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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... into English poetry ; to express myself so that my sentence should give , first , the true meaning of Virgil ; secondly , the whole of that true meaning ; and thirdly , nothing but that true meaning ; and should , at XII.
... into English poetry ; to express myself so that my sentence should give , first , the true meaning of Virgil ; secondly , the whole of that true meaning ; and thirdly , nothing but that true meaning ; and should , at XII.
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... give a decided preference to Servius's second interpretation , already justified by him by the authority of Ennius , and confirmed as I think by Ovid's " Improba pugnat hiems , indignaturque quod ausim Scribere , se rigidas incutiente ...
... give a decided preference to Servius's second interpretation , already justified by him by the authority of Ennius , and confirmed as I think by Ovid's " Improba pugnat hiems , indignaturque quod ausim Scribere , se rigidas incutiente ...
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... of the former , and such change in the names of the actors , and in the places , times , and order of action , as was necessary to give to the former some colour of originality . — J. H. If we consider , besides , that it was not 32.
... of the former , and such change in the names of the actors , and in the places , times , and order of action , as was necessary to give to the former some colour of originality . — J. H. If we consider , besides , that it was not 32.
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... give to one of them ; and by compen- sating the other for the disadvantage of being placed second in order , by the double advantage of first place in a line , and separation from the rest of the line by a sudden pause . 104 . UBI TOT ...
... give to one of them ; and by compen- sating the other for the disadvantage of being placed second in order , by the double advantage of first place in a line , and separation from the rest of the line by a sudden pause . 104 . UBI TOT ...
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... give full expression to the idea of Eneas ; very imperfectly understood either by the annotators , or , with the exception of Caro , by the trans- lators : Happy those who died on the plains of Troy , in the sight of their sires ! O ...
... give full expression to the idea of Eneas ; very imperfectly understood either by the annotators , or , with the exception of Caro , by the trans- lators : Happy those who died on the plains of Troy , in the sight of their sires ! O ...
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Alfieri Anchises Andromache ARMA ATQUE auras Burmann CAELUM caput Cerda clause Comm commentators Compare Creusa Daniel Heinsius Dido Dido's Dresden Eneas Eneas's Eneis enim Epist erat etiam exactly express FATA FATO FERRO fluctus Foggini Forbiger Gudian haec Heinsius Heroid Heyne ILLA instar inter interpretation IPSE Juno Jupiter Ladewig Leipzig littora LUMINA manu meaning Medicean Metam mihi Modena morte neque numen numine NUNC object observe omnes OVID Pallas passage pater PELAGO Petrarchian Pierius PLIN poet quae quam quod quoted reader reading Roman sciz secondly sense sentence Servius SIDERA similar Sinon SINUS STAT Statius tamen tantum temple term terra Theb Thirdly tibi Timavus trabes Trojans Troy UMBRAS UMBRIS UNDA venti verb VERO vers verse VIAM VIII Virg Virgil Virgil's usual Voss Wagner whole winds words δε
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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...