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Page vi
... were possessed of some property , and were neither unable nor unwilling to impart to their son a liberal education . This , according to the traditions regarding him , preserved by Donatus , ' was carried on at Cremona , Mediolanum ...
... were possessed of some property , and were neither unable nor unwilling to impart to their son a liberal education . This , according to the traditions regarding him , preserved by Donatus , ' was carried on at Cremona , Mediolanum ...
Page vii
... were hastening to a crisis . The civil war between Pompey and Caesar , with the events which followed , are too well known , and have too little direct bearing upon the fortunes of our author , to require more than mention here . But it ...
... were hastening to a crisis . The civil war between Pompey and Caesar , with the events which followed , are too well known , and have too little direct bearing upon the fortunes of our author , to require more than mention here . But it ...
Page viii
... were killed . The senate , however , from some mistrust of Octavianus , instead of conferring the command upon him , directed D. Brutus to head the armies against Antony , who was again becoming formidable through the aid of Lepidus ...
... were killed . The senate , however , from some mistrust of Octavianus , instead of conferring the command upon him , directed D. Brutus to head the armies against Antony , who was again becoming formidable through the aid of Lepidus ...
Page ix
... were two parties arrayed against each other in open war , the subject being the division of the lands - L . Antonius at the head of the people , and Octavianus at that of the army . The siege of Perusia , in Etruria , at the Trasimene ...
... were two parties arrayed against each other in open war , the subject being the division of the lands - L . Antonius at the head of the people , and Octavianus at that of the army . The siege of Perusia , in Etruria , at the Trasimene ...
Page xi
... were ex- cited - hence Eclogue vi . - and justly . He was too well known to be under the protection of Pollio , for his former connection with Gallus and Varus to save him ; though it is not unreasonable to sup- pose that they would ...
... were ex- cited - hence Eclogue vi . - and justly . He was too well known to be under the protection of Pollio , for his former connection with Gallus and Varus to save him ; though it is not unreasonable to sup- pose that they would ...
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Page 144 - Quae te tam laeta tulerunt 605 saecula ? qui tanti talem genuere parentes ? in freta dum fluvii current, dum montibus umbrae lustrabunt convexa, polus dum sidera pascet, semper honos nomenque tuum laudesque manebunt, quae me cumque vocant terrae.
Page 415 - Ac velut immissi diversis partibus ignes arentem in silvam et virgulta sonantia lauro; aut ubi decursu rapido de montibus altis dant sonitum spumosi amnes, et in aequora currunt quisque suum populatus iter...
Page 249 - ... talibus adfata Aenean — nec sacra morantur 40 iussa viri — Teucros vocat alta in templa sacerdos. excisum Euboicae latus ingens rupis in antrum, quo lati ducunt aditus centum, ostia centum ; unde ruunt totidem voces, responsa Sibyllae. ventum erat ad limen, cum virgo, 'poscere fata tempus,
Page 278 - EXCUDENT alii spirantia mollius aera , Credo equidem ; vivos ducent de marmore vultus ; Orabunt causas melius; cœlique meatus Describent radio, et surgentia sidera dicent : Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento; Hae tibi erunt artes , pacisque imponere morem , Parcere subjectis, et debellare superbos.
Page 37 - At tibi prima, puer, nullo munuscula cultu errantes hederas passim cum baccare tellus mixtaque ridenti colocasia fundet acantho. 20 Ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae ubera, nec magnos metuent armenta leones.
Page xv - Mantua me genuit : Calabri rapuere : tenet nunc Parthenope : cecini pascua, rura, duces.
Page 89 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Page 131 - Antenor potuit mediis elapsus Achivis Illyricos penetrare sinus atque intima tutus regna Liburnorum et fontem superare Timavi, unde per ora novem vasto cum murmure montis 245 it mare proruptum et pelago premit arva sonanti. Hie tamen ille urbem Patavi sedesque locavit Teucrorum...
Page 40 - Apollo. 35 grandia saepe quibus mandavimus hordea sulcis, infelix lolium et steriles nascuntur avenae; pro molli viola, pro purpureo narcisso carduus et spinis surgit paliurus acutis. spargite humum foliis, inducite fontibus umbras, 40 pastores; mandat fieri sibi talia Daphnis; et tumulum facite, et tumulo superaddite carmen: 'Daphnis ego in silvis, hinc usque ad sidera notus, formosi pecoris custos, formosior ipse.
Page 157 - ... illi agmine certo Laocoonta petunt ; et primum parva duorum corpora natorum serpens amplexus uterque implicat, et miseros morsu depascitur artus ; 215 post ipsum, auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem, corripiunt, spirisque ligant ingentibus ; et jam bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis.