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Page ix
... father possessed a farm at Andes sufficiently valuable to place his family in easy circumstances , and to afford him the means of educating his son under the most eminent teachers then living in Italy . The education of Vergil appears ...
... father possessed a farm at Andes sufficiently valuable to place his family in easy circumstances , and to afford him the means of educating his son under the most eminent teachers then living in Italy . The education of Vergil appears ...
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... father , or the poet himself . In the ninth Eclogue , undoubtedly , Menalcas is in- tended for Vergil , and Meliboeus for a faithful old slave , or , perhaps , steward of his farm . But we have here a pure fiction , so shaped by the ...
... father , or the poet himself . In the ninth Eclogue , undoubtedly , Menalcas is in- tended for Vergil , and Meliboeus for a faithful old slave , or , perhaps , steward of his farm . But we have here a pure fiction , so shaped by the ...
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... father's flock , Damoctas that of Aegon , a neighbor who is in love with Neaera , and rival of the young Menalcas . While the flocks are feeding near together , Menalcas falls in with Damoetas , and immediately gives vent to his jealous ...
... father's flock , Damoctas that of Aegon , a neighbor who is in love with Neaera , and rival of the young Menalcas . While the flocks are feeding near together , Menalcas falls in with Damoetas , and immediately gives vent to his jealous ...
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... father's displeasure.— 50. Audiat , etc. , only let him hear these ( proposed verses of ours ) -even he who is coming ( yonder ) -lo , ( now I know him ) Palaemon . -52 . Si quid habes , supply quod canas . -54 . Sensibus , ablative of ...
... father's displeasure.— 50. Audiat , etc. , only let him hear these ( proposed verses of ours ) -even he who is coming ( yonder ) -lo , ( now I know him ) Palaemon . -52 . Si quid habes , supply quod canas . -54 . Sensibus , ablative of ...
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... father now enjoys , he will rule with all his father's abil- ity and patriotism . We must remember that at this time the imperial power is not yet fully developed and permanently established , and the consul is still the highest officer ...
... father now enjoys , he will rule with all his father's abil- ity and patriotism . We must remember that at this time the imperial power is not yet fully developed and permanently established , and the consul is still the highest officer ...
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Page xxviii - Aspice, venture laetantur ut omnia saeclo. 0 mini tarn longae maneat pars ultima vitae, Spiritus et, quantum sat erit tua dicere facta. Non me carminibus vincet nee Thracius Orpheus, 55 Nee Linus ; huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo.
Page xxxvi - Tu mihi, seu magni superas iam saxa Timavi, sive oram Illyrici legis aequoris (en erit umquam ille dies, mihi cum liceat tua dicere facta? en erit ut liceat totum mihi ferre per orbem sola Sophocleo tua carmina digna cothurno?
Page xxi - At nos hinc alii sitientis ibimus Afros pars Scythiam et rapidum Cretae veniemus Oaxen et penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos. en umquam patrios longo post tempore finis pauperis et tuguri congestum caespite culmen post aliquot mea regna videns mirabor aristas?
Page 88 - Charybdis 420 obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus rursusque sub auras erigit alternos et sidera verberat unda.
Page 54 - infandum, regina, iubes renovare dolorem, Troianas ut opes et lamentabile regnum eruerint Danai, quaeque ipse miserrima vidi, et quorum pars magna fui. quis talia fando Myrmidonum Dolopumve aut duri miles Ulixi temperet a lacrimis ? et iam nox umida caelo praecipitat, suadentque cadentia sidera somnos.