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... cold shadow of the mother tree . And in return his protégées take him into confidence , and he learns how they think and feel : he sees the docile growths of the woodland exerting themselves to learn the lessons of civilisation ; he ...
... cold shadow of the mother tree . And in return his protégées take him into confidence , and he learns how they think and feel : he sees the docile growths of the woodland exerting themselves to learn the lessons of civilisation ; he ...
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... cold soil is hard to detect , but sometimes the presence of firs , yews , and ivy betrays it . Nunc , quo quamque modo possis cognoscere , dicam . rara sit an supra morem si densa requires , altera frumentis quoniam favet , altera ...
... cold soil is hard to detect , but sometimes the presence of firs , yews , and ivy betrays it . Nunc , quo quamque modo possis cognoscere , dicam . rara sit an supra morem si densa requires , altera frumentis quoniam favet , altera ...
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... cold . ' 57. iam ] again , ' or perhaps ' lastly . ' The conjunction means we have now reached the place where we must men- tion , ' & c . ' Now it is time to mention . ' sem . iactis ] like posito de semine , v . 14 , means seeds sown ...
... cold . ' 57. iam ] again , ' or perhaps ' lastly . ' The conjunction means we have now reached the place where we must men- tion , ' & c . ' Now it is time to mention . ' sem . iactis ] like posito de semine , v . 14 , means seeds sown ...
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... cold he brings . ' Comp . v . 257 . It is not enough to call this a hendiadys , and construe ' the cold North wind . ' See note on v . 192 . 114. Lift up your eyes and see how earth has her fruits and their cultivators to her furthest ...
... cold he brings . ' Comp . v . 257 . It is not enough to call this a hendiadys , and construe ' the cold North wind . ' See note on v . 192 . 114. Lift up your eyes and see how earth has her fruits and their cultivators to her furthest ...
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... cold , wet and drought . 344 . tanta quies ] ' So great a respite , ' that afforded by the spring . caloremque ] a hypermeter , que elided as on v . 443 . 345. exciperet ] The inn excipit hospitio a guest who comes from a journey , the ...
... cold , wet and drought . 344 . tanta quies ] ' So great a respite , ' that afforded by the spring . caloremque ] a hypermeter , que elided as on v . 443 . 345. exciperet ] The inn excipit hospitio a guest who comes from a journey , the ...
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Page 22 - O fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint, agricolas; quibus ipsa procul discordibus armis fundit humo facilem victum iustissima tellus.
Page 14 - Aesculus in primis, quae, quantum vertice ad auras Aetherias, tantum radice in Tartara tendit. Ergo non hiemes illam, non flabra neque imbres Convellunt ; immota manet, multosque nepotes, Multa virum volvens durando saecula vincit; 295 Tum fortis late ramos et brachia tendens Hue illuc, media ipsa ingentem sustinet umbram.
Page 24 - Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, 49° atque metus omnis et inexorabile fatum subiecit pedibus strepitumque Acherontis avari. Fortunatus et ille, deos qui novit agrestis, Panaque Silvanumque senem nymphasque sorores.
Page 16 - Non alios prima crescentis origine mundi inluxisse dies aliumve habuisse tenorem crediderim: ver illud erat, ver magnus agebat orbis, et hibernis parcebant flatibus euri, cum primae lucem pecudes hausere virumque 340 terrea progenies duris caput extulit arvis immissaeque ferae silvis et sidera caelo.
Page 25 - Sicyonia baca trapetis, glande sues laeti redeunt, dant arbuta silvae : 520 et varios ponit fetus autumnus, et alte mitis in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis. Interea dulces pendent circum oscula nati, casta pudicitiam servat domus, ubera vaccae lactea demittunt, pinguesque in gramine laeto 525 inter se adversis luctantur cornibus haedi.
Page 23 - Me vero primum dulces ante omnia Musae, 475 quarum sacra fero ingenti percussus amore, accipiant caelique vias et sidera monstrent, defectus solis varios lunaeque labores ; unde tremor terris, qua vi maria alta tumescant obicibus ruptis rursusque in se ipsa residant...
Page 8 - Massicus umor implevere; tenent oleae armentaque laeta. hinc bellator equus campo sese arduus infert ; hinc albi, Clitumne, greges et maxima taurus victima, saepe tuo perfusi flumine sacro, Romanos ad templa deum duxere triumphos.
Page 9 - Avernis? haec eadem argenti rivos aerisque metalla 165 ostendit venis atque auro plurima flu.xit. haec genus acre virum Marsos pubemque Sabellam adsuetumque malo Ligurem Volscosque verutos extulit, haec Decios Marios magnosque Camillos...
Page 16 - Sol nondum hiemem contingit equis, iam praeterit aestas ver adeo frondi nemorum, ver utile silvis; vere tument terrae et genitalia semina poscunt. tum pater omnipotens fecundis imbribus aether 325 coniugis in gremium laetae descendit et omnis magnus alit magno commixtus corpore fetus.
Page 7 - Sed neque Medorum silvae, ditissima terra, Nee pulcher Ganges atque auro turbidus Hermus Laudibus Italiae certent, non Bactra, neque Indi, Totaque turiferis Panchaia pinguis arenis.