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Page xxiii
... camp - life ; the night - patrols , the scouts , the se on the walls and at the gates , or on the outer breast - works - the system , in short , of ancient fortification and methods of warfare muster of troops , the marshalling of ...
... camp - life ; the night - patrols , the scouts , the se on the walls and at the gates , or on the outer breast - works - the system , in short , of ancient fortification and methods of warfare muster of troops , the marshalling of ...
Page xxxiv
... camp in Italy , and vows vengeance and bitter war : 286-322 . She summons Allecto , a Fury , and bids her do her worst to scatter the seeds of rancor and strife : 323-340 . Allecto accordingly hies to the palace of Latinus , and ...
... camp in Italy , and vows vengeance and bitter war : 286-322 . She summons Allecto , a Fury , and bids her do her worst to scatter the seeds of rancor and strife : 323-340 . Allecto accordingly hies to the palace of Latinus , and ...
Page xxxv
... camp of Tarchon near the river Cæré : 553- 607. Venus in a vale meets and presents her son with the armor just forged by Vulcan , at sight of which he is enraptured . Taking up each piece , he tests its weight , and on the shield sees ...
... camp of Tarchon near the river Cæré : 553- 607. Venus in a vale meets and presents her son with the armor just forged by Vulcan , at sight of which he is enraptured . Taking up each piece , he tests its weight , and on the shield sees ...
Page xxxvi
... camp , ere starting on their hazardous journey to Pallanteum , and there make fear- ful havoc , but escape loaded with spoils : 314-336 . Meanwhile a squad of cavalry under Volscens , on their way from Laurentum , intercepts them ...
... camp , ere starting on their hazardous journey to Pallanteum , and there make fear- ful havoc , but escape loaded with spoils : 314-336 . Meanwhile a squad of cavalry under Volscens , on their way from Laurentum , intercepts them ...
Page xxxvii
... camp over Pallas , and the tribute to him by Eneas : 29-58 . A wick then wrought , festooned with garlands , and on it placed the body , which is followed by ing war - horse , Athon , and his inconsolable body - servant , Acates , and ...
... camp over Pallas , and the tribute to him by Eneas : 29-58 . A wick then wrought , festooned with garlands , and on it placed the body , which is followed by ing war - horse , Athon , and his inconsolable body - servant , Acates , and ...
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Acestes Æneas Æneid æther afar altars Anchises Apollo armor arms Ascanius Ausonian battle bespeaks billows blood body bosom breezes buckler Camilla cavern charger chariot clamor comrades Danaäns Dardan Dardanian death deep deities Dido earth Eneas Eryx Euryalus Evander exclaims eyes fates father Æneas Faunus flames flitting foemen fortune gaze goddess gods grove hath heaven Helenus helmet Hence hero hexameter hither honor Ilian Italia Iülus Juno Jupiter Juturna land Latins Latium lofty maiden mansions Meanwhile Messapus Mezentius midst mighty Mnestheus monarch mother mountains Nisus o'er ocean offspring once Pallas Pergamus Phrygian pious Æneas pity plains ponderous Priam ramparts right hand river round rushing Rutulians sabre sails Sergestus shalt shores shoulders sister slaughter slumber soul Spake spear spirit squadron steeds summons surges Tarchon temples Teucrans thee thine thou threshold Trojan Turnus Tyrrhenian uttered valor Venus vessels Virgil wafted war-spear warfare warriors weapons winds wound
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Page xiv - Virgilius in Latin is indefensible ; but, while we write Vergilius only, it may be long before the Italians give up their long-cherished Virgilio, the French their Virgile, and we English our familiar VIRGIL.1 1 Prof.
Page 105 - But thou, O Roman, remember to govern the tribes of thy Empire : These be thine arts to impose the conditions of peace on the conquered, Sparing the captives in war, and crushing the haughty in battle.
Page xxxvi - Tender attachments ; and long he the deed concealed, and the pining Lover the villain, by many a pretext, wheedled with empty Hope : but the ghost of her husband unburied itself in her night-dreams Came to her, lifting before her its visage amazingly pallid : Ghastly the altars it laid, and its bosom all gashed with the dagger...
Page xxxvi - Naked to view, and uncovered each hidden misdeed of the household : Then it exhorts her to hasten escape, and depart from the country ; And, as an aid for her journey, in earth it discloses her ancient Treasures, an unaccountable weight both of gold and of silver. Dido, incited by these, was preparing her flight and companions...
Page 66 - And now, if I err not, the day is at hand which I shall keep (such, O gods, was your will) ever as a day of grief, ever as of honour. Were I spending it in exile in the Gaetulian Syrtes, or caught on the Argolic sea or in Mycenae's town, yet would I perform the yearly vow with rites of solemn ordinance exsequerer strueremque suis altaria donis.
Page xxxvi - Fleeing her brother. The tale of her grievance is lengthy, and lengthy Too, are its mazes ; but I will the main trails trace of its outlines. She had a husband, Sychaeus, the richest in landed possessions Known of Phoenicians, and loved by her lorn with a passionate fondness. Virgin...
Page xxxvi - Thence to these haunts they have come, where now thou seest yon stately Ramparts and rising castle of recently colonized Carthage. Ground they have purchased, and named it, from terms of the bargain, the BYRSA, Just so much it should be as they could enclose with a bull's hide.