P. Vergili Maronis opera. The works of Virgil, with a comm. by J. Conington (H. Nettleship). |
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... . In one respect indeed , as he is himself now aware , he has misunderstood the object which I proposed to myself . I spoke in my preface of having followed the orthography of Wagner's small edition , mean- vi PREFACE .
... . In one respect indeed , as he is himself now aware , he has misunderstood the object which I proposed to myself . I spoke in my preface of having followed the orthography of Wagner's small edition , mean- vi PREFACE .
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... objects which break the distance and afford resting - places to the eye . The sub- stance of the Homeric poetry , the conduct of the action and the con- ception of the actors , came to Virgil modified by the intermediate agency of the ...
... objects which break the distance and afford resting - places to the eye . The sub- stance of the Homeric poetry , the conduct of the action and the con- ception of the actors , came to Virgil modified by the intermediate agency of the ...
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... object of the struggle is the establishment of Rome ; and those who resisted the Trojan invaders were not Italian patriots , but men deaf to the voices of the gods , and blind to the course of destiny . Here again the secret seems to be ...
... object of the struggle is the establishment of Rome ; and those who resisted the Trojan invaders were not Italian patriots , but men deaf to the voices of the gods , and blind to the course of destiny . Here again the secret seems to be ...
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... object of the muster before the muster roll can have any meaning to him . The incidents of the voyage have either no interest at all , or an interest unconnected with the main purpose of the poem . In the narratives of the Odyssey and ...
... object of the muster before the muster roll can have any meaning to him . The incidents of the voyage have either no interest at all , or an interest unconnected with the main purpose of the poem . In the narratives of the Odyssey and ...
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... object of every event is to illustrate the action of the contending powers whose strife keeps the prince of Ithaca from his home , the chief of Troy from his destined kingdom . But in Apollonius there is little or nothing of this ; the ...
... object of every event is to illustrate the action of the contending powers whose strife keeps the prince of Ithaca from his home , the chief of Troy from his destined kingdom . But in Apollonius there is little or nothing of this ; the ...
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