Extracts from Ovid's Metamorphoses, with copious notes. By I. McBurneyR. Griffin and Company, 1854 - 18 Seiten |
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... signifying simply " the ether , " is a similar form of expression . But , it has been thought that Ovid in this line , gives a kind of verbal metamorphosis by transposing the signification of corpora and formas ; the phrase being ...
... signifying simply " the ether , " is a similar form of expression . But , it has been thought that Ovid in this line , gives a kind of verbal metamorphosis by transposing the signification of corpora and formas ; the phrase being ...
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... signifying " hard drinkers , " as many of the tribes were addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors . - Septentrio , " the north , " properly " the constellation of the Great or Little bear " -from septem , " seven , " and trio , a ...
... signifying " hard drinkers , " as many of the tribes were addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors . - Septentrio , " the north , " properly " the constellation of the Great or Little bear " -from septem , " seven , " and trio , a ...
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... signifies , not merely to be born , but to spring into being , or derive origin . 48. " Ille opifex rerum , origo melioris mundi , " that artificer of the universe , the creator of the world in its improved state : -lit . of a better ...
... signifies , not merely to be born , but to spring into being , or derive origin . 48. " Ille opifex rerum , origo melioris mundi , " that artificer of the universe , the creator of the world in its improved state : -lit . of a better ...
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... signifies the father who gives life — the life - dispenser . 22. " Nec ( et non ) ager renovatus , " and the land with- out being ploughed : -lit : not renewed . 23. " Jam " jam , " at one time - at another . FABLE IV . THE FOUR SEASONS ...
... signifies the father who gives life — the life - dispenser . 22. " Nec ( et non ) ager renovatus , " and the land with- out being ploughed : -lit : not renewed . 23. " Jam " jam , " at one time - at another . FABLE IV . THE FOUR SEASONS ...
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... signifies a vein of metal in the mine ; but also a vein of the body , and natural bent ; there is , in this line , a play upon the meaning and use of the word . 19. " Sceleratus amor habendi , " the accursed desire 66 NOTES TO PAGE 5 .
... signifies a vein of metal in the mine ; but also a vein of the body , and natural bent ; there is , in this line , a play upon the meaning and use of the word . 19. " Sceleratus amor habendi , " the accursed desire 66 NOTES TO PAGE 5 .
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adhuc æquore aër aëra Apollo aquis Atlas Atque auras auro Boeotia brachia Cadmus caput cetera cloth Clymene cœli cœlo cœlum Colchis corpora Crown 8vo currus Cycnus daughter deities Deorum derived Deucalion Deus earth enim Epaphus erat FABLE father formæ fuit Glasgow Academy gods Greece Greek hæc heaven hence Iapetus ignes ignibus illa illic illis illo Inachus Inque ipse Jamque Jove Jovis Jupiter king Lampetie lumina Lycaon manibus mihi modò mora mountain natus Neptune nisi nomen nondum numina nunc nymphs omnes orbem oscula Ossa Ovid pater Penates Perque Perseus Phaethon Phocis Phoebus pœnas poets postquam Prometheus Pyrrha quà quæ quam Quid quod quòque quum rerum river sacred semina serpent signifies sine suos super tamen tecta tellus terga terræ terras Tethys Thessaly Thisbe tibi undas undis Utque vale of Tempe verba vidit vulnera vultus
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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.