Virgil's ÆneidP. F. Collier & Son, 1909 - 432 páginas |
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... poet of the first age of the Roman Empire , was a man of humble origin . Born Oct. 15 , B. C. 70 , the son of a small farmer near Mantua in Northern Italy , he was educated at Cremona , Milan , and Rome . Probably as a result of the ...
... poet of the first age of the Roman Empire , was a man of humble origin . Born Oct. 15 , B. C. 70 , the son of a small farmer near Mantua in Northern Italy , he was educated at Cremona , Milan , and Rome . Probably as a result of the ...
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... poet who , for nearly two thousand years , has been one of the most powerful factors in European culture . " The concurrent testimony of the most refined minds of all times , " says one of the finest of his critics , “ marks him out as ...
... poet who , for nearly two thousand years , has been one of the most powerful factors in European culture . " The concurrent testimony of the most refined minds of all times , " says one of the finest of his critics , “ marks him out as ...
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... and unbends it into vice . One conduces to the poet's aim , the completing of his work , which he is driving on , laboring and hast'ning in every line ; the other slackens his pace , 5 diverts him from his way , and locks him up.
... and unbends it into vice . One conduces to the poet's aim , the completing of his work , which he is driving on , laboring and hast'ning in every line ; the other slackens his pace , 5 diverts him from his way , and locks him up.
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... poet took their occasions from the sub- ject ; tho ' to confess the truth , they were both ornamental , or at best convenient parts of it , rather than of necessity arising from it . Statius , who , thro ' his whole poem , is noted for ...
... poet took their occasions from the sub- ject ; tho ' to confess the truth , they were both ornamental , or at best convenient parts of it , rather than of necessity arising from it . Statius , who , thro ' his whole poem , is noted for ...
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... character- istical virtue his poet gives him , raises first our admiration . We are naturally prone to imitate what we admire ; and fre- quent acts produce a habit . If the hero's chief 8 DRYDEN'S TRANSLATION OF VIRGIL.
... character- istical virtue his poet gives him , raises first our admiration . We are naturally prone to imitate what we admire ; and fre- quent acts produce a habit . If the hero's chief 8 DRYDEN'S TRANSLATION OF VIRGIL.
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Æneas Æneid altars Anchises arms Ascanius Ausonian bear behold betwixt blood breast call'd Carthage chief clouds command coursers Creüsa cries crown'd dare dart death descends design'd Dido divine Ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fatal fate father Faunus fear field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies flood foes forc'd force friends fun'ral fury goddess gods Grecian ground hand haste head heav'n hero honor Italy Jove Juno Juturna king land Latian Latium Lausus Messapus Mezentius mighty mind mix'd Mnestheus night o'er Pallas pass'd peace Phrygian pierc'd pious plain pleas'd poem poet pow'r pray'rs Priam prince promis'd queen race rage rais'd resolv'd rest rising rites Rutulian sacred Segrais seiz'd shades shield shining shore sight Simoïs sire skies slain soul sound spear steeds stood sword Tarchon thee thou thrice thro tow'rs town trembling Trojan troops Troy Turnus Tuscan Tyrian unhappy Virgil vows walls wand'ring winds wood wound youth
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Página 110 - And first around the tender boys they wind, Then with their sharpen'd fangs their limbs and bodies grind. The wretched father, running to their aid With pious haste, but vain, they next invade ; Twice round his waist their winding volumes roll'd ; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly choked — their crests divide, And towering o'er his head in triumph ride.
Página 44 - ... ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est seditio, saevitque animis ignobile volgus, iamque faces et saxa volant, furor arma ministrat; 100 tum pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem conspexere, silent arrectisque auribus adstant; ille regit dictis animos, et pectora mulcet...
Página 178 - Oppress'd with numbers in th' unequal field, His men discourag'd, and himself expell'd, Let him for succor sue from place to place, Torn from his subjects, and his son's embrace. First, let him see his friends in battle slain, And their untimely fate lament in vain ; And when, at length, the cruel war shall cease, On hard conditions may he buy his peace: Nor let him then enjoy supreme command; But fall, untimely, by some hostile hand, And lie...
Página 211 - THE SIXTH BOOK OF THE MNEIS THE ARGUMENT. — The Sibyl foretells J£neas the adventures he should meet with in Italy. She attends him to hell ; describing to him the various scenes of that place, and conducting him to his father Anchises, who instructs him in those sublime mysteries of the soul of the world, and the transmigration ; and shews him that glorious race of heroes which was to descend from him, and his posterity.
Página 142 - At length her lord descends upon the plain, In pomp, attended with a num'rous train ; Receives his friends, and to the city leads, And tears of joy amidst his welcome sheds. Proceeding on, another Troy I see, Or, in less compass, Troy's epitome. A...
Página 36 - Love has nothing of his own ; he borrows all from a greater master in his own profession, and, which is worse, improves nothing which he finds. Nature fails him, and being forced to his old shift, he has recourse to witticism. This passes indeed with his soft admirers, and gives him the preference to Virgil in their esteem.
Página 187 - The Centaur and the Dolphin brush the brine With equal oars, advancing in a line : And now the mighty Centaur seems to lead, And now the speedy Dolphin gets ahead : \ Now board to board the rival vessels row ; The billows lave the skies, and ocean groans below. They reach'd the mark. Proud Gyas and his train In triumph rode, the victors of the main : But, steering round, he charg'd his pilot — •" Stand More close to shore, and skim along the sand ! Let others bear to sea.
Página 367 - T is all that he can give, or we demand. Joy is no more; but I would gladly go, To greet my Pallas with such news below.
Página 200 - The crowd withdrawn, an open plain appears. And now the noble youths, of form divine, Advance before their fathers, in a line : The riders grace the steeds ; the steeds with glory shine. Thus marching on in military pride, Shouts of applause resound from side to side.
Página 64 - I have endeavoured to make Virgil speak such English as he would himself have spoken, if he had been born in England, and in this present age.