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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Page vi
... according to Maittaire , the Milan Ed . reads " me famulamque famulo , " but where I find in the Modena Ed . the much better reading " me famulam famuloque . " So much care seems to me to have been taken in the formation of the text of ...
... according to Maittaire , the Milan Ed . reads " me famulamque famulo , " but where I find in the Modena Ed . the much better reading " me famulam famuloque . " So much care seems to me to have been taken in the formation of the text of ...
Page xiii
... 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 the monotony inseparable from the uninterrupted ...
... 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 the monotony inseparable from the uninterrupted ...
Page xv
... according to the usual fashion of mankind in such cases , to begin , as soon as he is dead , to inquire who and what sort of a man he was , I beg to say that most of the important incidents of his life will be found more or less ...
... according to the usual fashion of mankind in such cases , to begin , as soon as he is dead , to inquire who and what sort of a man he was , I beg to say that most of the important incidents of his life will be found more or less ...
Page 4
... According to the boast of the Romans , that they were the fruit of the mixture of the Trojan and Latin blood , “ ατε δη και γεγονότες Τρώων αγλαα τεκνα μεμιγμένα παισι Λατίνων . " PLUTARCH . Quest . Rom . Ed . Reiskii , p 155 ; and see ...
... According to the boast of the Romans , that they were the fruit of the mixture of the Trojan and Latin blood , “ ατε δη και γεγονότες Τρώων αγλαα τεκνα μεμιγμένα παισι Λατίνων . " PLUTARCH . Quest . Rom . Ed . Reiskii , p 155 ; and see ...
Page 15
... according to Virgil's usual manner , the latter part of the line explaining and defining the general statement contained in the for- mer ; and , 2ndly , Pallas kills her enemy , not by the somewhat roundabout and unusual method of first ...
... according to Virgil's usual manner , the latter part of the line explaining and defining the general statement contained in the for- mer ; and , 2ndly , Pallas kills her enemy , not by the somewhat roundabout and unusual method of first ...
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Page 76 - 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 98 - 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...
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Page 27 - 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.
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Page 26 - 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...