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Page v
... already established meters , which , while it proved a puzzle to the critics , leaving them in doubt , from its peculiarities , as to whether it was intended as a burlesque , or an honest effort at a literal rendering of the classic ...
... already established meters , which , while it proved a puzzle to the critics , leaving them in doubt , from its peculiarities , as to whether it was intended as a burlesque , or an honest effort at a literal rendering of the classic ...
Page vii
... already marking the poetical achievements of the present age . It is becoming more than ever open to grave doubt whether the disparagement of hex- ameter , which has been so long sanctioned by the dictum of the older critics , is not ...
... already marking the poetical achievements of the present age . It is becoming more than ever open to grave doubt whether the disparagement of hex- ameter , which has been so long sanctioned by the dictum of the older critics , is not ...
Page viii
... already , when disparagement of any justifi- able meter , and especially of one so inwoven with the epic poetry of ancient times , but whose capabilities in modern languages are as yet very far from being exhausted , will no longer be ...
... already , when disparagement of any justifi- able meter , and especially of one so inwoven with the epic poetry of ancient times , but whose capabilities in modern languages are as yet very far from being exhausted , will no longer be ...
Page xi
... already intimated , condemned as inadmissible , on the same score as were the poems of Ennius , because of their evidently exotic model in too close imitation . To modern ears the rhythm of smoothly flowing dactylic movement is pleasing ...
... already intimated , condemned as inadmissible , on the same score as were the poems of Ennius , because of their evidently exotic model in too close imitation . To modern ears the rhythm of smoothly flowing dactylic movement is pleasing ...
Page xxi
... already alluded to as forming an indelible stain on his otherwise noble character , was undoubtedly the embodiment of Virgil's own inner con- sciousness — the iconized ideal of his own susceptible self . Scholars have long ago pointed ...
... already alluded to as forming an indelible stain on his otherwise noble character , was undoubtedly the embodiment of Virgil's own inner con- sciousness — the iconized ideal of his own susceptible self . Scholars have long ago pointed ...
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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