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Page v
... Romans had yet seen , and in many nat- ural and simple touches . John Dryden , in the Dedication of his translation of the " Pastorals , " says : " [ Virgil ] found the strength of his genius betimes , and was , even in his youth , pre ...
... Romans had yet seen , and in many nat- ural and simple touches . John Dryden , in the Dedication of his translation of the " Pastorals , " says : " [ Virgil ] found the strength of his genius betimes , and was , even in his youth , pre ...
Page vi
... Romans , their love of home , of labor , of piety , and order ; to magnify their domestic happiness and greatness ; to ... Roman literature , we must regard it as the glori- fication of Labor . " While writing this poem , Virgil composed ...
... Romans , their love of home , of labor , of piety , and order ; to magnify their domestic happiness and greatness ; to ... Roman literature , we must regard it as the glori- fication of Labor . " While writing this poem , Virgil composed ...
Page vii
... Roman poet copies his master , and says " the Grecian had only the advantage of writing first . " As Seneca well puts it , Virgil never stole , but only openly imitated . Whatever he took , he wrought over and made his own ; it is the ...
... Roman poet copies his master , and says " the Grecian had only the advantage of writing first . " As Seneca well puts it , Virgil never stole , but only openly imitated . Whatever he took , he wrought over and made his own ; it is the ...
Page 8
... Roman had a share ; and his works became school - books even before the death of Augustus , and have continued such ever since . In the Middle Ages , the belief was prevalent that he had been a great magician ; and of his feats most ...
... Roman had a share ; and his works became school - books even before the death of Augustus , and have continued such ever since . In the Middle Ages , the belief was prevalent that he had been a great magician ; and of his feats most ...
Page 139
... Roman people . Indirectly , the object of the poem is to gratify the pride of the Romans , to quicken their patriotism , to heighten their regard for religion , and to exalt their monarch , Augustus . " The grand religious idea which ...
... Roman people . Indirectly , the object of the poem is to gratify the pride of the Romans , to quicken their patriotism , to heighten their regard for religion , and to exalt their monarch , Augustus . " The grand religious idea which ...
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Page 133 - ... suscipit Anchises atque ordine singula pandit. 'principio caelum ac terras camposque liquentes lucentemque globum Lunae Titaniaque astra Spiritus intus alit, .totamque infusa per artus mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet.
Page 135 - Hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, 'Augustus Caesar, Divi genus, aurea condet 'Saecula qui rursus Latio, regnata per arva
Page 122 - ... ante ora parentum : quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo lapsa cadunt folia, aut ad terram gurgite ab alto 310 quam multae glomerantur aves, ubi frigidus annus trans pontum fugat, et terris immittit apricis.
Page 24 - Talibus Ilioneus; cuncti simul ore fremebant Dardanidae. 560 Tum breviter Dido voltum demissa profatur: 'Solvite corde metum, Teucri, secludite curas. 'Res dura et regni novitas me talia cogunt 'Moliri et late fines custode tueri.
Page 121 - Et Metus, et malesuada Fames, ac turpis Egestas, Terribiles visu formae, Letumque, Labosque ; Tum consanguineus Leti Sopor, et mala mentis Gaudia, mortiferumque adverso in limine Bellum, Ferreique Eumenidum thalami, et Discordia demens, 280 Vipereum crinem vittis innexa cruentis.
Page 22 - Dido, incessit magna iuvenum stipante caterva. qualis in Eurotae ripis aut per iuga Cynthi exercet Diana choros , quam mille secutae hinc atque hinc glomerantur Oreades; illa pharetram 500 fert umero gradiensque deas supereminet omnis (Latonae tacitum pertemptant gaudia pectus): talis erat Dido, talem se laeta ferebat per medios instans operi regnisque futuris.
Page 43 - Apparet domus intus et atria longa patescunt, apparent Priami et veterum penetralia regum; armatosque vident stantes in limine primo.
Page 77 - Monstrum horrendum, ingens, cui quot sunt corpore plumae, Tot vigiles oculi subter, mirabile dictu, Tot linguae, totidem ora sonant, tot subrigit aures.
Page 25 - Quae te tam laeta tulerunt 605 saecula ? qui tanti talem genuere parentes ? in freta dum fluvii current, dum montibus umbrae lustrabunt convexa, polus dum sidera pascet, semper honos nomenque tuum laudesque manebunt, quae me cumque vocant terrae.
Page 137 - Latini, et quo quemque modo fugiatque feratque laborem. sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.