Selections from Virgil's GeorgicsUniversity Press, 1921 - 124 pages |
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Page vii
... mind as sharply as they must be distinguished by a modern commentator1 . " The Georgics offer fewer difficulties than the Aeneid with its frequent inver- sions and transferences of construction2 and , not least , by " his habit of ...
... mind as sharply as they must be distinguished by a modern commentator1 . " The Georgics offer fewer difficulties than the Aeneid with its frequent inver- sions and transferences of construction2 and , not least , by " his habit of ...
Page xvi
... mind upon the whole empire and the whole world2 . " Brutus and his friends could not conceive of this becoming true , and Tacitus too may talk with sovereign pity of the men of his own day who had the misfortune " never to have seen the ...
... mind upon the whole empire and the whole world2 . " Brutus and his friends could not conceive of this becoming true , and Tacitus too may talk with sovereign pity of the men of his own day who had the misfortune " never to have seen the ...
Page xvii
... minds of men obsessed by the great career of Julius , by all the good it promised to the world and all that was lost by his death , a great and portentous sign was given . To them the comet which blazed in the heavens during the games ...
... minds of men obsessed by the great career of Julius , by all the good it promised to the world and all that was lost by his death , a great and portentous sign was given . To them the comet which blazed in the heavens during the games ...
Page xxii
... mind like his . The young poet must have been glad to return to Andes . As years went on his father grew blind . No doubt Virgil assisted him in managing his farm . At the same time he was busy studying and writing . We imagine him ...
... mind like his . The young poet must have been glad to return to Andes . As years went on his father grew blind . No doubt Virgil assisted him in managing his farm . At the same time he was busy studying and writing . We imagine him ...
Page xxv
... mind was in youth with the Greek poets , he came as we shall see under another influence more mighty still , that of Lucretius . The leaven of Lucretius worked on his heart all his life through . In those early years the young poet was ...
... mind was in youth with the Greek poets , he came as we shall see under another influence more mighty still , that of Lucretius . The leaven of Lucretius worked on his heart all his life through . In those early years the young poet was ...
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Aeneid aether alta Aristaeus arvis atque Augustus auras beauty bees birds caeli caelo Caesar calls casia Cicero clause Columella corn death denotes Divine Douglas Dr Fowler earth Eclogues emphasize Epicurean Epicurus epithet ĕre etiam expression farmer feeling Gallus Georgics Gods grafted Greek haec heaven hinc honour human illa inis ipsa ipse Italy Keightley King laborem labour laeta land Latin lines living Lucr Lucretian Lucretius Mackail Maecenas means medio mollia Nature neque nocte numina nunc omnia Orpheus Ovid Parthia passage phrase plant plough poem poet poetry probably Procne quae rastris refers renders rerum river Roman Rome Royds saepe saepta says scilicet seems sense Servius silvae spirit Suetonius suggests tamen terrae Theocritus things Thrace tibi tree umbra Varro verb verse vine Virgil Warde Fowler wind word writing young
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Page xxviii - tis a passionate work!— yet wise and well; Well chosen is the spirit that is here; That Hulk which labours in the deadly swell, This rueful sky, this pageantry of fear!
Page xlv - Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 20 - ... concidit et mixtum spumis vomit ore cruorem extremosque ciet gemitus. it tristis arator maerentem abiungens fraterna morte iuvencum, atque opere in medio defixa relinquit aratra.
Page 9 - Di patrii, indigetes, et Romule Vestaque mater, quae Tuscum Tiberim et Romana Palatia servas, hunc saltem everso iuvenem succurrere saeclo ne prohibete.
Page 8 - Auster, sol tibi signa dabit. solem quis dicere falsum audeat? ille etiam caecos instare tumultus saepe monet fraudemque et operta tumescere bella.
Page 17 - Et varios ponit fetus autumnus, et alte Mitis in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis. Interea dulces pendent circum oscula nati, Casta pudicitiam servat domus, ubera vaccae Lactea demittunt, pinguesque in gramine laeto 5*5 Inter se adversis luctantur cornibus haedi.
Page 28 - Taenarias etiam fauces, alta ostia Ditis, et caligantem nigra formidine lucum ingressus manesque adiit regemque tremendum nesciaque humanis precibus mansuescere corda. 470 at cantu commotae Erebi de sedibus imis umbrae ibant tenues simulacraque luce carentum...
Page 15 - Iustitia excedens terris vestigia fecit. me vero primum dulces ante omnia Musae, quarum sacra fero ingenti percussus amore, accipiant, caelique vias et sidera monstrent, defectus solis varios lunaeque labores ; unde tremor terris, qua vi maria alta tumescant obicibus ruptis rursusque in se ipsa residant, 48o quid tantum Oceano properent se tinguere soles hiberni, vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet.
Page 2 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Page 28 - quis et me," inquit, " miseram et te perdidit, Orpheu, quis tantus furor ? en iterum crudelia retro fata vocant conditque natantia lumina somnus. iamque vale : feror ingenti circumdata nocte invalidasque tibi tendens, heu non tua, palmas...