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... Georgics , and a part of the third we read together . The notes on the latter part of the first Georgic , the whole of the second , and the early part of the third , were , to a considerable extent , pre- pared by us in concert for ...
... Georgics , and a part of the third we read together . The notes on the latter part of the first Georgic , the whole of the second , and the early part of the third , were , to a considerable extent , pre- pared by us in concert for ...
Page xix
... Georgic , and which never left him . Like Horace , Virgil long felt the influence of the Epicurean system , to a part of which at least he expresses his adherence in a passage in the first Georgic ( v . 415 foll . ) . And we may well ...
... Georgic , and which never left him . Like Horace , Virgil long felt the influence of the Epicurean system , to a part of which at least he expresses his adherence in a passage in the first Georgic ( v . 415 foll . ) . And we may well ...
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... x 183 ) ascribes the Culex to some imitator of Virgil , familiar with the Georgics and possibly with the Aeneid , who wrote not very long after Actium . ] phasellus . The eighth , ' Villula quae Sironis eras XX LIFE OF VIRGIL .
... x 183 ) ascribes the Culex to some imitator of Virgil , familiar with the Georgics and possibly with the Aeneid , who wrote not very long after Actium . ] phasellus . The eighth , ' Villula quae Sironis eras XX LIFE OF VIRGIL .
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... Georgic as Virgil's tribute to the man whom he regarded as the saviour of his country . Turning now to Virgil's early studies , it is clear from the Eclogues and the Georgics that they were mainly devoted to the Alexandrian poets , and ...
... Georgic as Virgil's tribute to the man whom he regarded as the saviour of his country . Turning now to Virgil's early studies , it is clear from the Eclogues and the Georgics that they were mainly devoted to the Alexandrian poets , and ...
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