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T II E • P R E F A C E. H E Feeding of cattle, how mean and contemptible soever it
may appear to usy is very ancient ; and in the most early ages of the world, was
esteemed to be honourable. The first Man was a Gardener, and a Husbandman ...
T II E • P R E F A C E. H E Feeding of cattle, how mean and contemptible soever it
may appear to usy is very ancient ; and in the most early ages of the world, was
esteemed to be honourable. The first Man was a Gardener, and a Husbandman ...
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Caesar returned to the siege, and cqmpleated his works ; and kept so strict a,
guard, that no provisions could by any means be brought into the town.
Luciusmade leveral-vi^ gorpus . sallies ; but without success, being always
beaten back with ...
Caesar returned to the siege, and cqmpleated his works ; and kept so strict a,
guard, that no provisions could by any means be brought into the town.
Luciusmade leveral-vi^ gorpus . sallies ; but without success, being always
beaten back with ...
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protinus omrte : r\- Contremait nemus," protinus may be understood to mean
either valde, longe, or Jiathn ; Ru- •aeus interprets it in the latter sense. Dr Trapp
trahflate6 it suddenly. I should, rather interpret it, "-the " whole forejl trembled
greatly, ...
protinus omrte : r\- Contremait nemus," protinus may be understood to mean
either valde, longe, or Jiathn ; Ru- •aeus interprets it in the latter sense. Dr Trapp
trahflate6 it suddenly. I should, rather interpret it, "-the " whole forejl trembled
greatly, ...
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Therefore, in the passage before us, we cannot understand Virgil to mean any
more, than that Britain is a country so distinguished from all the then known parts
of the earth, as to seem another world; just as America has in later ages been ...
Therefore, in the passage before us, we cannot understand Virgil to mean any
more, than that Britain is a country so distinguished from all the then known parts
of the earth, as to seem another world; just as America has in later ages been ...
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LaCerda, Ruaeus, and many others! read poteris, Which is allowed also by
Arusianus. ti.'Mhia psma.] Matitra, fays Servius, quae tion remordent cum fnor-1
itntur. But the Poet may mean Jiiild, in opposition to those fortes which are very
harsbj ...
LaCerda, Ruaeus, and many others! read poteris, Which is allowed also by
Arusianus. ti.'Mhia psma.] Matitra, fays Servius, quae tion remordent cum fnor-1
itntur. But the Poet may mean Jiiild, in opposition to those fortes which are very
harsbj ...
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| Title | Pub. Virgilii Maronis Bucolicorum eclogae decem. The Bucolicks of Virgil, with an Engl |
| Author | Publius Vergilius Maro |
| Editor | John Martyn |
| Edition | 2 |
| Published | 1749 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 26 Jun 2007 |
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