Virgil, Volume 10Sheed & Ward, 1946 - 162 pages |
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... passed into his body ) . And Tertullian has the typically caustic comment : Pavum se meminit Homerus Ennio somniante ; sed poetis nec vigilantibus credam.11 ( Homer in Ennius ' dream recalled that he had been a peacock . But I should ...
... passed into his body ) . And Tertullian has the typically caustic comment : Pavum se meminit Homerus Ennio somniante ; sed poetis nec vigilantibus credam.11 ( Homer in Ennius ' dream recalled that he had been a peacock . But I should ...
Page 82
... passed in survey , without the least indication that the poet is here , after all , reciting a mere list ... passing mention in the briefest of studies . " The praises of Italy " commence with the claim that not the woods of Medis , nor ...
... passed in survey , without the least indication that the poet is here , after all , reciting a mere list ... passing mention in the briefest of studies . " The praises of Italy " commence with the claim that not the woods of Medis , nor ...
Page 166
... passed , and he has had experience of life , and pierce him , as if he had never before known them , with their sad earnestness and vivid exactness . Then he comes to understand how it is that lines , the birth of some chance morning or ...
... passed , and he has had experience of life , and pierce him , as if he had never before known them , with their sad earnestness and vivid exactness . Then he comes to understand how it is that lines , the birth of some chance morning or ...
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