Publii Virgilii; or, The works of Virgil: With copious notes, mythological, biographical, historical ... in English; comp. from the best commentators... Together with an ordo of the most intricate parts of the text, upon the same page with the text. Designed for the use of students in the colleges, academies, and other seminaries, in the United States... To which is added, A table of reference...N. & J. White, 1837 - 615 pages |
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Page 41
... think that the poet alludes to Augustus , and not to Pollio . He wrote his first Eclogue , it is true , to compliment the generosity of his prince , and the Æneid to flatter his vanity . But we are to remember , it was through the ...
... think that the poet alludes to Augustus , and not to Pollio . He wrote his first Eclogue , it is true , to compliment the generosity of his prince , and the Æneid to flatter his vanity . But we are to remember , it was through the ...
Page 45
... thinks of nothing else she thinks not of returning home , even though it be late at night . De cedere seræ nocti : to yield or give place to the late night . 89. Mederi : to cure him . 91. Ille perfidus , & c . That perfidious ...
... thinks of nothing else she thinks not of returning home , even though it be late at night . De cedere seræ nocti : to yield or give place to the late night . 89. Mederi : to cure him . 91. Ille perfidus , & c . That perfidious ...
Page 53
... thinks , the poet re- However this may be , it cannot be made from the words without straining them . They simply imply that Gallus wrote some verses or poems in the same kind of verse , of measure , in which Eupho- rion wrote . 51 ...
... thinks , the poet re- However this may be , it cannot be made from the words without straining them . They simply imply that Gallus wrote some verses or poems in the same kind of verse , of measure , in which Eupho- rion wrote . 51 ...
Page 88
... think them to be the Bergamot pear . Volemis : to the Volemian pears . These were so called from the circumstance of their fill- ing the palm of the hand ; from vola . The surculus , or shoot , of all these was different . 89. Arboribus ...
... think them to be the Bergamot pear . Volemis : to the Volemian pears . These were so called from the circumstance of their fill- ing the palm of the hand ; from vola . The surculus , or shoot , of all these was different . 89. Arboribus ...
Page 112
... thinks to be an interpolation . He says , the sense of the whole three lines is extremely jejune and flat . What occasion of admonishing the farmer to continue the succession of his cattle ? The thing had just been expressed before ...
... thinks to be an interpolation . He says , the sense of the whole three lines is extremely jejune and flat . What occasion of admonishing the farmer to continue the succession of his cattle ? The thing had just been expressed before ...
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