Virgil, Volume 10Sheed & Ward, 1946 - 162 pages |
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Page 50
... earlier Thestylis et rapido fessis messoribus aestu allia serpyllumque herbas contundit olentes . ( And Thestylis pounds together leeks and thyme , strong - smelling herbs , for the reapers weary with the scorching heat . ) The ...
... earlier Thestylis et rapido fessis messoribus aestu allia serpyllumque herbas contundit olentes . ( And Thestylis pounds together leeks and thyme , strong - smelling herbs , for the reapers weary with the scorching heat . ) The ...
Page 61
... earlier put on the tongue of Silenus . Though Virgil was never destined to write a philosophical poem proper , this preference never left him , and was to find its partial satisfaction and better expression in the brooding line and half ...
... earlier put on the tongue of Silenus . Though Virgil was never destined to write a philosophical poem proper , this preference never left him , and was to find its partial satisfaction and better expression in the brooding line and half ...
Page 159
... earlier episodes is rather calculated to wean us from the sympathy we feel for his cause ; and no doubt Virgil wishes some element of disapproval to qualify our admiration for his courageous patriotism . Accordingly we are revolted by ...
... earlier episodes is rather calculated to wean us from the sympathy we feel for his cause ; and no doubt Virgil wishes some element of disapproval to qualify our admiration for his courageous patriotism . Accordingly we are revolted by ...
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