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... give not only what may serve the learner in the bare understanding of the text , but , along with it , some hint of that wealth of traditional interpretation and illus- tration which is more important , perhaps , in the study of Virgil ...
... give not only what may serve the learner in the bare understanding of the text , but , along with it , some hint of that wealth of traditional interpretation and illus- tration which is more important , perhaps , in the study of Virgil ...
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... give the leisure of a few years to its careful revision , and then devote the remainder of his life to philosophy . It was this voyage to which Horace wished prosperity in the celebrated ode , " Sic te diva potens Cypri " ( i . 3 ) ...
... give the leisure of a few years to its careful revision , and then devote the remainder of his life to philosophy . It was this voyage to which Horace wished prosperity in the celebrated ode , " Sic te diva potens Cypri " ( i . 3 ) ...
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... gives a peculiar delicacy to the praise . MELIBUS . TITYRUS . TITYRE , tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi silvestrem tenui Musam meditaris avena ; nos patriae fines et dulcia linquimus arva : 5 IO nos patriam fugimus ; tu , Tityre ...
... gives a peculiar delicacy to the praise . MELIBUS . TITYRUS . TITYRE , tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi silvestrem tenui Musam meditaris avena ; nos patriae fines et dulcia linquimus arva : 5 IO nos patriam fugimus ; tu , Tityre ...
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... gives a bitterly sar- castic force to the imperative , graft your pears now ( if you can ) . - 76. non posthac , never more . — viridi . . . antro , in the bush- grown grot . ( Observe the vivid image in the words pendere de rupe . ) 78 ...
... gives a bitterly sar- castic force to the imperative , graft your pears now ( if you can ) . - 76. non posthac , never more . — viridi . . . antro , in the bush- grown grot . ( Observe the vivid image in the words pendere de rupe . ) 78 ...
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... give more . - 58. quid volui mihi , what woe have I voluntarily brought on myself ( in allowing myself thus to be beguiled by love ) .- floribus ah ! wretch apros ( a proverbial manner of speech ) , I have let ( perditus ) - the ...
... give more . - 58. quid volui mihi , what woe have I voluntarily brought on myself ( in allowing myself thus to be beguiled by love ) .- floribus ah ! wretch apros ( a proverbial manner of speech ) , I have let ( perditus ) - the ...
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Acestes Aeneas Æneid aequora agmine alta altaria amor Anchises ancient animis animo Apollo arma atque auras caelo Cæsar caestus Cæsura carmina circum Creüsa cura cursu Daphnis Dardanus dative deinde dextra dictis Dido divine divom ducite ECLOGUE equidem erat etiam fama fata fluctus genus gods Greek haec haud Helenus hendiadys hinc hunc illa ille infelix ingens inter Iollas ipsa ipse Italiam jamque Juno juventus limina litora magna magno manus mecum medio Menalcas mihi Mnestheus moenia multa Mycenas namque neque numine nunc omnes omnia omnis Ovid pater pectore pelago Priam primum procul quae quam quibus quid quis quod quondam regna Roman sanguine saxa sidera silvis super talia tamen tantum terga terras Teucri Theocritus tibi Trojae Troy ultro umbra umbris undas urbe urbem venit ventis verse Virgil viri virum word
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Page 155 - But, howsoever thou pursuest this act, Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught : leave her to heaven And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, To prick and sting her. Fare thee well at once ! The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire : Adieu, adieu, adieu ! remember me.
Page 1 - TITYRE, tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi Silvestrem tenui Musam meditaris avena ; Nos patriae fines et dulcia linquimus arva : Nos patriam fugimus ; tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra Formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas.
Page 181 - Phrygias turrita per urbes, laeta deum partu, centum complexa nepotes, omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes. hue geminas nunc flecte acies, hanc aspice gentem Romanosque tuos. hie Caesar, et omnis luli progenies, magnum caeli ventura sub axem. 790 hie vir, hie est, tibi quern promitti saepius audis, Augustus Caesar, Divi genus, aurea condet saecula qui rursus Latio, regnata per arva Saturno quondam...
Page 180 - Has omnes, ubi mille rotam volvere per annos, Lethaeum ad fluvium deus evocat agmine magno, scilicet immemores supera ut convexa revisant 750 rursus et incipiant in corpora velle revertí...
Page 6 - Dardaniusque Paris. Pallas quas condidit arces ipsa colat : nobis placeant ante omnia silvae. Torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam, florentem cytisum sequitur lasciva capella, te Corydon, o Alexi : trahit sua quemque voluptas.
Page 137 - Qualis spelunca subito commota columba, Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi, Fertur in arva volans, plausumque exterrita pennis 215 Dat tecto ingentem, mox aere lapsa quieto Radit iter liquidum, celeres neque commovet alas: Sic Mnestheus, sic ipsa fuga secat ultima Pristis Aequora, sic illam fert impetus ipse volantem.
Page 88 - Dardanidae duri, quae vos a stirpe parentum „Prima tulit tellus, eadem vos ubere laeto 95 ,,Accipiet reduces : antiquam exquirite matrem. „Hie domus Aeneae cunctis dominabitur oris, „Et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.
Page 43 - Trinacrio dederatque abeuntibus heros, dividit, et dictis maerentia pectora mulcet: 'o socii (neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum), o passi graviora, dabit deus his quoque finem.
Page 174 - Respicit Aeneas subito et sub rupe sinistra moenia lata videt triplici circumdata muro, quae rapidus flammis ambit torrentibus amnis, . 550 Tartareus Phlegethon, torquetque sonantia saxa. porta adversa ingens solidoque adamante columnae, vis ut nulla virum, non ipsi exscindere bello caelicolae valeant ; stat ferrea turris ad auras, Tisiphoneque sedens palla succincta cruenta vestibulum exsomnis servat noctesque diesque.
Page 62 - Laocoon ardens summa decurrit ab arce et procul : 'o miseri, quae tanta insania, cives? creditis avectos hostis ? aut ulla putatis dona carere dolis Danaum ? sic notus Ulixes ? aut hoc inclusi ligno occultantur Achivi, 45 aut haec in nostros fabricata est machina muros, inspectura domos ventufaque desuper urbi, aut aliquis latet error; equo ne credite, Teucri. quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.