Virgil: The Eclogues, Zväzok 1Harper & bros., 1848 |
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... poet and his friends converse like scholars and philosophers . The publication of the Eclogues created a very powerful sensation in Rome ; and we have the high authority of Tacitus for the reality of those honours which were publicly ...
... poet and his friends converse like scholars and philosophers . The publication of the Eclogues created a very powerful sensation in Rome ; and we have the high authority of Tacitus for the reality of those honours which were publicly ...
Strana 7
... poet who should endeavour to clothe in verse the sublimest maxims of philosophy . Indeed , one consideration alone is sufficient to show us the excellence of Virgil in this particular , the uniform failure of his imitators . It is ...
... poet who should endeavour to clothe in verse the sublimest maxims of philosophy . Indeed , one consideration alone is sufficient to show us the excellence of Virgil in this particular , the uniform failure of his imitators . It is ...
Strana 9
... poet a present of ten sesterces for every line in praise of her son , which amounted in the whole to above two thousand pounds sterling ; a reward equal to Oc- tavia's generosity , and not above Virgil's merit . An event at length ...
... poet a present of ten sesterces for every line in praise of her son , which amounted in the whole to above two thousand pounds sterling ; a reward equal to Oc- tavia's generosity , and not above Virgil's merit . An event at length ...
Strana 10
... poet had the honour of determining the greatest point that ever was in de- bate , between the son - in - law and the favourite of Cæsar . Virgil delivered his opinion in words to this effect : - " The change of a popular into an ab ...
... poet had the honour of determining the greatest point that ever was in de- bate , between the son - in - law and the favourite of Cæsar . Virgil delivered his opinion in words to this effect : - " The change of a popular into an ab ...
Strana 11
... poet of his time , as almost all the facts in the Æneid are built on history . He used to revise his verses with ex ... poets ( even the ' genus irritabile vatum ' ) , though they envied and maligned each other , agreed in loving and ...
... poet of his time , as almost all the facts in the Æneid are built on history . He used to revise his verses with ex ... poets ( even the ' genus irritabile vatum ' ) , though they envied and maligned each other , agreed in loving and ...
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Achilles Æneas Æneid ancient arms Augustus Augustus Cæsar Bacchus bear bees beneath breathe cæsura called Carthage Columella Creüsa crown'd Daphnis death deep Dido divine earth Eclogue Eneid ev'ry eyes fame fate father fear fire flame flocks flood flow'r foes fruit Georgics give goddess gods golden Grecian grove heav'n herds hero Homer honour imitate Italy Jove Julius Cæsar Juno Jupiter king labour land leaves light Lille lordship Mantua Martyn mead Mopsus mountain night numbers nymphs o'er olive Ovid plain plants Pliny plough poem poet poetry Pollio pow'r praise Priam queen race rise Roman Rome round sacred Segrais shade shepherds shore sire skies soil song spread spring Stawell steed strain streams swain sweet swell tempests thee Theocritus Thessaly thou Thrace Tityrus toil tow'rs translation trees Trojan Troy Turnus Tyrian verse vines Virgil wave whence wild winds wine wood words wound