Virgil, Volume 10Sheed & Ward, 1946 - 162 pages |
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Page 22
... line memini me fieri pavum ( I remember becoming a peacock ) , " evidently referring to the writer himself . 13 The opening lines of the Annales involve two important 9 VI . 10 - II . 10 Cf. Horace , Carm . 1.28.10 . 11 De Anima 33 . 12 ...
... line memini me fieri pavum ( I remember becoming a peacock ) , " evidently referring to the writer himself . 13 The opening lines of the Annales involve two important 9 VI . 10 - II . 10 Cf. Horace , Carm . 1.28.10 . 11 De Anima 33 . 12 ...
Page 152
... line on solemn line , of apostrophe rising in steady emotional crescendo that his skilful rhetoric prepares a climax to which he always springs with a line or half - line of mar- vellous if not altogether spontaneous simplicity : " Tu ...
... line on solemn line , of apostrophe rising in steady emotional crescendo that his skilful rhetoric prepares a climax to which he always springs with a line or half - line of mar- vellous if not altogether spontaneous simplicity : " Tu ...
Page 166
... lines , the birth of some chance morning or evening at an Ionian festival , or among the Sabine hills , have lasted generation after generation , for thousands of years , with a power over the mind , and a charm , which the current ...
... lines , the birth of some chance morning or evening at an Ionian festival , or among the Sabine hills , have lasted generation after generation , for thousands of years , with a power over the mind , and a charm , which the current ...
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