Virgil, Volume 10Sheed & Ward, 1946 - 162 pages |
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Page 60
... interest in the philosophical specu- lations of the Epicurean school . His cosmogony , in fact , is theirs . He follows them in describing the formation of the world from the traditional four elements , the separation of land and water ...
... interest in the philosophical specu- lations of the Epicurean school . His cosmogony , in fact , is theirs . He follows them in describing the formation of the world from the traditional four elements , the separation of land and water ...
Page 74
... interest in man by visible signs in the sun , and by such apparitions as the Julian comet , at the death of the ruler of the world , will not grow deaf to prayer with the exhaustion of the earth . Yet however far all this is from ...
... interest in man by visible signs in the sun , and by such apparitions as the Julian comet , at the death of the ruler of the world , will not grow deaf to prayer with the exhaustion of the earth . Yet however far all this is from ...
Page 159
... interest of the conflicts themselves , these books are so thick - sown with beautiful or interesting episodes , as well as memorable " half - lines " and " lonely words , ' that it is with reluctance one passes to the closing scenes ...
... interest of the conflicts themselves , these books are so thick - sown with beautiful or interesting episodes , as well as memorable " half - lines " and " lonely words , ' that it is with reluctance one passes to the closing scenes ...
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