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Page iv
... appearance of other and ver- nacular versions . The second noteworthy attempt at a metrical version in English of any part of the Eneid was in 1557 , by Henry Howard , Earl of Surrey , who translated the 2d and 4th Books into blank ...
... appearance of other and ver- nacular versions . The second noteworthy attempt at a metrical version in English of any part of the Eneid was in 1557 , by Henry Howard , Earl of Surrey , who translated the 2d and 4th Books into blank ...
Page vii
... appearance in England of three independent versions of Homer's Iliad in hexameter , viz . , by E. W. Simcox ( 1865 ) , by J. D. Dart ( 1865 ) , and by Sir William W. Herschel ( 1866 ) , only corroborates the estimate of Professor H. W. ...
... appearance in England of three independent versions of Homer's Iliad in hexameter , viz . , by E. W. Simcox ( 1865 ) , by J. D. Dart ( 1865 ) , and by Sir William W. Herschel ( 1866 ) , only corroborates the estimate of Professor H. W. ...
Page xviii
... appearance , and queenly in actions and spirit , notwithstanding her womanly weakness . Her cordial welcome to the shipwrecked wander- ers , the unstintedness of her generosity , the nobleness of her sentiments , and the quenchless ...
... appearance , and queenly in actions and spirit , notwithstanding her womanly weakness . Her cordial welcome to the shipwrecked wander- ers , the unstintedness of her generosity , the nobleness of her sentiments , and the quenchless ...
Page xxiv
... appearance and velocity through the choked arches , and onward to the sea , and he can no longer doubt the exceeding accuracy and appropriate- ness of both the epithet and the name of the object of comparison chosen . Virgil did not ...
... appearance and velocity through the choked arches , and onward to the sea , and he can no longer doubt the exceeding accuracy and appropriate- ness of both the epithet and the name of the object of comparison chosen . Virgil did not ...
Page xxxi
... appearance of Polyphemus , his description , and their escape from the monster and his mustering horde : 655-685 . They take in the fugitive , and coast along the south- ern shore of Sicily , till they reach Drepanum , where Anchises ...
... appearance of Polyphemus , his description , and their escape from the monster and his mustering horde : 655-685 . They take in the fugitive , and coast along the south- ern shore of Sicily , till they reach Drepanum , where Anchises ...
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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