The Bucolics and Georgics of Virgil: With Notes, Excursus, Terms of Husbandry, and A Flora VirgilianaWhittaker and Company, 1847 - 396 pages |
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... ground , it turned to wild oats . There is some foundation in nature for this notion . 251 , after nightfall add As Shakspeare says , Night's candles are burnt out . Rom . and Jul . iii . 5 . 271 , for and we must ...... notice it read ...
... ground , it turned to wild oats . There is some foundation in nature for this notion . 251 , after nightfall add As Shakspeare says , Night's candles are burnt out . Rom . and Jul . iii . 5 . 271 , for and we must ...... notice it read ...
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... ground . - 77 . Dumosa de rupe , from the bushy rock , i . e . the rocky side of a mountain which is overgrown with bushes . Cf. Geor . iii . 314. — pendere , for goats in such situations appear to hang from the rocks.— 78. me pascente ...
... ground . - 77 . Dumosa de rupe , from the bushy rock , i . e . the rocky side of a mountain which is overgrown with bushes . Cf. Geor . iii . 314. — pendere , for goats in such situations appear to hang from the rocks.— 78. me pascente ...
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... ground of hope . There is a difference , Wagner says , between quid and quod in this construction , the latter denoting a greater degree of certainty ; habeo quod sperem , being , I have a certain defi- nite hope , habeo quid sperem , I ...
... ground of hope . There is a difference , Wagner says , between quid and quod in this construction , the latter denoting a greater degree of certainty ; habeo quod sperem , being , I have a certain defi- nite hope , habeo quid sperem , I ...
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... ground . Our plough- men do the same thing when moving their ploughs from one V. 63. Α αἲξ τὸν κύτισον , ὁ λύκος τὰν αἶγα διώκει , ̔Α γέρανος τὤροτρον · ἐγὼ δ ̓ ἐπὶ τὶν μεμάνημαι . — Theoc . x . 30 . field to another . - 67 . duplicat ...
... ground . Our plough- men do the same thing when moving their ploughs from one V. 63. Α αἲξ τὸν κύτισον , ὁ λύκος τὰν αἶγα διώκει , ̔Α γέρανος τὤροτρον · ἐγὼ δ ̓ ἐπὶ τὶν μεμάνημαι . — Theoc . x . 30 . field to another . - 67 . duplicat ...
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... ground . Ara- tor nisi incurvus prævaricatur , Plin . N. H. xviii . 19. The ancient plough was very light and with only one handle.— 43. Necdum , etc. They are quite new , I have never used them , but keep them safe laid by ; they are ...
... ground . Ara- tor nisi incurvus prævaricatur , Plin . N. H. xviii . 19. The ancient plough was very light and with only one handle.— 43. Necdum , etc. They are quite new , I have never used them , but keep them safe laid by ; they are ...
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Page 55 - Optima quaeque dies miseris mortalibus aevi Prima fugit; subeunt morbi tristisque senectus Et labor, et durae rapit inclementia mortis.
Page 20 - Maenalios mecum, mea tibia, versus, saevus Amor docuit natorum sanguine matrem commaculare manus ; crudelis tu quoque, mater : crudelis mater magis, an puer improbus ille? improbus ille puer ; crudelis tu quoque, mater.
Page 11 - At tibi prima, puer, nullo munuscula cultu errantes hederas passim cum baccare tellus mixtaque ridenti colocasia fundet acantho. 20 Ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae ubera, nec magnos metuent armenta leones.
Page 7 - Dardaniusque Paris. Pallas, quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat ; nobis placeant ante omnia silvae. Torva leaena lupum sequitur; lupus ipse capellam ; Florentem cytisum sequitur lasciva capella; Te Corydon, o Alexi : trahit sua quemque voluptas.
Page 44 - Qui nunc extremis Asiae jam victor in oris Imbellem avertis Romanis arcibus Indum. Salve, magna parens frugum, Saturnia tellus, Magna virum ; tibi res antiquae laudis et artis Ingredior, sanctos ausus recludere fontes, ns Ascraeumque cano Romana per oppida carmen.
Page 10 - Non nostrum inter vos tantas componere lites. Et vitula tu dignus et hic, et quisquis amores aut metuet dulces, aut experietur amaros.
Page 53 - ... ipse dies agitat festos fususque per herbam, ignis ubi in medio et socii cratera coronant, te libans, Lenaee, vocat, pecorisque magistris velocis iaculi certamina ponit in ulmo, 530 corporaque agresti nudant praedura palaestrae.
Page 6 - Thestylis et rapido fessis messoribus aestu 10 allia serpyllumque herbas contundit olentes ; 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, quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses ? o formose puer, nimium ne crede colori ; alba ligustra cadunt, vaccinia nigra leguntur.
Page 29 - ... alternis idem tonsas cessare novales, et segnem patiere situ durescere campum ; aut ibi flava seres mutato sidere farra, unde prius laetum siliqua quassante legumen aut tenuis fetus viciae tristisque lupini sustuleris fragiles calamos silvamque sonantem.
Page 44 - An memorem portus Lucrinoque addita claustra Atque indignatum magnis stridoribus aequor, Julia qua ponto longe sonat unda refuso Tyrrhenusque fretis immittitur aestus Avernis ? Haec eadem argenti rivos aerisque metalla 165 Ostendit venis, atque auro plurima fluxit.