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Page xxxvi
... word that it is often hard to see what it means . But Virgil has perhaps more than any other poet the consciousness of the tangible literal ideas in words , and it is always best to look for such ideas when there is any difficulty in ...
... word that it is often hard to see what it means . But Virgil has perhaps more than any other poet the consciousness of the tangible literal ideas in words , and it is always best to look for such ideas when there is any difficulty in ...
Page xxxviii
... words ( casura ) . Such interruptions were con- sidered in Virgil's time as absolutely necessary for an agree- able cadence . One of these interruptions at the end of some principal word , or at some pause in the sense , is more marked ...
... words ( casura ) . Such interruptions were con- sidered in Virgil's time as absolutely necessary for an agree- able cadence . One of these interruptions at the end of some principal word , or at some pause in the sense , is more marked ...
Page xxxix
... word may end ( 1 ) with the ictus syllable of a foot ( masculine cæsura ) , or ( 2 ) with the first short syllable ... words which seem to belong to what follows . EXAMPLES . Tityre , tu patulae || recubans sub tegmine fagi . Here the ...
... word may end ( 1 ) with the ictus syllable of a foot ( masculine cæsura ) , or ( 2 ) with the first short syllable ... words which seem to belong to what follows . EXAMPLES . Tityre , tu patulae || recubans sub tegmine fagi . Here the ...
Page xl
... word belongs to and connects the following . ( See above . ) It may be remarked that the verses most agreeable to ... words : all , for example , in which a single short syllable comes between two long ones ( as in all the cases of ...
... word belongs to and connects the following . ( See above . ) It may be remarked that the verses most agreeable to ... words : all , for example , in which a single short syllable comes between two long ones ( as in all the cases of ...
Page xlii
... words in prose which depend on quantity , he will know a great many more quantities than those which are settled by these ... word before a following vowel . This must be learned by practice , and one will soon become as sensitive to the ...
... words in prose which depend on quantity , he will know a great many more quantities than those which are settled by these ... word before a following vowel . This must be learned by practice , and one will soon become as sensitive to the ...
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actly Æneas Æneid aequor Anchises ancient animi animo Apollo āre ārī arma ārum atque ātum ātus auras āvī caelo cæsura Campania cere circum Creüsa cura cursu Dardanus decl dere Dido divine duced entis ēre Faery Queen famous fata Greek haec haud hence hendiadys hinc inis inter ipse itum Juno Jupiter Latin Latium Less ex Less exactly litora manus Masc mihi moenia Neut numine nunc omnes one's ōnis orig ōris ōrum pater perf perh plur Poetically Priam prob pron quae quam quid quis quod reduced river Roman root Rutulian sense sidera stem akin subst terra things Thrace tibi Trojan Troy umbra unda urbem urbes Virgil wind word
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Page 386 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Page 294 - Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable Shape. The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, * But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent arm'd With mortal sting.
Page 179 - Spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus Mens agitat molem et magno se corpore miscet. Inde hominum pecudumque genus vitaeque volantum Et quae marmoreo fert monstra sub aequore pontus. Igneus est ollis vigor et coelestis origo 730 Seminibus, quantum non noxia corpora tardant Terrenique hebetant artus moribundaque membra.
Page xvii - Hos ego versiculos feci, tulit alter honores : Sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves ; Sic vos non vobis vellera fertis oves ; Sic vos non vobis mellificatis apes ; Sic vos non vobis fertis aratra boves.
Page 314 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 158 - Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno; Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis ; Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est.
Page 331 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself, And ran dismay'd away. LOR. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Page 163 - Ibant obscuri sola sub nocte per umbram perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna: quale per incertam lunam sub luce maligna 270 est iter in silvis, ubi caelum condidit umbra luppiter et rebus nox abstulit atra colorem.
Page 99 - Parva metu primo; mox sese attollit in auras, Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit.
Page 239 - The ascending pile Stood fixed her stately height, and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds discover, wide Within, her ample spaces o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky.