Life of Quintus Horatius FlaccusJ. Murray, 1854 - 194 pages |
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... song That lost in silence and oblivion lie ; Dumb are their fountains and their channels dry , Yet live for ever by the muse's skill , And in the smooth description murmur still . A word more ere we close concerning Tivoli . Of all ...
... song That lost in silence and oblivion lie ; Dumb are their fountains and their channels dry , Yet live for ever by the muse's skill , And in the smooth description murmur still . A word more ere we close concerning Tivoli . Of all ...
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... songs , is it likely that Rome alone should have been barren , unimaginative , unmusical , without its sacred bards , or ... song of the bard . therefore , we find the history as it is handed down to us , though obviously having passed ...
... songs , is it likely that Rome alone should have been barren , unimaginative , unmusical , without its sacred bards , or ... song of the bard . therefore , we find the history as it is handed down to us , though obviously having passed ...
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... songs , of the Salian verses , of songs sung at triumphs , or at feasts , by individual guests , in praise of illustrious men , and at funerals . But these were mostly brief , religious , or occasional . Of the panegyric , or family songs ...
... songs , of the Salian verses , of songs sung at triumphs , or at feasts , by individual guests , in praise of illustrious men , and at funerals . But these were mostly brief , religious , or occasional . Of the panegyric , or family songs ...
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... song , which were dying out upon the lips of the peasantry and the people . There are , however , peculiar to Rome , some causes for the total oblivion of this kind of national record which may also seem worthy of consideration . The ...
... song , which were dying out upon the lips of the peasantry and the people . There are , however , peculiar to Rome , some causes for the total oblivion of this kind of national record which may also seem worthy of consideration . The ...
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... song . The Saturnian verse was the native measure of Roman , or rather of Italian poetry . This Saturnian verse was unquestionably very rude , and if we are to trust the commentator on Virgil , only rhythmical . ( 29 ) When , therefore ...
... song . The Saturnian verse was the native measure of Roman , or rather of Italian poetry . This Saturnian verse was unquestionably very rude , and if we are to trust the commentator on Virgil , only rhythmical . ( 29 ) When , therefore ...
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