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... sheep on his shoulders . But all , or most of them , are christians , and al- lude to the parable of the good shepherd in the gospel ; which only shews the frequency of this custom . However , not even one of these uses duco to express ...
... sheep on his shoulders . But all , or most of them , are christians , and al- lude to the parable of the good shepherd in the gospel ; which only shews the frequency of this custom . However , not even one of these uses duco to express ...
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... sheep ; perhaps also because Theocritus , the father of pastoral poetry , was of that country . 21720 sheep . He justly observes , that the new milk mentioned in the fifth eclogue is the same , be- cause he speaks of its frothing ...
... sheep ; perhaps also because Theocritus , the father of pastoral poetry , was of that country . 21720 sheep . He justly observes , that the new milk mentioned in the fifth eclogue is the same , be- cause he speaks of its frothing ...
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... sheep to nurse . Sparsis etiam nunc pellibus albo . ] " Kids at first have white spots , which alter and lose their beauty afterwards . Therefore he says , I reserve two kids for you , which have not yet lost the white spots out of ...
... sheep to nurse . Sparsis etiam nunc pellibus albo . ] " Kids at first have white spots , which alter and lose their beauty afterwards . Therefore he says , I reserve two kids for you , which have not yet lost the white spots out of ...
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... sheep on mount Ida . Pallas . ] Pallas is said to have been the inventor of building . Aratra jugo referunt suspensa juvenci . ] At the beginning of this eclogue , the poet had marked the time of noon by the feeding of the cattle under ...
... sheep on mount Ida . Pallas . ] Pallas is said to have been the inventor of building . Aratra jugo referunt suspensa juvenci . ] At the beginning of this eclogue , the poet had marked the time of noon by the feeding of the cattle under ...
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... sheep he tended ; and now he says , what usage may I expect from the master , when his slave dares to treat me with such insolence ? He again accuses Damotas as a thief , charging him with having stolen a goat from Damon . Non ego te ...
... sheep he tended ; and now he says , what usage may I expect from the master , when his slave dares to treat me with such insolence ? He again accuses Damotas as a thief , charging him with having stolen a goat from Damon . Non ego te ...
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adeo Æneid æquor amor Amyntas ancients Apollo atque Augustus Bacchus beautiful bees cæli cælo called canibus carmina Catrou cattle Cerda Ceres circum colour Columella corn Corydon cura Damotas Daphnis deities Ducite eclogue epithet erit etiam express famous flowers flumina fourth Georgick Frigidus fruit Galatea Gallus Greek hæc herbas Hesiod Hinc illis illum inter ipsa ipse Italy Julius Cæsar Jupiter Mantua Menalcas mentioned mihi Mopsus mountain namque neque Nunc nymphs olive omnes Omnia passage pastoral pecori pingues plant Pliny plough poet poet means poetry Pollio primum quæ quam Quid quis quoque rastris river Romans Rome Ruæus sæpe says Scythia seems segetes semper Servius sheep shepherds shews signifies sort speaks Strabo tamen tantum tells terra terræ Theocritus Thessaly Thrace tibi tion Tityrus trees ulmos umbra venit verses vines Virgil whence word
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Page 94 - Audieras, et fama fuit ; sed carmina tantum nostra valent, Lycida, tela inter Martia, quantum Chaonias dicunt aquila veniente columbas.
Page 127 - Ceres ferro mortales vertere terram instituit, cum iam glandes atque arbuta sacrae deficerent silvae et victum Dodona negaret. mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos 150 esset robigo, segnisque horreret in arvis carduus : intereunt segetes, subit aspera silva, lappaeque tribulique, interque nitentia culta infelix lolium et steriles dominantur avenae.
Page 125 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Page 102 - EXTREMUM hunc, Arethusa, mihi concede laborem. pauca meo Gallo, sed quae legat ipsa Lycoris, carmina sunt dicenda : neget quis carmina Gallo...
Page 20 - Aspice, aratra iugo referunt suspensa iuvenci, et sol crescentes decedens duplicat umbras: me tamen urit amor : quis enim modus adsit amori? Ah Corydon Corydon, quae te dementia cepit? Semiputata tibi frondosa vitis in ulmo est. 70 Quin tu aliquid saltem potius, quorum indiget usus, viminibus mollique paras detexere iunco? invenies alium, si te hic fastidit, Alexim.
Page 39 - Teque adeo decus hoc aevi, te consule, inibit, Pollio, et incipient magni procedere menses, te duce, si qua manent sceleris vestigia nostri, irrita perpetua solvent formidine terras, ille deum vitam accipiet, divisque videbit 15 permixtos heroas, et ipse videbitur illis, pacatumque reget patriis virtutibus orbem.
Page 4 - Fortunate senex, ergo tua rura manebunt! et tibi magna satis, quamvis lapis omnia nudus limosoque palus obducat pascua iunco.
Page 12 - At mecum raucis, tua dum vestigia lustro, sole sub ardenti resonant arbusta cicadis. Nonne fuit satius, tristes Amaryllidis iras atque superba pati fastidia? nonne Menalcan, 15 quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses? O formose puer, nimium ne crede colori; alba ligustra cadunt, vaccinia nigra leguntur.
Page 52 - Apollo. 35 grandia saepe quibus mandavimus hordea sulcis, infelix lolium et steriles nascuntur avenae; pro molli viola, pro purpureo narcisso carduus et spinis surgit paliurus acutis.