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... suggesting that the latter's work was the highest aim and achievement of the poet's art : a tribute which was all the greater as he did not name him , seeing that no other identifi- cation was possible . 3. List of passages imitated ...
... suggesting that the latter's work was the highest aim and achievement of the poet's art : a tribute which was all the greater as he did not name him , seeing that no other identifi- cation was possible . 3. List of passages imitated ...
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... suggested to the poet the subject , and Maecenas ' interest in it would naturally be twofold . As a patron of literature he desired the production of a great work of art and as minister of Augustus he was anxious to carry out the ...
... suggested to the poet the subject , and Maecenas ' interest in it would naturally be twofold . As a patron of literature he desired the production of a great work of art and as minister of Augustus he was anxious to carry out the ...
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... suggested by Greek ; nor that the subject and metre are borrowed from Hesiod ; far more important is the taste of literary association with which the workmanship abounds . Both the poet and those for whom he wrote were possessed with ...
... suggested by Greek ; nor that the subject and metre are borrowed from Hesiod ; far more important is the taste of literary association with which the workmanship abounds . Both the poet and those for whom he wrote were possessed with ...
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... suggest a crop of pictures , ' the timeless night , ' the ' Bears fear- ing to be dipped in Ocean , ' the ' Dawn's panting steeds ' , ' the turning poles , ' & c . Indeed the whole poem is alive with such pictures . Another common note ...
... suggest a crop of pictures , ' the timeless night , ' the ' Bears fear- ing to be dipped in Ocean , ' the ' Dawn's panting steeds ' , ' the turning poles , ' & c . Indeed the whole poem is alive with such pictures . Another common note ...
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... suggested by the constant use of words meaning conquest ; imperat arvis , subactis scrobibus , cogere , dornare , & c . In the same spirit we have a con amore description of the busy variety of life on wet days ( i . 260 ) ; of the wife ...
... suggested by the constant use of words meaning conquest ; imperat arvis , subactis scrobibus , cogere , dornare , & c . In the same spirit we have a con amore description of the busy variety of life on wet days ( i . 260 ) ; of the wife ...
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