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Page xxxii
... fire , which being variously interpreted , Æneas embraces his host and loads him with presents : then the prizes are ... fire to the ships in the harbor : the alarm given , and the fire discovered by the crowd at the games , and all rush ...
... fire , which being variously interpreted , Æneas embraces his host and loads him with presents : then the prizes are ... fire to the ships in the harbor : the alarm given , and the fire discovered by the crowd at the games , and all rush ...
Page xxxiv
... fire to avenge the outrage : 475-504 . They rally with rude weapons , and the fiend from a house - top sounds the shepherds ' alarum , and a desperate fight between the Trojan hunters and peasants ensues , wherein the brother of Sylvia ...
... fire to avenge the outrage : 475-504 . They rally with rude weapons , and the fiend from a house - top sounds the shepherds ' alarum , and a desperate fight between the Trojan hunters and peasants ensues , wherein the brother of Sylvia ...
Page xxxvi
... fire the fleet : 46-75 . The Muses again invoked to recall from the dim past the legend to account for the fleet's rescue - His mother Cybele once obtained from Jupiter the solemn promise of immunity for her sacred pines on Mount Taa ...
... fire the fleet : 46-75 . The Muses again invoked to recall from the dim past the legend to account for the fleet's rescue - His mother Cybele once obtained from Jupiter the solemn promise of immunity for her sacred pines on Mount Taa ...
Page xxxviii
... fire the town ; his impetuous charge , and the consternation ensuing within the walls : 555-592 . In the midst of it , queen Amata in desperation hangs herself : 593-603 . The dismay and mourning it occasions : 604-613 . Turnus catches ...
... fire the town ; his impetuous charge , and the consternation ensuing within the walls : 555-592 . In the midst of it , queen Amata in desperation hangs herself : 593-603 . The dismay and mourning it occasions : 604-613 . Turnus catches ...
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... fire on the leaves , and the dry combustibles round it Furnished abundant , and rapidly fanned up a flame in the fuel . Then they the cereals soaked by the waves and utensils of Ceres , Weary of hazards , unlade , and the fruits that ...
... fire on the leaves , and the dry combustibles round it Furnished abundant , and rapidly fanned up a flame in the fuel . Then they the cereals soaked by the waves and utensils of Ceres , Weary of hazards , unlade , and the fruits that ...
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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.