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 14
... wind and a rock ; but , one single instrument , a whirl- ing rock ; scopulo turbineo ; in modo turbinis se circum- agente ; as if Virgil had said , Solo affixit illum correptum et transverberatum scopulo acuto in eum maxima vi ro- tato ...
... wind and a rock ; but , one single instrument , a whirl- ing rock ; scopulo turbineo ; in modo turbinis se circum- agente ; as if Virgil had said , Solo affixit illum correptum et transverberatum scopulo acuto in eum maxima vi ro- tato ...
Page 15
... wind ; but , the whirl or whirling of the just mentioned stone ; as at verse 594 of En . VI . it is also not a whirlwind , but the whirl of the just mentioned thunderbolt . So understood , 1st , the passage is according to Virgil's ...
... wind ; but , the whirl or whirling of the just mentioned stone ; as at verse 594 of En . VI . it is also not a whirlwind , but the whirl of the just mentioned thunderbolt . So understood , 1st , the passage is according to Virgil's ...
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... winds are confined , because such a picture were little short of ridiculous . Neither is he represented sitting on a throne inside , and in the midst of the winds , both because arx cannot well bear such meaning , and be- cause the ...
... winds are confined , because such a picture were little short of ridiculous . Neither is he represented sitting on a throne inside , and in the midst of the winds , both because arx cannot well bear such meaning , and be- cause the ...
Page 19
... winds with his sceptre , or from his throne , but to the general mollifying effect produced on them by their confinement and restraint , under the command of a governor . The words are connected in the sense with the preceding IMPERIO ...
... winds with his sceptre , or from his throne , but to the general mollifying effect produced on them by their confinement and restraint , under the command of a governor . The words are connected in the sense with the preceding IMPERIO ...
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... winds , I am sup- ported by the authority of Quintus Calaber , who de- scribes Eolus as going out of his house to the cavern : Ικετο δ ' Αιολιην , ανεμων οθι λάβρον αέντων Αντρα πελει , στυγερησιν αρηραμεν αμφι πετρηση , κοιλα και ...
... winds , I am sup- ported by the authority of Quintus Calaber , who de- scribes Eolus as going out of his house to the cavern : Ικετο δ ' Αιολιην , ανεμων οθι λάβρον αέντων Αντρα πελει , στυγερησιν αρηραμεν αμφι πετρηση , κοιλα και ...
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