Extracts from Ovid's Metamorphoses, with copious notes. By I. McBurneyR. Griffin and Company, 1854 - 18 Seiten |
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... residence at the mouth of the Danube , during the last ten years of his life , he transmits in strains , at one time servile , at another pathetic , at all times harmonious , the incidents , studies , and pursuits of a life in which all ...
... residence at the mouth of the Danube , during the last ten years of his life , he transmits in strains , at one time servile , at another pathetic , at all times harmonious , the incidents , studies , and pursuits of a life in which all ...
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... residence of the gods , and the court of Jupiter . According to ancient belief , there was cloudless , perpetual spring upon its sum- mits , which according to some , were three times three hun- dred in number . From the continual snow ...
... residence of the gods , and the court of Jupiter . According to ancient belief , there was cloudless , perpetual spring upon its sum- mits , which according to some , were three times three hun- dred in number . From the continual snow ...
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... have fixed their abodes . " Penates " properly signifies " household gods ; " but , in poetry , often a house , or residence . These gods were first brought from Lavinium to Rome , and probably corresponded to NOTES TO PAGE 6 . 71.
... have fixed their abodes . " Penates " properly signifies " household gods ; " but , in poetry , often a house , or residence . These gods were first brought from Lavinium to Rome , and probably corresponded to NOTES TO PAGE 6 . 71.
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... residence of Augustus and succeeding emperors ; hence it is used to signify " an imperial residence - a palace . ' The Palatine was 30 named from having been sacred to the goddess Pales , who patronized shepherds ; as Romulus , who was ...
... residence of Augustus and succeeding emperors ; hence it is used to signify " an imperial residence - a palace . ' The Palatine was 30 named from having been sacred to the goddess Pales , who patronized shepherds ; as Romulus , who was ...
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... residence in the Lipari Isles , thence called " Eoliæ Insulæ . " The winds were fabled to be confined within the hollow mountains there ; and let out at the pleasure of their king . ( See Virgil , Æneid I. 50 ) . In all probability ...
... residence in the Lipari Isles , thence called " Eoliæ Insulæ . " The winds were fabled to be confined within the hollow mountains there ; and let out at the pleasure of their king . ( See Virgil , Æneid I. 50 ) . In all probability ...
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Seite 1 - Sic erat instabilis tellus, innabilis unda, lucis egens ae'r : nulli sua forma manebat, obstabatque aliis aliud, quia corpore in uno frigida pugnabant calidis, humentia siccis, mollia cum duris, sine pondere habentia pondus.
Seite 45 - ... excute virgineo conceptas pectore flammas, si potes, infelix! si possem, sanior essem; sed trahit invitam nova vis, aliudque cupido, mens aliud suadet. video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor.
Seite 4 - Ipsa quoque immunis rastroque intacta nee ullis saucia vomeribus per se dabat omnia tellus...
Seite 29 - Phaethon, rutilos flamma populante capillos, volvitur in praeceps longoque per aera tractu fertur, ut interdum de caelo stella sereno etsi non cecidit, potuit cecidisse videri. quem procul a patria diverso maximus orbe excipit Eridanus, fumantiaque abluit ora.
Seite 76 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Seite 21 - Saeculaque et positae spatiis aequalibus Horae, Verque novum stabat cinctum florente corona ; Stabat nuda Aestas et spicea serta gerebat ; Stabat et Autumnus calcatis sordidus uvis, Et glacialis Hiems, canos hirsuta capillos. 30 Incle loco medius rerum novitate paventem Sol oculis juvenem, quibus adspicit omnia, vidit, Quaeque viae tibi causa? quid hac, ait, arce petisti, Progenies, Phaethon, baud infitianda parenti?
Seite 2 - ... orbem. sic ubi dispositam, quisquis fuit ille deorum, congeriem secuit sectamque in membra redegit : principio terram, ne non aequalis ab omni parte foret, magni speciem glomeravit in orbis.