P. Vergili Maronis Georgicon liber secundus, ed. by J.H. Skrine |
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... forest clearing will bear the best corn crops ( 203-211 ) ; but tufa and marl may be left to the snakes , who like it ( 212-216 ) . There is however a soil which has all the virtues , is kindly alike to vine and olive , wheat and cattle ...
... forest clearing will bear the best corn crops ( 203-211 ) ; but tufa and marl may be left to the snakes , who like it ( 212-216 ) . There is however a soil which has all the virtues , is kindly alike to vine and olive , wheat and cattle ...
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... forest - trees also , great and small , render each one its own produce or service , and reproach by their bountifulness the sloth of man for not taking the pains to merely plant them . The gifts of the vine itself are not so great ...
... forest - trees also , great and small , render each one its own produce or service , and reproach by their bountifulness the sloth of man for not taking the pains to merely plant them . The gifts of the vine itself are not so great ...
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... forest spreads the mightiest shade for Jove's honour . ' 16. aesculus ] Quercus robur latifolia . The oak groves of Dodona , here called quercus , must be assumed to be of some other species , but quercus is properly the name of the ...
... forest spreads the mightiest shade for Jove's honour . ' 16. aesculus ] Quercus robur latifolia . The oak groves of Dodona , here called quercus , must be assumed to be of some other species , but quercus is properly the name of the ...
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... forest trees , ' as some take nemorum , v . 15 . " press . prop . arc . ] the arch of the depressed layer . ' 27. exspectant ] They will not grow till they get it . Ex- spectant contrasts this gentler and more tedious process with the ...
... forest trees , ' as some take nemorum , v . 15 . " press . prop . arc . ] the arch of the depressed layer . ' 27. exspectant ] They will not grow till they get it . Ex- spectant contrasts this gentler and more tedious process with the ...
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... forest , dear to Pallas , of the long- 181 . lived olive . ' The olive was sacred to Pallas ; it was her gift to . Attica ; the olive groves are still the chief feature of the Attic plain . gaudent ] they are prolific in , & c . vivacis ...
... forest , dear to Pallas , of the long- 181 . lived olive . ' The olive was sacred to Pallas ; it was her gift to . Attica ; the olive groves are still the chief feature of the Attic plain . gaudent ] they are prolific in , & c . vivacis ...
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aequor aesculus ager alta arboribus arbos armenta arva Assistant-Master atque auro Bacchus Bactra bark called Cambridge casia cattle Columella Comp Conington corn dative deerunt earth Edited English enim etiam expression fetus frigora fruit frumentis Georg Georgics graft grapes Greek happy breed haud hence hendiadys Hesiod hiemps hinc husbandman illa India inglorius ipsa Ismara Italian Italy iuvencis laborem labour laeta land Lucretius Maecenas Marsi means namque nature neque nunc oleae olim olive omne omnia omnis oxen pausia perhaps pinguis planted plough poem poet pomis presso primum putre quae quam quid render robore Roman Rome rura saepe scilicet seges semina sere silvae slope soil Spanish broom stirpe sunt synaeresis tellus Tennyson tenui terga terrae things tibi tree ulmos venit Vergil verutum vines vineyard virgulta virum Volsci vomere wine wood word
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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.