Virgil: The EcloguesValpy, 1830 |
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Strana vi
... Augustus , who procured for him some appointment in the royal stables , in consequence of his skill in the cure of diseases incidental to horses . It cannot be imagined that such a genius as Virgil's could remain long inactive , and he ...
... Augustus , who procured for him some appointment in the royal stables , in consequence of his skill in the cure of diseases incidental to horses . It cannot be imagined that such a genius as Virgil's could remain long inactive , and he ...
Strana vii
... Augustus . The poetical beauties of the Eclogues induced Mæcenas to request Virgil to undertake the Geor- gics , of the character of which it is unnecessary to speak , because no reader of this sketch can be ignorant that this poem is ...
... Augustus . The poetical beauties of the Eclogues induced Mæcenas to request Virgil to undertake the Geor- gics , of the character of which it is unnecessary to speak , because no reader of this sketch can be ignorant that this poem is ...
Strana viii
... ; that of their descent from the Trojans . ' Augustus was eagerly desirous to peruse the poem as far as it had been carried ; and intreated Virgil to communicate it to him by several letters in viii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
... ; that of their descent from the Trojans . ' Augustus was eagerly desirous to peruse the poem as far as it had been carried ; and intreated Virgil to communicate it to him by several letters in viii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
Strana ix
... Augustus ; and his sister Octa- via , who had just lost her son Marcellus , the dar- ling of Rome , and the adopted son of Augustus , made one of the audience , to alleviate and divert her sorrow . Let us indulge a thought that is natu ...
... Augustus ; and his sister Octa- via , who had just lost her son Marcellus , the dar- ling of Rome , and the adopted son of Augustus , made one of the audience , to alleviate and divert her sorrow . Let us indulge a thought that is natu ...
Strana x
... Augustus , who was returning to Rome from Samos , where he had wintered after his Syrian expedition . Changing his former inten- tion , Virgil determined to accompany his patron . A circumstance happened about this time too remarkable ...
... Augustus , who was returning to Rome from Samos , where he had wintered after his Syrian expedition . Changing his former inten- tion , Virgil determined to accompany his patron . A circumstance happened about this time too remarkable ...
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Achilles Æneas Æneid ancient arms Augustus Augustus Cæsar Bacchus bear bees behold beneath betwixt breathe cæsura called Carthage Columella courser Creüsa crown'd Daphnis death deep Dido divine earth Eclogue Eneid ev'ry eyes fame fate father fear fire flame flocks flood foes fruit Georgics give goddess gods golden Grecian grove heav'n herds hero Homer honor imitate Italy Jove Julius Cæsar Juno Jupiter king labor land light Lille lordship Mantua Martyn mead Mopsus mountain night numbers nymphs o'er Ovid plain plants Pliny plough poem poet poetry Pollio pow'r praise Priam queen race Roman Rome round sacred says Segrais shade shepherds shore sire skies soil song spread spring Stawell steed strain streams swain sweet swell tempests thee Theocritus Thessaly thou Tityrus toil tow'rs translation trees Trojan Troy Turnus Tyrian verse vines Virgil wave whence wild winds wine woes wood words wound