Aeneidea, Or, Critical, Exegetical, and Aesthetical Remarks on the Aeneis: With a Personal Collation of All the First Class Mss., Upwards of One Hundred Second Class Mss., and All the Principal Editions, Volume 3Williams and Norgate, 1889 |
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... respect to the winds actually blowing at the time of Aeneas's sailing , and favourable to his voyage , we should have here had the zephyrs ( verse 562 : " nec zephyros audis spirare secundos ? " ) and not Aquilo at all . FLUCTUS ATROS ...
... respect to the winds actually blowing at the time of Aeneas's sailing , and favourable to his voyage , we should have here had the zephyrs ( verse 562 : " nec zephyros audis spirare secundos ? " ) and not Aquilo at all . FLUCTUS ATROS ...
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... respect to the sabbath day which the Jews were required to keep holy— holy in act , not merely by abstaining from evil acts , but by per- forming good acts ; holy in word , not merely by abstaining from idle or irreverent speaking , but ...
... respect to the sabbath day which the Jews were required to keep holy— holy in act , not merely by abstaining from evil acts , but by per- forming good acts ; holy in word , not merely by abstaining from idle or irreverent speaking , but ...
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... respect of size but in respect of OPUS , work , or workmanship . It is the OPUS , the work or workmanship , which is that of a city , not the ship itself . URBIS OPUS is the compendium of opus par urbi , the longer form of expression ...
... respect of size but in respect of OPUS , work , or workmanship . It is the OPUS , the work or workmanship , which is that of a city , not the ship itself . URBIS OPUS is the compendium of opus par urbi , the longer form of expression ...
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... respect of size ( for St. Agnese was and is but a small building ) , but in re- spect of workmanship , in respect of the labour of building , finish- ing , ornamenting , etc. , as the above quoted inscription itself goes on to say : 66 ...
... respect of size ( for St. Agnese was and is but a small building ) , but in re- spect of workmanship , in respect of the labour of building , finish- ing , ornamenting , etc. , as the above quoted inscription itself goes on to say : 66 ...
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... respect of magnitude , but in respect of their number of storeys , and of the towers erected on them . Also Lyell , Geol . 2. 2 : " The gilded steamboat like a moving city [ not at all meaning as large as a city , but the very contrary ...
... respect of magnitude , but in respect of their number of storeys , and of the towers erected on them . Also Lyell , Geol . 2. 2 : " The gilded steamboat like a moving city [ not at all meaning as large as a city , but the very contrary ...
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Aeneas Aeneid AENEIDEA aequore aethere Anchises arma Ascanius atque auras Brunck caelum caput CASTRA Cerda clause Compare Ovid Conington Dido DOMUS enim erat etiam Eurip exactly expression Forbiger forma FORTUNA haec Haupt Heins Heyne Ibid IGNES illa imago ingens INGENTEM INGENTI inter ipse Latin LECT Lucan lumina magna manu Manut meaning Mezentius mihi Mnestheus moenia NEMUS neque nomen numina nunc oculis omnes omnia omnis Ovid passage PATER Peerlkamp Phil Pierius Pott quae quam quid quis quod reader rerum Ribb Ribbeck river Roman Rutuli secondly sense sentence Servius Sibyl sidera silva Stat super tamen tecta terga terra Theb theme Thiel Tiberinus tibi Turnus URBEM variation verse Virg Virgil vitae Voss Wagn Wagner Praest Wakef words γαρ δε εν και μεν τε
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Page 321 - ... oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn brushing with hasty steps the dews away to meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 'there at the foot of yonder nodding beech that wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, his listless length at noontide would he stretch, and pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 177 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.
Page 321 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Page 412 - The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago; The Scipios...
Page 280 - To shake the sounding marsh; or from the shore The plovers when to scatter o'er the heath, And sing their wild notes to the listening waste. At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And the bright Bull receives him. Then no more Th...
Page 413 - She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers...
Page 113 - OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.
Page 724 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 130 - I suck the liquid air, All amidst the gardens fair Of Hesperus, and his daughters three That sing about the golden tree. Along the crisped shades and bowers Revels the spruce and jocund Spring; The Graces and the rosy-bosomed Hours Thither all their bounties bring.
Page 321 - O'er the Elysian flowers ; By those happy souls who dwell In yellow meads of asphodel, Or amaranthine bowers ; By the heroes' armed shades, Glittering through the gloomy glades ; By the youths that died for love, Wandering in the myrtle grove, Restore, restore Eurydice to life : Oh take the husband, or return the wife ! He sung, and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer ; Stern Proserpine relented, And gave him back the fair.