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... 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 poet's verse in its original measure , evoked a general onslaught of unspar- ing ...
... 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 poet's verse in its original measure , evoked a general onslaught of unspar- ing ...
Page xvi
... leave a deep impression on the mind . The character and history of Dido afford conclusive proof , that if Virgil had chosen dramatic writing for his province , he might have equalled or surpassed the noblest tragedies of the Greeks ...
... leave a deep impression on the mind . The character and history of Dido afford conclusive proof , that if Virgil had chosen dramatic writing for his province , he might have equalled or surpassed the noblest tragedies of the Greeks ...
Page xxvii
... , " quo numine læso , " compare " pro numine læso , " in Book ii . , line 183. But all these encumbrances of page and book it was deemed best to dispense with , and leave the version wholly free of either note or comment PREFACE . xxvii.
... , " quo numine læso , " compare " pro numine læso , " in Book ii . , line 183. But all these encumbrances of page and book it was deemed best to dispense with , and leave the version wholly free of either note or comment PREFACE . xxvii.
Page xxviii
Virgil. leave the version wholly free of either note or comment , as it now appears . In regard to the spelling of the poet's name ; undoubtedly Vergilius has the sanction of antiquity ; but the usage of at least three centuries of ...
Virgil. leave the version wholly free of either note or comment , as it now appears . In regard to the spelling of the poet's name ; undoubtedly Vergilius has the sanction of antiquity ; but the usage of at least three centuries of ...
Page xxxi
... leaving Æneas and Dido to take shelter alone in a cave , where , by Juno's aid , a quasi - marriage is accomplished , and its sad con- sequences are foreshadowed : 129-172 . A graphic description of Rumor , personified as gossip , is ...
... leaving Æneas and Dido to take shelter alone in a cave , where , by Juno's aid , a quasi - marriage is accomplished , and its sad con- sequences are foreshadowed : 129-172 . A graphic description of Rumor , personified as gossip , 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