The Fasti, Tristia, Pontic Epistles, Ibis, and HalieuticonBell & Daldy, 1872 - 503 pages |
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Page vi
... notes and deductions , is a curious medley , to use the Translator's own words , of " Natural , Moral , Poetical , Political , Mathema tical , and Theological Applications . " INTRODUCTION . THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF OVID . THE vi PREFACE .
... notes and deductions , is a curious medley , to use the Translator's own words , of " Natural , Moral , Poetical , Political , Mathema tical , and Theological Applications . " INTRODUCTION . THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF OVID . THE vi PREFACE .
Page vii
... writings he speaks of his hereditary estate at Sulmo , and of his house in the neigh- bourhood of the Capitol ; and he also makes mention of his orchards in the vicinity of the Claudian Way . By the desire of his father he proceeded to ...
... writings he speaks of his hereditary estate at Sulmo , and of his house in the neigh- bourhood of the Capitol ; and he also makes mention of his orchards in the vicinity of the Claudian Way . By the desire of his father he proceeded to ...
Page ix
... writings is said to have been the cause of his exile ; and he informs us that they were excluded from the public libraries of Rome . There seems , however , to have been another and a more influential reason for his punish- ment , which ...
... writings is said to have been the cause of his exile ; and he informs us that they were excluded from the public libraries of Rome . There seems , however , to have been another and a more influential reason for his punish- ment , which ...
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... writings of the prophets in the Old Testament . 40 Mars . ] - Ver . 229. Ovid is the only ancient writer that narrates this story of the birth of Mars by the aid of Flora . 41 Stopped at my doors . ] - Ver . 233-4 . Gower thus renders ...
... writings of the prophets in the Old Testament . 40 Mars . ] - Ver . 229. Ovid is the only ancient writer that narrates this story of the birth of Mars by the aid of Flora . 41 Stopped at my doors . ] - Ver . 233-4 . Gower thus renders ...
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... writings . Suppose , however , that I confess it : the games as well afford incentives to vice . Order , then , the whole of the theatres to be swept away , which have given to many a one an opportunity for wickedness , when the sand of ...
... writings . Suppose , however , that I confess it : the games as well afford incentives to vice . Order , then , the whole of the theatres to be swept away , which have given to many a one an opportunity for wickedness , when the sand of ...
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