Notes of a Twelve Years' Voyage of Discovery in the First Six Books of the EneisMeinhold and Sons, 1853 - 586 pages |
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... hand - writing , which however I found it impossible to decypher . It is not likely that they throw any light whatever on the Virgilian text . This MS . has an alle- gorical frontispiece said to have been painted by the hand of Simon ...
... hand - writing , which however I found it impossible to decypher . It is not likely that they throw any light whatever on the Virgilian text . This MS . has an alle- gorical frontispiece said to have been painted by the hand of Simon ...
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... hand , and to vary the measure to alter my rythm according to the exigencies of the sense . " The poem , " said I to myself , " will be the more agreeable if the rythm be occasionally changed . The chief defect in Virgil's great poem is ...
... hand , and to vary the measure to alter my rythm according to the exigencies of the sense . " The poem , " said I to myself , " will be the more agreeable if the rythm be occasionally changed . The chief defect in Virgil's great poem is ...
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... hand , on the top or on a peak of the mountain within which the winds are confined , because such a picture were little short of ridiculous . Neither is he represented sitting on a throne inside , and in the midst of the winds , both ...
... hand , on the top or on a peak of the mountain within which the winds are confined , because such a picture were little short of ridiculous . Neither is he represented sitting on a throne inside , and in the midst of the winds , both ...
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... hand . " DRYDEN . No ; but the very contrary : this petty domain of mine ; this domain of mine , such as it is . Compare : " Tu decus hoc quodcunqué lyræ , primusque dedisti Non vulgare loqui , et famam sperare sepulchro . " - STAT ...
... hand . " DRYDEN . No ; but the very contrary : this petty domain of mine ; this domain of mine , such as it is . Compare : " Tu decus hoc quodcunqué lyræ , primusque dedisti Non vulgare loqui , et famam sperare sepulchro . " - STAT ...
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... hands of my noble enemy on the plains of Troy , fighting bravely for my country before the eyes of my sires , than have lived to see this day , and to meet this fate . " 103 . - SÆVUS UBI ÆACIDE TELO JACET HECTOR UBI INGENS SARPEDON ...
... hands of my noble enemy on the plains of Troy , fighting bravely for my country before the eyes of my sires , than have lived to see this day , and to meet this fate . " 103 . - SÆVUS UBI ÆACIDE TELO JACET HECTOR UBI INGENS SARPEDON ...
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Page 9 - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs: She swore, in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful...
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Page 92 - For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Page 45 - Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers. And such she was; her daughters had their dowers From spoils of nations, and the exhaustless East Poured in her lap all gems in sparkling showers. In purple was she robed, and of her feast Monarchs partook, and deemed their dignity increased.
Page 102 - Notre chair change bientôt de nature : notre corps prend un autre nom; même celui de cadavre, dit Tertullien, parce qu'il nous montre encore quelque forme humaine, ne lui demeure pas longtemps : il devient un je ne sais quoi, qui n'a plus de nom dans aucune langue...
Page 44 - The Niobe of nations, — there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago ; The Scipios...
Page 50 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest Mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...