Virgil: The Eclogues, Zväzok 1Harper & bros., 1848 |
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... Roman writers . It appears that his favourite sciences were those of physic and mathematics ; and there is no doubt , that to this early tincture of geometrical learning we must attribute that regu- larity of thought , and propriety of ...
... Roman writers . It appears that his favourite sciences were those of physic and mathematics ; and there is no doubt , that to this early tincture of geometrical learning we must attribute that regu- larity of thought , and propriety of ...
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... Roman names , which were discord- ant to an ear so delicately constituted . He , how- ever , began his Eclogues about the year of Rome 713 , and finished them in three years : they possess one remarkable characteristic , being ...
... Roman names , which were discord- ant to an ear so delicately constituted . He , how- ever , began his Eclogues about the year of Rome 713 , and finished them in three years : they possess one remarkable characteristic , being ...
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... Roman destinies , forming a con- tinuation of the Iliad to the Roman times . The idea was extremely noble ; the poem has conse- quently obtained the highest reputation , and is styled the imperial poem . His design in writing it has ...
... Roman destinies , forming a con- tinuation of the Iliad to the Roman times . The idea was extremely noble ; the poem has conse- quently obtained the highest reputation , and is styled the imperial poem . His design in writing it has ...
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... Roman people , as prom- ising them the empire of the whole world . He weaves this in with the most probable account of their origin ; that of their descent from the Trojans . " Augustus was eagerly desirous to peruse the poem as far as ...
... Roman people , as prom- ising them the empire of the whole world . He weaves this in with the most probable account of their origin ; that of their descent from the Trojans . " Augustus was eagerly desirous to peruse the poem as far as ...
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... Roman farmers were accustomed to recruit the spirits of their labourers when exhausted by the heat . Garlic , indeed , as we learn from Pliny , formed an ingredient in many rustic medicaments . 13 The cicade ( Ital . cigale ) sing or ...
... Roman farmers were accustomed to recruit the spirits of their labourers when exhausted by the heat . Garlic , indeed , as we learn from Pliny , formed an ingredient in many rustic medicaments . 13 The cicade ( Ital . cigale ) sing or ...
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