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Virgil. CONTENTS . PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION LIFE OF VIRGIL . ( H. NETTLESHIP . ) . ON SOME OF THE EARLY CRITICISMS OF VIRGIL'S POETRY . ( H. N. ) THE ANCIENT COMMENTATORS ON VIRGIL . ( H. N. ) . THE TEXT OF ...
Virgil. CONTENTS . PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION LIFE OF VIRGIL . ( H. NETTLESHIP . ) . ON SOME OF THE EARLY CRITICISMS OF VIRGIL'S POETRY . ( H. N. ) THE ANCIENT COMMENTATORS ON VIRGIL . ( H. N. ) . THE TEXT OF ...
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Virgil. though it is also conceivable that indications of this kind may have arisen from changes in my own opinion ... Virgil's poems . Here , as elsewhere , I have written rather for learners than for scholars : I have sought to ...
Virgil. though it is also conceivable that indications of this kind may have arisen from changes in my own opinion ... Virgil's poems . Here , as elsewhere , I have written rather for learners than for scholars : I have sought to ...
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... Virgil cannot yet be said to be fixed : but it is satisfactory to know that so much has been added to our materials ... Virgil's . Variations there are , and probably will continue to be , as some of the most eminent of the ancient ...
... Virgil cannot yet be said to be fixed : but it is satisfactory to know that so much has been added to our materials ... Virgil's . Variations there are , and probably will continue to be , as some of the most eminent of the ancient ...
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Virgil. LIFE OF VIRGIL . § I. AUTHORITIES . § 2. CHILDHOOD . § 3. EARLY POEMS . $ 4. EARLY MAN- HOOD , THE ECLOGUES . § 5. THE GEORGICS . § 6. THE AENEID . § 7. DEATH . GENERAL Details . § 1. THE fullest and most authentic life of Virgil ...
Virgil. LIFE OF VIRGIL . § I. AUTHORITIES . § 2. CHILDHOOD . § 3. EARLY POEMS . $ 4. EARLY MAN- HOOD , THE ECLOGUES . § 5. THE GEORGICS . § 6. THE AENEID . § 7. DEATH . GENERAL Details . § 1. THE fullest and most authentic life of Virgil ...
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... Virgil . § 2. Publius Vergilius Maro was born on the fifteenth of October , in the year 70 B.C. , in which Cn ... Virgil ( ' Magiae filius ' ) a magician . If we may trust the authorities mentioned by Suetonius , Virgil's father managed ...
... Virgil . § 2. Publius Vergilius Maro was born on the fifteenth of October , in the year 70 B.C. , in which Cn ... Virgil ( ' Magiae filius ' ) a magician . If we may trust the authorities mentioned by Suetonius , Virgil's father managed ...
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