Virgil, Volume 10Sheed & Ward, 1946 - 162 pages |
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Page 29
... Rome arising , " the builder of the greatest of Roman epics . If we consider merely their difference of temperament , it would appear as strange that the poet of Rome should be Virgil as that the poet of Italy should be Dante . They ...
... Rome arising , " the builder of the greatest of Roman epics . If we consider merely their difference of temperament , it would appear as strange that the poet of Rome should be Virgil as that the poet of Italy should be Dante . They ...
Page 30
... Rome allows Virgil to dedi- cate his early years alone to the serene contemplation of Italian scenery . She claims his maturity for herself , for a song of arms and men . It is , then , as symbolical of Roman imperialism that Virgil's ...
... Rome allows Virgil to dedi- cate his early years alone to the serene contemplation of Italian scenery . She claims his maturity for herself , for a song of arms and men . It is , then , as symbolical of Roman imperialism that Virgil's ...
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... Rome far more than that older peninsula of warring tribes invasion alone could hammer into a transient nation . If ... Rome , Rome no less is for the world . Heaven has made the Trojan invasion a sacred duty for Aeneas , and a future ...
... Rome far more than that older peninsula of warring tribes invasion alone could hammer into a transient nation . If ... Rome , Rome no less is for the world . Heaven has made the Trojan invasion a sacred duty for Aeneas , and a future ...
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