A grammar of Latin poetryLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 - 48 Seiten |
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... language and a character of its own , totally independent of its metrical form . It is raised so much above the common tenor of language , that the ancients called it the speech of the gods . Twist and distort a truly poetic passage ...
... language and a character of its own , totally independent of its metrical form . It is raised so much above the common tenor of language , that the ancients called it the speech of the gods . Twist and distort a truly poetic passage ...
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... language as will render Latin versification comparatively easy ; he will thus learn , by prac- tice , how to combine and dispose his words , so as to produce the effect which he cannot but observe in his models ; and it is principally ...
... language as will render Latin versification comparatively easy ; he will thus learn , by prac- tice , how to combine and dispose his words , so as to produce the effect which he cannot but observe in his models ; and it is principally ...
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... language simple and natural . But in descriptions and narratives the very re- verse of this is done . The language should be full , animated , and ornamental ; the verse flowing on without interruption . with every variety of feet ...
... language simple and natural . But in descriptions and narratives the very re- verse of this is done . The language should be full , animated , and ornamental ; the verse flowing on without interruption . with every variety of feet ...
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... language the most elevated that can be used . The latter kind is of a more tranquil character . It does not hymn the praises of gods and men [ Hor . Od . i . 12. ] , or recite the stern prophecy of Nereus [ i . 15. ] , or the menace of ...
... language the most elevated that can be used . The latter kind is of a more tranquil character . It does not hymn the praises of gods and men [ Hor . Od . i . 12. ] , or recite the stern prophecy of Nereus [ i . 15. ] , or the menace of ...
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... language of Metaphor and Simile . These two figures are only distinguished by the insertion or omission of the particle of comparison : thus , he waits like a rustic , ' ' rusticus expectat . ' The English is a simile , the Latin a ...
... language of Metaphor and Simile . These two figures are only distinguished by the insertion or omission of the particle of comparison : thus , he waits like a rustic , ' ' rusticus expectat . ' The English is a simile , the Latin a ...
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active adjective applied aquæ arma beauty called circum common Comp Compare construction cura descriptions deus effect elegance elegant Elegiac Epic epithets Epod especially examples express Fast ferre figures followed frequent frequently genitive genus Georg Horace Ibid ille infinitive instance kind language Latin poets latter Malè manus mare may be used metaphor mihi Neque neuter nunc observe occasionally occurs omitted ornamental Ovid Pars participle particles particularly passive periphrasis person Phrygia plural Poet poetical poetry potens present proper names prose quæ Quàm quater relative says sense sentence simple singular sometimes sparingly speech stands substantive tela thing thus tibi Tibull Trist verb verbs verse viii Virg Virgil word words
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Seite 3 - Agedum, pauca accipe contra. Primuni ego me illorum dederim quibus esse poetas Excerpam numero : neque enim concludere versum 40 Dixeris esse satis ; neque si quis scribat, uti nos, Sermoni propiora, putes hunc esse poetam. Ingenium cui sit, cui mens divinior atque os Magna sonaturum, des nominis hujus honorem.
Seite 48 - O diva, gratum quae regis Antium, praesens vel imo tollere de gradu mortale corpus vel superbos vertere funeribus triumphos...
Seite 41 - Illa papavereas subsecat ungue comas. Has, Hyacinthe, tenes : illas, Amarante, moraris : Pars thyma, pars casiam, pars meliloton amant : Plurima lecta rosa est, et sunt sine nomine flores : Ipsa crocos tenues, liliaque alba legit.
Seite 41 - Haec gremium, laxos degravat ilia sinus. Ilia legit Calthas, huic sunt violaria curae, Ilia papavereas subsecat ungue comas : Has, hyacinthe, tenes ; illas, amarante, moraris : Pars thyma, pars ca~siam, pars meliloton amant.
Seite 3 - Ut prisca gens mortalium, Paterna rura bobus exercet suis, Solutus omni foenore, Neque excitatur classico miles truci, Neque horret iratum mаre, Forumque vitat et superba civium Potentiorum Ihn ¡na.
Seite 43 - The epithet Phrygia is here requisite to the sense, and a prose writer describing the circumstance would have used it, or its less poetical synonyme Trojana. But in " Carmina tantum Nostra valent tela inter Martia, quantum Chaonias dicunt, aquila veniente, columbas,
Seite 40 - Cuncta potest igitur tacito pede lapsa vetustas, Praeterquam curas attenuare meas. Ut patria careo bis frugibus area trita est, Dissiluit nudo pressa bis uva pede : Nec quaesita tamen spatio patientia longo est, Mensque mali sensum nostra recentis habet.
Seite 7 - All antithesis, paronomasia, affected alliteration, and quaint conceits, must be studiously avoided ; and, on the other hand, care must be taken not to fall into bombast, stiffness, or exuberance of ornament. Under this head may be comprised Historical, Philosophical, and Didactic, poetry, in all of which truth, though relieved by ingenious fictions, is supposed to prevail.
Seite 13 - The use of the singular for the plural, and the converse, is often productive of great elegance and beauty.