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Page iv
... called 13th Book , added by Maphæus Vegius ; but , while regarded as English , it is in the broad Scotch dialect , scarcely intelligible now to those familiar only with modern English . Its literary excellence was evinced by its winning ...
... called 13th Book , added by Maphæus Vegius ; but , while regarded as English , it is in the broad Scotch dialect , scarcely intelligible now to those familiar only with modern English . Its literary excellence was evinced by its winning ...
Page vi
... called the well of English undefiled , so might Stany- hurst be denominated the common sewer of the language . " Poor Stany- hurst ! How little he realized the odium which the seemingly unwarranted temerity of his innovation would , for ...
... called the well of English undefiled , so might Stany- hurst be denominated the common sewer of the language . " Poor Stany- hurst ! How little he realized the odium which the seemingly unwarranted temerity of his innovation would , for ...
Page xxiii
... apparent entanglement and extrication in intricate evolutions of cavalry man- œuvres as that which Virgil's has done in the so - called Game of Troy , as executed by Ascanius and his squad of youthful associates ? PREFACE . xxiii.
... apparent entanglement and extrication in intricate evolutions of cavalry man- œuvres as that which Virgil's has done in the so - called Game of Troy , as executed by Ascanius and his squad of youthful associates ? PREFACE . xxiii.
Page xxxvii
... called by Latinus to hear their report ; the report , and Diomede's advice to abstain from war with the Trojans : 225-295 . The commotion it produces ; the address of Latinus deprecating war and counselling peace : he suggests the plan ...
... called by Latinus to hear their report ; the report , and Diomede's advice to abstain from war with the Trojans : 225-295 . The commotion it produces ; the address of Latinus deprecating war and counselling peace : he suggests the plan ...
Page 32
... called to the mansion of Priam : Here we in sooth a tremendous fight , as if battles were nowhere Waging beside , and were none else dying in all of the city , Mars so untamably rampant , and Danaäns storming the palace , See , and the ...
... called to the mansion of Priam : Here we in sooth a tremendous fight , as if battles were nowhere Waging beside , and were none else dying in all of the city , Mars so untamably rampant , and Danaäns storming the palace , See , and the ...
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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