The Argonautics, tr. into Engl. verse with notes by W. Preston, Band 3 |
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... Italy . The genealogy of houses began to be ascer- tained ; the detail of facts to be defined ; and something precise and solid was offered , on which the sagacity of historical research might operate , and the veracity and dignity of ...
... Italy . The genealogy of houses began to be ascer- tained ; the detail of facts to be defined ; and something precise and solid was offered , on which the sagacity of historical research might operate , and the veracity and dignity of ...
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... Italian school . We find the champions of Christen- dom , the knights of Arthur's table ronde , and the Pala- dins of Charlemagne , passing with surprising ease and velocity , from kingdom to kingdom , without finding any impediment ...
... Italian school . We find the champions of Christen- dom , the knights of Arthur's table ronde , and the Pala- dins of Charlemagne , passing with surprising ease and velocity , from kingdom to kingdom , without finding any impediment ...
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... Italy , afforded themes , that came fully home to the heart and feelings of every Roman . At the same time , such was the infinite address , with which the fable of the Æneid was chosen , the poet was able , by making his hero of the ...
... Italy , afforded themes , that came fully home to the heart and feelings of every Roman . At the same time , such was the infinite address , with which the fable of the Æneid was chosen , the poet was able , by making his hero of the ...
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... Italy . This was the period , when the seas - beyond Sicily began to be frequented by the Greeks ; and the mariners , who returned from these voyages , circulated a variety of stories , concerning the wonderful things , they had seen ...
... Italy . This was the period , when the seas - beyond Sicily began to be frequented by the Greeks ; and the mariners , who returned from these voyages , circulated a variety of stories , concerning the wonderful things , they had seen ...
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... Italy.- Phrygia was , as it were , the original seat of the arts of divination . - Departing from hence , the Tro- jans are said , to have imported these arts with them , into Greece and Italy . In fact , in all rude ages , before the ...
... Italy.- Phrygia was , as it were , the original seat of the arts of divination . - Departing from hence , the Tro- jans are said , to have imported these arts with them , into Greece and Italy . In fact , in all rude ages , before the ...
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Seite 205 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice
Seite 231 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Seite 133 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Seite 205 - Ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae ubera, nee magnos metuent armenta leones ; ipsa tibi blandos fundent cunabula flores. Occidet et serpens, et fallax herba veneni occidet ; Assyrium vulgo nascetur amomum.
Seite 276 - And they came unto the brook of Eshcol and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates and of the figs.
Seite 193 - Nox erat, et terras animalia fessa per omnes Alituum pecudumque genus sopor altus habebat: Cum pater in ripa gelidique sub aetheris axe Aeneas, tristi turbatus pectora bello, Procubuit, seramque dedit per membra quietem.
Seite 219 - ... evidently, affect us not in proportion to those of Homer. His characters of valour are much alike : even that of Turnus...
Seite 192 - Tempus erat, quo prima quies mortalibus aegris incipit et dono divum gratissima serpit.
Seite 120 - ... and generosity of private persons afforded. The same spirit of enterprise which had prompted so many gentlemen to take arms in defence of the oppressed pilgrims in Palestine, incited others to declare themselves the patrons and avengers of injured innocence at home. When the final reduction of the Holy Land under the dominion of Infidels put an end to these foreign expeditions, the latter was the only employment left for the activity and courage of adventurers. To check the insolence of overgrown...
Seite 197 - Alma parens, confessa deam, qualisque videri Caelicolis et quanta solet ; dextraque prehensum Continuit, roseoque haec insuper addidit ore: 'Nate, quis indomitas tantus dolor excitat iras?