Virgil's Messianic Eclogue: Its Meaning, Occasion, & Sources : Three StudiesCritical examination of Vergil's fourth Eclogue. |
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... interpreted in only one way . From the first establishment of Christianity in the Roman empire , down to the days of Pope and Johnson , the title of this Essay would have been at once understood to refer to the Fourth Eclogue , and no ...
... interpreted in only one way . From the first establishment of Christianity in the Roman empire , down to the days of Pope and Johnson , the title of this Essay would have been at once understood to refer to the Fourth Eclogue , and no ...
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... interpreted the " new Achilles " as a compli- ment to himself ; but I must confess that I find it very hard to think that Virgil even dreamt of intending this . 1 Far less strange to an Italian eye than to ours , as every traveller ...
... interpreted the " new Achilles " as a compli- ment to himself ; but I must confess that I find it very hard to think that Virgil even dreamt of intending this . 1 Far less strange to an Italian eye than to ours , as every traveller ...
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... interpret the poem in this sense was that of the Emperor Constantine the Great . His biographer , Eusebius , the con- temporary historian and bishop , attributes to him a " Speech to the Assembly of the to whom this feature of his style ...
... interpret the poem in this sense was that of the Emperor Constantine the Great . His biographer , Eusebius , the con- temporary historian and bishop , attributes to him a " Speech to the Assembly of the to whom this feature of his style ...
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... interpreted with somewhat appalling ingenuity . The Virgo is , of course , the Virgin Mary ; the 3 1 Here and in one or two other points of later history I owe some not unimportant corrections to the learning and kindness of my ...
... interpreted with somewhat appalling ingenuity . The Virgo is , of course , the Virgin Mary ; the 3 1 Here and in one or two other points of later history I owe some not unimportant corrections to the learning and kindness of my ...
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... interpreted . One may be thankful that he has not laid hands on the saffron - coloured rams . ) From Constantine and Eusebius we turn with relief to more thoughtful readers of Virgil . Augustine is never tired of quoting him , 1 and ...
... interpreted . One may be thankful that he has not laid hands on the saffron - coloured rams . ) From Constantine and Eusebius we turn with relief to more thoughtful readers of Virgil . Augustine is never tired of quoting him , 1 and ...
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Æneas Aeneid allusion ancient Apollo Asconius Augustus birth born Cartault Catullus century B.C. child Christian consul consulship criticism dea nec dignata deus hunc mensa Dionysus divine doubt Eclogue Essays explanation express foll Fourth Eclogue Gallus golden age Greek Heraclitus Hercules Hesiod human idea Incipe incrementum infant interpreted Iovis Isaiah Italian Italy Julius Cæsar Jupiter language last four lines last line Latin lectus Libri Fatales Lucina meaning mensa Messiah mother Nec deus hunc nec dignata cubili Orphic parve puer passage peace poem poet poet's poetical Pollio Professor Ramsay prophet quae Quintilian quoted R. S. CONWAY refer Reinach REINACH'S VIEW risere parentes risu cognoscere matrem Roman Roman infant Rome Scaliger sceleris scholars Scribonia sense Servius Sibyl Sibylline Books Sibylline Oracles Skutsch smile suboles thou tion Tiphys TRANSLATION true Virgilian Turnus verses Virgil Warde Fowler words writings δὲ καὶ τε
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Page 128 - Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Page 107 - Thetim ratibus, quae cingere muris oppida, quae iubeant telluri infindere sulcos. alter erit tum Tiphys, et altera quae vehat Argo delectos heroas, erunt etiam altera bella atque iterum ad Troiam magnus mittetur Achilles...
Page 125 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 106 - ... damnosa quid non imminuit dies? aetas parentum peior avis tulit nos nequiores, mox daturos progeniem vitiosiorem.
Page 124 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 40 - Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, Credo equidem, vivos ducent de marmore vultus, Orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus Describent radio et surgentia sidera dicent; Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento : Hae tibi erunt artes, pacisque imponere morem, Parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos.
Page 2 - Ultima Cumaei venit iam carminis aetas. magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo. 5 iam redit et Virgo, redeunt Saturnia regna, iam nova progenies caelo demittitur alto. tu modo nascenti puero, quo ferrea primum desinet ac toto surget gens aurea mundo, casta fave Lucina. tuus iam regnat Apollo.
Page 108 - Oh, cease! must hate and death return ? Cease! must men kill and die? Cease! drain not to its dregs the urn Of bitter prophecy. The world is weary of the past, Oh, might it die or rest at last!
Page 4 - At simul heroum laudes et facta parentis iam legere et quae sit poteris cognoscere virtus, molli paulatim flavescet campus arista, incultisque rubens pendebit sentibus uva, et durae quercus sudabunt roscida mella.
Page 121 - Hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, 'Augustus Caesar, Divi genus, aurea condet 'Saecula qui rursus Latio, regnata per arva