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... thing more mysterious in this passage , than that Galatea had been an imperious and ex- pensive mistress to Tityrus , and kept him from growing rich , by draining him of his money as fast as he got it . When he was Cui pendere sua ...
... thing more mysterious in this passage , than that Galatea had been an imperious and ex- pensive mistress to Tityrus , and kept him from growing rich , by draining him of his money as fast as he got it . When he was Cui pendere sua ...
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... thing of which any one is very fond . O crudelis Alexi , & c . ] Cory- don expatiates on the cruelty of Alexis , and represents the vio- lence of his own passion , by telling him , that even in the heat of the day , when all ani- mals ...
... thing of which any one is very fond . O crudelis Alexi , & c . ] Cory- don expatiates on the cruelty of Alexis , and represents the vio- lence of his own passion , by telling him , that even in the heat of the day , when all ani- mals ...
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... thing as beauty . Amaryllidis . ] Servius tells us , that the true name of Ama- ryllis was Leria , a girl whom Mæcenas gave to Virgil , as he did also Cebes , whom the poet mentions under the feigned name of Menalcas . Alba ligustra ...
... thing as beauty . Amaryllidis . ] Servius tells us , that the true name of Ama- ryllis was Leria , a girl whom Mæcenas gave to Virgil , as he did also Cebes , whom the poet mentions under the feigned name of Menalcas . Alba ligustra ...
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... thing worth hearing ; tells him he is ready to answer him ; and calls upon Palæmon to hear atten- tively , and judge between them . Nec quemquam fugio . ] This is a direct answer to what Menal- cas had said , " Nunquam hodie effugies ...
... thing worth hearing ; tells him he is ready to answer him ; and calls upon Palæmon to hear atten- tively , and judge between them . Nec quemquam fugio . ] This is a direct answer to what Menal- cas had said , " Nunquam hodie effugies ...
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... things ; he will leave nothing to his adversary , whom he intends to overwhelm with the power of so great a deity . Add to this the great haughtiness of the first verse . Menalcas being in these straits , lays hold on that deity whom he ...
... things ; he will leave nothing to his adversary , whom he intends to overwhelm with the power of so great a deity . Add to this the great haughtiness of the first verse . Menalcas being in these straits , lays hold on that deity whom he ...
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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.