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... probably have turned aside with contempt from a poem which relied wholly on native vigour , and did not conform , at any rate outwardly , to one of the accepted standards of literary excellence . They relished some happy reproduction of ...
... probably have turned aside with contempt from a poem which relied wholly on native vigour , and did not conform , at any rate outwardly , to one of the accepted standards of literary excellence . They relished some happy reproduction of ...
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... war these Books would , probably , find few readers . On the other hand they have high merits . They are rich in those aurea dicta which are perpetua semper dignissima vita . The episodes , such as the story INTRODUCTION xxi.
... war these Books would , probably , find few readers . On the other hand they have high merits . They are rich in those aurea dicta which are perpetua semper dignissima vita . The episodes , such as the story INTRODUCTION xxi.
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... probably thinking of a Greek auλý rather than a Roman atrium . For medio as subst . see 562 n . 60. sacra comam ] ' hallowed as to its foliage ' ; i.e. the foliage of which had never been desecrated by the knife . To keep the hair ...
... probably thinking of a Greek auλý rather than a Roman atrium . For medio as subst . see 562 n . 60. sacra comam ] ' hallowed as to its foliage ' ; i.e. the foliage of which had never been desecrated by the knife . To keep the hair ...
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... probably cremari has a certain middle force ( to have her headgear burned ' ) ; cf. 9. 478 n . 75. regalesque accensa comas , accensa ... ] The que = ' both ' has nothing to answer to it , the repeated accensa taking the place of a ...
... probably cremari has a certain middle force ( to have her headgear burned ' ) ; cf. 9. 478 n . 75. regalesque accensa comas , accensa ... ] The que = ' both ' has nothing to answer to it , the repeated accensa taking the place of a ...
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... probably the trans- position is merely for metrical convenience . Cf. 5. 14 , 400 sic deinde locutus . 136. Genium loci ] As every person has his guardian spirit or Genius , so too has every place . Cf. 5. 95 where Aeneas , seeing a ...
... probably the trans- position is merely for metrical convenience . Cf. 5. 14 , 400 sic deinde locutus . 136. Genium loci ] As every person has his guardian spirit or Genius , so too has every place . Cf. 5. 95 where Aeneas , seeing a ...
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acies Aeneas Aeneid aequis aethera agmina alta Anchises animi animo arma armis arms Ascanius atque auro belli bello caelo Camilla caput castra combat Conington Dardanus death dedit deity describes dextra Dict enim equos Evander explain fata ferro fortuna gives gods Greek haec haud hendiadys hinc Homer huic hunc iamque illa ille ingens inter interea ipse Iuppiter Juno Jupiter Juturna Latinus Latium Livy lumina magna manu marks medio Messapus Mezentius mihi Mnestheus moenia multa muros neque nunc omnes omnis Pallas pater pectore phrase proelia pugnae quae quam quid quod Roman Rutuli Rutulians sanguine seems sense Servius sese shews shield Sidgwick simul spear super Tarchon tela terra Teucri thou tibi Trojans Turnus ultro urbe urbem Venus verb Virgil viros word δὲ καὶ τε
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Page 359 - Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant influence, a peculiar grace; But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a lover; and attired With sudden brightness, like a man inspired ; And, through the heat of conflict, keeps the law In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw...
Page 147 - Non me tua fervida terrent dicta, ferox : di me terrent et luppiter hostis.' 895 Nec plura effatus saxum circumspicit ingens, saxum antiquum ingens, campo quod forte iacebat, limes agro positus, litem ut discerneret arvis. Vix illud lecti bis sex cervice subirent, qualia nunc hominum producit corpora tellus: 900 ille manu raptum trepida torquebat in hostem altior insurgens et cursu concitus heros.
Page xxiv - Light among the vanish'd ages; star that gildest yet this phantom shore ; Golden branch amid the shadows, kings and realms that pass to rise no more ; vm Now thy Forum roars no longer, fallen every purple Caesar's dome — Tho...
Page 16 - At saeva e speculis tempus dea nacta nocendi Ardua tecta petit stabuli, et de culmine summo Pastorale canit signum, cornuque recurvo Tartaream intendit vocem : qua protinus omne Contremuit nemus, et silvae insonuere profundae. 515 Audiit et Triviae longe lacus ; audiit amnis Sulfurea Nar albus aqua, fontesque Velini; Et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos.
Page 27 - Thybris ea fluvium, quam longa est, nocte tumentem leniit, et tacita refluens ita substitit unda, mitis ut in morem stagni placidaeque paludis sterneret aequor aquis, remo ut luctamen abesset.
Page 280 - David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
Page 352 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 26 - Nox erat et terras animalia fessa per omnis alituum pecudumque genus sopor altus habebat, cum pater in ripa gelidique sub aetheris axe Aeneas, tristi turbatus pectora bello, procubuit seramque dedit per membra quietem.
Page 41 - Aeneas inter primos et fidus Achates, inde alii Troiae proceres, ipse agmine Pallas in medio chlamyde et pictis conspectus in armis, qualis ubi Oceani perfusus Lucifer unda, quem Venus ante alios astrorum diligit ignis, 590 extulit os sacrum caelo tenebrasque resolvit.
Page 2 - Tu quoque litoribus nostris, Aeneia nutrix, aeternam moriens famam, Caieta, dedisti; et nunc servat honos sedem tuus ossaque nomen Hesperia in magna, si qua est ea gloria, signat.