P. Vergili Maronis opera: The first six books of the AeneidWhittaker, 1884 - Agriculture |
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Page viii
... less immediately connected with the interpretation of Virgil , as they certainly have less affinity to my own tastes and the course of my studies . I have not neglected them : when they have crossed my path , as they have in almost ...
... less immediately connected with the interpretation of Virgil , as they certainly have less affinity to my own tastes and the course of my studies . I have not neglected them : when they have crossed my path , as they have in almost ...
Page x
... less to be commended than in the choice of MS . readings . In several places he has introduced emendations into the text , generally conjectures of his own , which are in every case , in my judgment , worse than needless : nor is he in ...
... less to be commended than in the choice of MS . readings . In several places he has introduced emendations into the text , generally conjectures of his own , which are in every case , in my judgment , worse than needless : nor is he in ...
Page xii
... less than uncial MSS .; but in the present state of classical studies we shall probably have to wait long before any one will think it worth while to qualify himself for writing a detailed history of the text of Virgil . In reporting MS ...
... less than uncial MSS .; but in the present state of classical studies we shall probably have to wait long before any one will think it worth while to qualify himself for writing a detailed history of the text of Virgil . In reporting MS ...
Page xiii
... less obvious . I have consulted an elaborate commentary on the first and second books recently published by Weidner ( Leipzig , 1869 ) , which I am glad to welcome as a proof that German scholars are applying to exegesis that spirit of ...
... less obvious . I have consulted an elaborate commentary on the first and second books recently published by Weidner ( Leipzig , 1869 ) , which I am glad to welcome as a proof that German scholars are applying to exegesis that spirit of ...
Page xix
... less invidious parallels , such as were not infrequent in the last century , where Virgil was measured against Homer on the same principles on which Johnson has measured Pope against Dryden , and with substantially the same results . It ...
... less invidious parallels , such as were not infrequent in the last century , where Virgil was measured against Homer on the same principles on which Johnson has measured Pope against Dryden , and with substantially the same results . It ...
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Page 288 - Perfide; sed duris genuit te cautibus horrens 'Caucasus, Hyrcanaeque admorunt ubera tigres.
Page 15 - Though rooted deep as high, and sturdiest oaks, Bowed their stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts, Or torn up sheer.
Page 112 - Post ipsum, auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem, Corripiunt, spirisque ligant ingentibus; et iam Bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum Terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Page 531 - Caesar et omnis luli progenies magnum caeli ventura sub axem. 790 hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, Augustus Caesar, divi genus, aurea condet saecula qui rursus Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam...
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Page 270 - ... tot vigiles oculi subter, mirabile dictu. tot linguae, totidem ora sonant, tot subrigit aures.
Page 536 - Illae autem, paribus quas fulgere cernis in armis, Concordes animae nunc et dum nocte premuntur, heu quantum inter se bellum, si lumina vitae attigerint, quantas acies stragemque ciebunt ! aggeribus socer Alpinis atque arce Monoeci 830 descendens, gener adversis instructus Eo'is.
Page 276 - Tartara tristia mittit, dat somnos adimitque, et lumina morte resignat. ilia fretus agit ventos et turbida tranat 245 nubila. iamque volans apicem et latera ardua cernit Atlantis duri, caelum qui vertice fulcit, Atlantis, cinctum adsidue cui nubibus atris piniferum caput et vento pulsatur et imbri, nix umeros infusa tegit, tum flumina mento 250 praecipitant senis, et glacie riget horrida barba.
Page 508 - Phlegyasque miserrimus omnis admonet et magna testatur voce per umbras : ' discite iustitiam moniti et non temnere divos.' 620 vendidit hie auro patriam dominumque potentem imposuit ; fixit leges pretio atque refixit ; hie thalamum invasit natae vetitosque hymenaeos ausi omnes immane nefas ausoque potiti. non mihi si linguae centum sint oraque centum, 625 ferrea vox, omnis scelerum comprendere formas, omnia poenarum percurrere nomina possim.
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