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Page vi
... impending storm of adverse criticism , states distinctly in his Preface , that the task was undertaken solely " to assist his own pupils in the work of translating Virgil , and in the composition of Latin hexameters . vi PREFACE .
... impending storm of adverse criticism , states distinctly in his Preface , that the task was undertaken solely " to assist his own pupils in the work of translating Virgil , and in the composition of Latin hexameters . vi PREFACE .
Page vii
Virgil. Virgil , and in the composition of Latin hexameters . " Only one Book of the Æneid in this form was issued . But why , it may reasonably be asked , such persistent disparagement of a legitimate meter , from the days of Thomas ...
Virgil. Virgil , and in the composition of Latin hexameters . " Only one Book of the Æneid in this form was issued . But why , it may reasonably be asked , such persistent disparagement of a legitimate meter , from the days of Thomas ...
Page viii
... Latin , whose versification is based on quantity , and not to languages like the English , whose poetry is all controlled by accent , is more apparent than real ; because it overlooks the flexible nature of hexameter , and totally ...
... Latin , whose versification is based on quantity , and not to languages like the English , whose poetry is all controlled by accent , is more apparent than real ; because it overlooks the flexible nature of hexameter , and totally ...
Page ix
... Latin prosody , which made quantity , and not accent , the basis of emphatic into- nation , and gave it such a charm to the ears of those to whom the Latin language was vernacular . Now let accent , in the same way , be al- lowed its ...
... Latin prosody , which made quantity , and not accent , the basis of emphatic into- nation , and gave it such a charm to the ears of those to whom the Latin language was vernacular . Now let accent , in the same way , be al- lowed its ...
Page x
... Latin and Greek . This , too , is more ideal than real , for it overlooks an important fact in classic poetry ; for it assumes the neces- sity of a preponderance of spondees over dactyls for the perfection of hexametrical rhythm ...
... Latin and Greek . This , too , is more ideal than real , for it overlooks an important fact in classic poetry ; for it assumes the neces- sity of a preponderance of spondees over dactyls for the perfection of hexametrical rhythm ...
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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 Carthage cavern charger chariot chieftains comrades Creüsa Danaäns Dardan Dardanian death deep deities Dido earth Eneas Euryalus Evander exclaims eyes fates father Æneas Faunus flames fleet flits foemen forests fortune goddess gods gold grove hast hath heaven Helenus helmet Hence hero hexameter hither honor Ilian Italia Iülus Juno Jupiter Juturna land Latins Latium lofty mansions Meanwhile Messapus Mezentius midst mighty Mnestheus monarch mother mountains night Nisus o'er ocean offspring once Pallas Pergamus Phoebus Phrygian pity plains 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 Virgil wafted war-spear warfare warriors weapons winds wound