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... course be undistinguishable in uncial MSS . Servius ' note ( Hoc est , lutulentum , quod rapit cretam ' ) is the earliest suggestion that Virgil wrote ' cretae , ' the gen . of ' f ' creta , ' chalk . This interpretation is defended by ...
... course be undistinguishable in uncial MSS . Servius ' note ( Hoc est , lutulentum , quod rapit cretam ' ) is the earliest suggestion that Virgil wrote ' cretae , ' the gen . of ' f ' creta , ' chalk . This interpretation is defended by ...
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... course most incongruous ; but Virgil only thinks of the compliment to his friend . viro , dative . assurrexerit , ' rose up in honour of , ' cp . G. ii . 98 . 67. divino carmine , descriptive abl . with pastor , ' the shepherd of god ...
... course most incongruous ; but Virgil only thinks of the compliment to his friend . viro , dative . assurrexerit , ' rose up in honour of , ' cp . G. ii . 98 . 67. divino carmine , descriptive abl . with pastor , ' the shepherd of god ...
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... course ) . ' imperat , ' lords it over ' the fields , i . e . forces them to own his rule . This and other expressions ( ' subigere , ' ' compescere ' G. ii . 370 , ' vertere , ' ' exercere ' ) , applied to agricultural operations ...
... course ) . ' imperat , ' lords it over ' the fields , i . e . forces them to own his rule . This and other expressions ( ' subigere , ' ' compescere ' G. ii . 370 , ' vertere , ' ' exercere ' ) , applied to agricultural operations ...
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... course marked out in different stages through the heaven's twelve starry signs . ' ( regit , of directing a way , Aen . vi . 350 , xii . 405. ) Virgil seems to represent the earth as a plain in the midst of the mundus or great sphere of ...
... course marked out in different stages through the heaven's twelve starry signs . ' ( regit , of directing a way , Aen . vi . 350 , xii . 405. ) Virgil seems to represent the earth as a plain in the midst of the mundus or great sphere of ...
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... course , and Jupiter ( i . e . the sky , Ecl . viii . 60 ) moist with the south winds condenses what but now was ... courses = " or ' directions , ' approaching in sense to ratio and some terms connected with it , e . g . Cic . Verr . ii ...
... course , and Jupiter ( i . e . the sky , Ecl . viii . 60 ) moist with the south winds condenses what but now was ... courses = " or ' directions , ' approaching in sense to ratio and some terms connected with it , e . g . Cic . Verr . ii ...
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accus adeo adverbial Aeneas Aeneid Aesch Anchises animi apodosis atque Augustus caeli Catull cited clause Conington conj Crown 8vo dative death English Ennius epithet Epod explained expression Forb Gossr Gossrau Greek haec heaven hendiadys Heyne Homer idea Iliad imitation implies Introd ipse Italy Jupiter Juturna Kenn Latin Livy Lucan Lucr Lucretius M.A. Extra fcap M.A. Second Edition manus meaning mihi Munro note to Ecl note to G obliqua Ovid passage perhaps phrase Plaut Plautus plur poet poetical probably quae quam quid quod reading reference Ribb Ribbeck Roman seems sense Servius spear suggests Theocr tibi Translated Trojan Troy Turnus ultro verb viii Virgil W. W. Skeat Wagn wind word καὶ
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Page 250 - The lonely mountains o'er and the resounding shore a voice of weeping heard and loud lament ; from haunted spring and dale edged with poplar pale the parting Genius is with sighing sent; with flower-inwoven tresses torn the nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
Page 331 - But when the warrior dieth, His comrades in the war, With arms reversed and muffled drum, Follow his funeral car ; They show the banners taken, They tell his battles won, And after him lead his masterless steed, While peals the minute gun.
Page 236 - And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 11 - Gautama, los. 6d. Vol. III. The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Confucianism.
Page 93 - Let down the flood, and half dissolv'd by day. Rustles no more ; but to the sedgy bank Fast grows, or gathers round the pointed stone, A crystal pavement, by the breath of Heaven Cemented firm ; till, seiz'd from shore to shore, The whole imprison'd river growls below.
Page 137 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Page 240 - Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain.
Page 241 - Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal : but when lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first be^ ing.
Page 313 - On the other side, Incensed with indignation, Satan stood Unterrified, and like a comet burned, That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In the arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.
Page 11 - And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw...