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... offering of the poet to Augustus . About the same time Virgil became acquainted with the proverbial patron of men of genius , Mæcenas , at whose mansion his friendship with Horace probably commenced . The writings of the latter show ...
... offering of the poet to Augustus . About the same time Virgil became acquainted with the proverbial patron of men of genius , Mæcenas , at whose mansion his friendship with Horace probably commenced . The writings of the latter show ...
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... offerings , shall pour thee forth every where , without culture , creeping ivy with lady's glove , and Egyptian beans with smiling acanthus intermixed . The goats of themselves shall homeward convey their udders distended with milk ...
... offerings , shall pour thee forth every where , without culture , creeping ivy with lady's glove , and Egyptian beans with smiling acanthus intermixed . The goats of themselves shall homeward convey their udders distended with milk ...
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... offerings are to be made ; the oblations are to consist merely of milk , oil , and wine . ANTHON . 6 Bacchus first taught the use of the vine , & c . , and was therefore call- ed the God of wine . Ariusia , i . e . Chios , now Scio , an ...
... offerings are to be made ; the oblations are to consist merely of milk , oil , and wine . ANTHON . 6 Bacchus first taught the use of the vine , & c . , and was therefore call- ed the God of wine . Ariusia , i . e . Chios , now Scio , an ...
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... offering up thy sacrifice upon the joyous turf , at the expiration of the last days of winter , when the spring is serene . Then the lambs are fat , and then the wines most mellow ; then slumbers on the hills are sweet , and thick the ...
... offering up thy sacrifice upon the joyous turf , at the expiration of the last days of winter , when the spring is serene . Then the lambs are fat , and then the wines most mellow ; then slumbers on the hills are sweet , and thick the ...
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... offerings . Even now I am well pleased to lead on the solemn pomps to the temple , and to see the bullocks slain ; or how the scene with shifting front retires ; and how the inwoven Britons lift up the purple curtain . On the doors will ...
... offerings . Even now I am well pleased to lead on the solemn pomps to the temple , and to see the bullocks slain ; or how the scene with shifting front retires ; and how the inwoven Britons lift up the purple curtain . On the doors will ...
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