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Page iv
... close , and certainly spirited , rendering of the original , of the entire Æneid not only , but of the so - called 13th Book , added by Maphæus Vegius ; but , while regarded as English , it is in the broad Scotch dialect , scarcely ...
... close , and certainly spirited , rendering of the original , of the entire Æneid not only , but of the so - called 13th Book , added by Maphæus Vegius ; but , while regarded as English , it is in the broad Scotch dialect , scarcely ...
Page vi
... close to the literal phrasing of the text . " This is simply a reiteration of an older decision , many times repeated with honest intentions by the masters of criticism in the past . With such reiterated intimidations , ancient and ...
... close to the literal phrasing of the text . " This is simply a reiteration of an older decision , many times repeated with honest intentions by the masters of criticism in the past . With such reiterated intimidations , ancient and ...
Page xi
... close imitation . To modern ears the rhythm of smoothly flowing dactylic movement is pleasing rather than repulsive , as infusing life by the very sound of its recurring cadences ; and when just enough of the spondee - element is ...
... close imitation . To modern ears the rhythm of smoothly flowing dactylic movement is pleasing rather than repulsive , as infusing life by the very sound of its recurring cadences ; and when just enough of the spondee - element is ...
Page xxvi
... close intimacy with this noble classic , necessitated by the restricted plan adopted , is of itself an ample compensation for the long and exactive labor it has cost . Begun some twenty years since , and then simply as an experiment ...
... close intimacy with this noble classic , necessitated by the restricted plan adopted , is of itself an ample compensation for the long and exactive labor it has cost . Begun some twenty years since , and then simply as an experiment ...
Page xxx
... close behind him , he gropes his way through by - streets , to the place of meeting : 721-750 . On reaching the spot , lo ! his wife is missing ; and he returns in search of her into the city , and is met by her ghost , by which he is ...
... close behind him , he gropes his way through by - streets , to the place of meeting : 721-750 . On reaching the spot , lo ! his wife is missing ; and he returns in search of her into the city , and is met by her ghost , by which he is ...
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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