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Page 81
... hæc obtusa nimis præcordia credas , Neu me adeo nullâ Pallade progenitum : Testor Pieridumque umbras et flumina Pindi Me quoque Calliopes semper amasse choros ; Et dudum Ausonias urbes , et visere Graias Cura est , ingenio si licet ire ...
... hæc obtusa nimis præcordia credas , Neu me adeo nullâ Pallade progenitum : Testor Pieridumque umbras et flumina Pindi Me quoque Calliopes semper amasse choros ; Et dudum Ausonias urbes , et visere Graias Cura est , ingenio si licet ire ...
Page 96
... Hæc trahit Amphion ; Sixtus et arte trahit . At tantum exsuperat Dircæum Amphiona Sixtus , Quantum hic exsuperat cætera saxa lapis . Mine is ancient , and I think not less curious . It is exactly transcribed from a sepulchral marble ...
... Hæc trahit Amphion ; Sixtus et arte trahit . At tantum exsuperat Dircæum Amphiona Sixtus , Quantum hic exsuperat cætera saxa lapis . Mine is ancient , and I think not less curious . It is exactly transcribed from a sepulchral marble ...
Page 156
... hæc partem tibi , Massinissa , triumphi Detractam , hæc pompæ jura minora suæ Imputat , atque uxor quòd non tua pressa catenis , Objecta et sævæ plausibus urbis eo : Quin tu pro tantis cepisti præmia factis , Magnum Romanæ pignus ...
... hæc partem tibi , Massinissa , triumphi Detractam , hæc pompæ jura minora suæ Imputat , atque uxor quòd non tua pressa catenis , Objecta et sævæ plausibus urbis eo : Quin tu pro tantis cepisti præmia factis , Magnum Romanæ pignus ...
Page 164
... hæc oculos dulcedine parvos Splendida percussit novitas , traxitque sequentes ; Nonne videmus enim , latis inserta fenestris Sicubi se Phoebi dispergant aurea tela , Sive lucernarum rutilus colluxerit ardor , hùc Extemplo huc obverti ...
... hæc oculos dulcedine parvos Splendida percussit novitas , traxitque sequentes ; Nonne videmus enim , latis inserta fenestris Sicubi se Phoebi dispergant aurea tela , Sive lucernarum rutilus colluxerit ardor , hùc Extemplo huc obverti ...
Page 165
... hæc sonitus , hæc fulminis alas , Et mulcere dedit dictis et tollere corda , Verbaque metiri numeris , versuque ligare Repperit , et quicquid discant Libethrides undæ , Calliope quotiès , quotiès Pater ipse canendi Evolvat liquidum ...
... hæc sonitus , hæc fulminis alas , Et mulcere dedit dictis et tollere corda , Verbaque metiri numeris , versuque ligare Repperit , et quicquid discant Libethrides undæ , Calliope quotiès , quotiès Pater ipse canendi Evolvat liquidum ...
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