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... lights 2 of the world , that lead the year gliding along the sky ; Bacchus and fostering Ceres , if by your gift mortals exchanged the Chaonian acorn for fattening ears of corn , and mingled draughts of Achelous 3 with the invented ...
... lights 2 of the world , that lead the year gliding along the sky ; Bacchus and fostering Ceres , if by your gift mortals exchanged the Chaonian acorn for fattening ears of corn , and mingled draughts of Achelous 3 with the invented ...
Page 34
... . " See the supplement to my notes on Apul . de Deo Socr . B. 19 Epirus , ( Albania , ) a country of Greece , famous for its fine breed of horses . enough to raise it up with a light furrow , 34 B. I. 44-67 . GEORGICS .
... . " See the supplement to my notes on Apul . de Deo Socr . B. 19 Epirus , ( Albania , ) a country of Greece , famous for its fine breed of horses . enough to raise it up with a light furrow , 34 B. I. 44-67 . GEORGICS .
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... light stubble in crackling flames : whether the land thence receives secret strength and rich nourishment from a field left fallow ; or whether every vicious quality is exhaled by the fire and the superfluous moisture sweats off ; or ...
... light stubble in crackling flames : whether the land thence receives secret strength and rich nourishment from a field left fallow ; or whether every vicious quality is exhaled by the fire and the superfluous moisture sweats off ; or ...
Page 38
... light linden also is felled before - hand for the yoke , and the tall beech , and the plough - staff , to turn the bottom of the carriage behind ; and the smoke seasons 25 the timber hung up in the chimneys . I can recite to you many ...
... light linden also is felled before - hand for the yoke , and the tall beech , and the plough - staff , to turn the bottom of the carriage behind ; and the smoke seasons 25 the timber hung up in the chimneys . I can recite to you many ...
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... light and shades , work your steers , ye swains , sow barley in the fields , till toward the last shower of the inclement winter solstice . Then too is the time to hide in the ground a crop of flax , and the poppy of Ceres , and high ...
... light and shades , work your steers , ye swains , sow barley in the fields , till toward the last shower of the inclement winter solstice . Then too is the time to hide in the ground a crop of flax , and the poppy of Ceres , and high ...
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