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Page xxxii
... sister , Anna , to aid in her efforts to change his mind and detain him ; but , though Anna seeks frequent interviews , and uses her utmost persuasion , he remains inexorable : 393-449 . Dido now becomes desperate , and prays for death ...
... sister , Anna , to aid in her efforts to change his mind and detain him ; but , though Anna seeks frequent interviews , and uses her utmost persuasion , he remains inexorable : 393-449 . Dido now becomes desperate , and prays for death ...
Page xxxv
... sister in Salamis , who gave him a keep - sake , which his son , Pallas , still retained ; and so , acceding to the alliance , he invites Æneas and his comrades to join in the festivities of the day , and orders the feast renewed : 142 ...
... sister in Salamis , who gave him a keep - sake , which his son , Pallas , still retained ; and so , acceding to the alliance , he invites Æneas and his comrades to join in the festivities of the day , and orders the feast renewed : 142 ...
Page xxxviii
... sister of Turnus , taking advantage of the opportunity , precipitates a renewal of hostilities by a rupture of the truce : 216-276 . One of the nine sons of the Arcadian Gylippus is slain by the tilted spear of the augur Tolumnius ...
... sister of Turnus , taking advantage of the opportunity , precipitates a renewal of hostilities by a rupture of the truce : 216-276 . One of the nine sons of the Arcadian Gylippus is slain by the tilted spear of the augur Tolumnius ...
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... sister and spouse , for so many a year with the one tribe Waging a warfare ; who then does Juno's divinity worship Henceforth , or will as suppliant sacrifice lay on her altars ? " 45 Thus by herself did the goddess , with heart all ...
... sister and spouse , for so many a year with the one tribe Waging a warfare ; who then does Juno's divinity worship Henceforth , or will as suppliant sacrifice lay on her altars ? " 45 Thus by herself did the goddess , with heart all ...
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... sisters ; O - but whom may I properly call thee ? for thine is no mortal Visage , nor yet does thy voice sound human - O surely a goddess ! Art thou the sister of Phoebus ? or one from the blood of the wood - nymphs ? Be thou propitious ...
... sisters ; O - but whom may I properly call thee ? for thine is no mortal Visage , nor yet does thy voice sound human - O surely a goddess ! Art thou the sister of Phoebus ? or one from the blood of the wood - nymphs ? Be thou propitious ...
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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.