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Page iv
... style and meter , by Thomas Twyne , M. D. , including the Vegian addition , now no longer admitted as worthy a place by the side of Virgil's inimitable epic . Numerous editions of Phaer's translation were iv PREFACE .
... style and meter , by Thomas Twyne , M. D. , including the Vegian addition , now no longer admitted as worthy a place by the side of Virgil's inimitable epic . Numerous editions of Phaer's translation were iv PREFACE .
Page xxiii
... sides , where the conflict had surged ; the burials and funeral pyres , with the unique ceremonies attendant ; the trophy - tree , and the trophies and spoils of the foe uphung upon it - all are gems of technical skill , and evincive of ...
... sides , where the conflict had surged ; the burials and funeral pyres , with the unique ceremonies attendant ; the trophy - tree , and the trophies and spoils of the foe uphung upon it - all are gems of technical skill , and evincive of ...
Page xxv
... side of his Bible , though subordinate to it , on his table till the day of his death . It was simply his tacit testimony to its inesti- mable worth . The Æneid is a model epic , whose high estimate by scholars time has only tended to ...
... side of his Bible , though subordinate to it , on his table till the day of his death . It was simply his tacit testimony to its inesti- mable worth . The Æneid is a model epic , whose high estimate by scholars time has only tended to ...
Page xxx
... side : 31-56 . Meanwhile Sinon , a pretended deserter from the Greeks , surrenders himself , and is brought before king Priam in mock agitation : 57-74 . Encouraged by Priam , he proceeds to retail a tissue of lies the story of his ...
... side : 31-56 . Meanwhile Sinon , a pretended deserter from the Greeks , surrenders himself , and is brought before king Priam in mock agitation : 57-74 . Encouraged by Priam , he proceeds to retail a tissue of lies the story of his ...
Page xxxii
... side , and , with affectionate expostula tions , sustains her drooping form as Dido expires in her arms : 676-692 . Juno dispatches Iris from Olympus to receive her departing spirit : 693-705 . Thus ends the saddest tragedy of the poem ...
... side , and , with affectionate expostula tions , sustains her drooping form as Dido expires in her arms : 676-692 . Juno dispatches Iris from Olympus to receive her departing spirit : 693-705 . Thus ends the saddest tragedy of the poem ...
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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