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... Roman citizen by birth , no doubt prevented his attention to the more rising professions of war and oratory , and contributed to strengthen his natural inclination for a retirement sacred to poetry and agriculture . The fatal issue of ...
... Roman citizen by birth , no doubt prevented his attention to the more rising professions of war and oratory , and contributed to strengthen his natural inclination for a retirement sacred to poetry and agriculture . The fatal issue of ...
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... Romans comprehended also the quince , the pomegranate , the citron , the peach , & c . , was sacred to Venus , whose statues sometimes bore a poppy in one hand and an apple in the other . A present of an apple , or a partaking of an ...
... Romans comprehended also the quince , the pomegranate , the citron , the peach , & c . , was sacred to Venus , whose statues sometimes bore a poppy in one hand and an apple in the other . A present of an apple , or a partaking of an ...
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... of pastures , was worshipped with great solemnity among the Romans . 3 I have supplied the ellipse of " et , " with Burm . on Phædr . Prol . i . 6 . B. your Daphnis to the stars : Daphnis I will raise 14 ECL . V. 13-51 . LUCOLICS .
... of pastures , was worshipped with great solemnity among the Romans . 3 I have supplied the ellipse of " et , " with Burm . on Phædr . Prol . i . 6 . B. your Daphnis to the stars : Daphnis I will raise 14 ECL . V. 13-51 . LUCOLICS .
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... , Quintilius Varus , a Roman proconsul , who commanded an army in Germany , where he lost his life , with three whole legions , A. D. 10 . Chromis and Mnasylus , the youthful swains , saw Silenus 16 ECL . V. 80-90 . VI . 1-13 BUCOLICS .
... , Quintilius Varus , a Roman proconsul , who commanded an army in Germany , where he lost his life , with three whole legions , A. D. 10 . Chromis and Mnasylus , the youthful swains , saw Silenus 16 ECL . V. 80-90 . VI . 1-13 BUCOLICS .
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... Romans , who presided over woods . But Nonius Marcell . i . s . v . triste est mæstum , connects 66 tamen with " ille , " which I should almost prefer , the sense being , " But he ( despite all that even Pan could say ) yet replied ...
... Romans , who presided over woods . But Nonius Marcell . i . s . v . triste est mæstum , connects 66 tamen with " ille , " which I should almost prefer , the sense being , " But he ( despite all that even Pan could say ) yet replied ...
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