The Works of VirgilG. Bell, 1891 - 404 pages |
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... Fates , sung to their spindles : " Ye ages , run on thus . " Dear offspring of the gods , illustrious increase of Jove , set forward on thy 3 Servius rightly understands the successive studies of poetry and phi- losophy , as they are ...
... Fates , sung to their spindles : " Ye ages , run on thus . " Dear offspring of the gods , illustrious increase of Jove , set forward on thy 3 Servius rightly understands the successive studies of poetry and phi- losophy , as they are ...
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... Fates snatched thee away , Pales 2 herself , and Apollo too , have left the fields . Luckless darnel , and the barren oats , spring up in these furrows , where we were wont to sow the plump barley . Instead of the soft violet , instead ...
... Fates snatched thee away , Pales 2 herself , and Apollo too , have left the fields . Luckless darnel , and the barren oats , spring up in these furrows , where we were wont to sow the plump barley . Instead of the soft violet , instead ...
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... fate ; but when the storm and fluctuating vapours of the air have changed their course , and showery Jove by his south winds condenses those things which just before were rare , and rarefies what things were dense ; the images of their ...
... fate ; but when the storm and fluctuating vapours of the air have changed their course , and showery Jove by his south winds condenses those things which just before were rare , and rarefies what things were dense ; the images of their ...
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... fate . What do the spotted ounces of Bacchus , and the fierce race of wolves and dogs ? what the timorous stags ? what dreadful wars they wage ! Yet know , the fury of the mares is most of all extraordinary : and this spirit Venus ...
... fate . What do the spotted ounces of Bacchus , and the fierce race of wolves and dogs ? what the timorous stags ? what dreadful wars they wage ! Yet know , the fury of the mares is most of all extraordinary : and this spirit Venus ...
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Virgil. the Fates : It is the vengeance of no mean deity that pursues thee : thou art making atonement for heinous crimes : these sufferings , by no means proportioned to thy guilt , unhappy Orpheus entails upon thee , unless the Fates ...
Virgil. the Fates : It is the vengeance of no mean deity that pursues thee : thou art making atonement for heinous crimes : these sufferings , by no means proportioned to thy guilt , unhappy Orpheus entails upon thee , unless the Fates ...
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