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Page ix
... follow that because the true ideal in it has often failed to be reached , therefore hexameter , as a meter , is to be ostracized as totally unsuited to naturalization in the English language . But closely allied is another objection ...
... follow that because the true ideal in it has often failed to be reached , therefore hexameter , as a meter , is to be ostracized as totally unsuited to naturalization in the English language . But closely allied is another objection ...
Page xxx
... follow- ing 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 ...
... follow- ing 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 ...
Page xxxii
... follows a spirited struggle between Mnestheus of the Pristis , and Cloanthus of the Scylla , in which the latter wins : 186-243 . The prizes distributed ; the return of Sergestus in his crippled vessel , and his prize : 244-285 . Second ...
... follows a spirited struggle between Mnestheus of the Pristis , and Cloanthus of the Scylla , in which the latter wins : 186-243 . The prizes distributed ; the return of Sergestus in his crippled vessel , and his prize : 244-285 . Second ...
Page xxxiii
... follow her : 236-263 . Invocation of the poet for permission and inspiration to depict what they saw and heard : 264-267 . In the vesti- bule they meet personifications of human woes - Grief , Remorse , Old Age , Fear , Hunger , Want ...
... follow her : 236-263 . Invocation of the poet for permission and inspiration to depict what they saw and heard : 264-267 . In the vesti- bule they meet personifications of human woes - Grief , Remorse , Old Age , Fear , Hunger , Want ...
Page xxxviii
... follows Camilla , while she is pursuing the gaily dressed Chlorus ; and , watching his chance , fatally wounds her ; her hasty mes- sage by her adjutant , Acca , to Turnus , to come at once to the rescue and assume command ; her death ...
... follows Camilla , while she is pursuing the gaily dressed Chlorus ; and , watching his chance , fatally wounds her ; her hasty mes- sage by her adjutant , Acca , to Turnus , to come at once to the rescue and assume command ; her death ...
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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