs. ai3. . . Qualis spelunca subito commota columba Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi¿ Quod certe melius de palumbe intelligitur. Graecis quidem nu.stou saepe sunt eaedem quae терат£/>а(',... | |
 | Horace - 1829 - 586 pages
...ímpetu, puroicum instar, exesis et caTalis. S\cpumex pro. rupe cavernosa apud Virg. JEn. V, 214, « Qualis spelunca subito commota columba, Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi, Fertur in агта volans, » etc. et XII, ;,к-, » Inclusas ut quum latebroso in pumice pastor Yeetigavit apes... | |
 | Horace - 1829 - 462 pages
...Ímpetu, pumicum instar, exesis et cavatis. Sic pnmex pro rupe cavernosa apud Virg. Aen. V. 214. Quaiis spelunca subito commota columba , Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi, Fertur in area volons cett. et XII. 587. Inclusas ut cum latebroso in pumice pastor Vestigavit apes cett. —... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1832 - 354 pages
...thought that by their fierce and wild demeanor they frighted their fostermothers, and so were starved. Virgil, as a familiar occurrence, by way of simile,...shall add his translation also. " Q,ualis spelunca subit6 commota columba, Cui domus, et ducles latebroso in pumice nidi,. Fertur inarva volans, plausumque... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1834 - 392 pages
...thought that by their tierce and wild demeanour they frighted their foster-mothers, and so were starved. Virgil, as a familiar occurrence, by way of simile,...that I cannot refrain from quoting the passage ; and * Some old sportsmen say, that the main part of thcsu flocks used to withdraw as soon as the heavy... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1836 - 398 pages
...acrior ipso , Agmine remorum celeri, ventisque vocatis, Prona petit maria; et pelago decnrrit aperto. Qualis spelunca subito commota columba, Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi, Ils volent , la mer fuit ; de leurs poumons lassés Un air rare et brûlant sort en souffles pressés... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1837 - 678 pages
...that the main part of these docks used to withdraw as soon as the heavy Christmas frosts were over. Virgil, as a familiar occurrence, by way of simile,...shall add his translation also. " Qualis spelunca subitd commota Columba, Cui domus et dulcea latebroso in pumice nidi, Fertur in arva volans, plausumque... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1837 - 680 pages
...that the nriin part of these flocks used to withdraw as soon as the heavy Christmas frosts were over. Virgil, as a familiar occurrence, by way of simile,...shall add his translation also. " Qualis spelunca nubito commota Columba, Cui domua et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi, Fertur in arva volans, plausumque... | |
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Virgil, as a familiar occurrence, by way of simile, describes a dove haunting the cavern of a rock in such engaging numbers, that I cannot refrain from quoting the passage : and John Dryden has rendered it so happily in our language, that without... 
