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... thee , and the Manes of fable crowd around , and the shadowy home of Pluto become also thine own . " By the Manes of fable are meant the shades of the departed , often made the theme of the wildest fictions of poetry . 17. Simul . For ...
... thee , and the Manes of fable crowd around , and the shadowy home of Pluto become also thine own . " By the Manes of fable are meant the shades of the departed , often made the theme of the wildest fictions of poetry . 17. Simul . For ...
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... thee still blooming with youth . " - 18 . Campus et areę . 66 Rambles both - - in the Campus Martius and along the public walks . " By area are here meant those parts of the city that were free from buildings , the same probably as the ...
... thee still blooming with youth . " - 18 . Campus et areę . 66 Rambles both - - in the Campus Martius and along the public walks . " By area are here meant those parts of the city that were free from buildings , the same probably as the ...
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... thee , still a mere stripling , unless thou didst restore the cattle removed by thy art , he laughed to find himself deprived also of his quiver . " - Boves . Alluding to the cattle of Admetus . See account of Mercury in Lemp . Lucian ...
... thee , still a mere stripling , unless thou didst restore the cattle removed by thy art , he laughed to find himself deprived also of his quiver . " - Boves . Alluding to the cattle of Admetus . See account of Mercury in Lemp . Lucian ...
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... thee back again to the deep ? " The poet , in his alarm , supposes the vessel ( i . e . his country ) to be already amid the waves . By the term navis his country is denoted , which the hand of Augustus had just rescued from the perils ...
... thee back again to the deep ? " The poet , in his alarm , supposes the vessel ( i . e . his country ) to be already amid the waves . By the term navis his country is denoted , which the hand of Augustus had just rescued from the perils ...
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... thee and thy loved one , and to destroy the ancient kingdom of Priam . ” The term nuptias is here used , not in its ordinary sense , but with refer- ence to the criminal loves of Paris and Helen . - 9 . Quantus sudor . " What toil ...
... thee and thy loved one , and to destroy the ancient kingdom of Priam . ” The term nuptias is here used , not in its ordinary sense , but with refer- ence to the criminal loves of Paris and Helen . - 9 . Quantus sudor . " What toil ...
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Page 343 - The world is too much with us ; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers ; Little we see in Nature that is ours ; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon ! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon ; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers ; For this, for every thing, we are out of tune ; It moves us not.
Page 280 - This is some fellow, Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb Quite from his nature : ,he cannot flatter, he ! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth ! An they will take it, so ; if not, he's plain.
Page 344 - The business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine, not the individual, but the species ; to remark general properties and large appearances. He does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest.
Page 79 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart!
Page 247 - Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo ; Unde parentur opes ; quid alat formetque poetam ; Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error.
Page 243 - Atque ita mentitur, sic veris falsa remiscet, Primo ne medium, medio ne discrepet imum. Tu quid ego et populus mecum desideret audi : Si plausoris eges aulaea manentis et usque Sessuri donec cantor ' Vos plaudite' dicat, Aetatis cujusque notandi sunt tibi mores, Mobilibusque decor naturis dandus et annis.
Page 239 - ... 10 scimus, et hanc veniam petimusque damusque vicissim; sed non ut placidis coeant immitia, non ut serpentes avibus geminentur, tigribus agni. Inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter...
Page 209 - Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. Strenua nos exercet inertia : navibus atque Quadrigis petimus bene vivere. Quod petis hic est, Est Ulubris, animus si te non deficit aequus.
Page 246 - Spondees stabiles in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens, non ut de sede secunda Cederet aut quarta socialiter.
Page 86 - Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam : usque ego postera Crescam laude recens dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita virgine pontifex. Dicar qua violens obstrepit Aufidus Et qua pauper aquae Daunus agrestium Regnavit populorum, ex humili potens, Princeps Aeolium carmen ad Italos Deduxisse modos. Sume superbiam Quaesitam meritis et mihi Delphica Lauro cinge volens, Melpomene, comam.