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Meanings of georgics in English

1915 English translation by J. W. Mackail.

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Examples for "eclogues"
Examples for "eclogues"
1
They believed in all the poetical descriptions they read in her eclogues.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843
2
It consists of twelve eclogues, one for each month of the year.
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01
3
Allegories of the seasons and chinoiserie eclogues are on the move.
A Time of Gifts
4
Encina's eclogues are simple compositions, with little pretence to dramatic artifice.
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic ...
5
The eclogues have more animation; but they can only be called poems by courtesy.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1
Usage of georgics in English
1
They have a book for this work, which they call the Georgics.
The City of the Sun
2
O Georgics of the Rue Madame, and of the Allée de l'Observatoire!
Les Misérables
3
The Georgics pleased me better; the Eclogues best,-thesecond and tenth above all.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1
4
Here I am reading Virgil's delightful Georgics for the first time.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 1
5
These didactic writings, inspired by Virgilian Georgics, show a distinct preference for the idyllic.
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and...
6
Can you ever forget that passage in the Georgics?
Pieces of Eight / Being the Authentic Narrative of a Treasure Di...
7
It took Virgil seven years to write his Georgics, and twelve years to write the Aeneid.
Architects of Fate; Or, Steps to Success and Power
8
It took Vergil seven years to write his Georgics, and twelve years to write the Aeneid.
Pushing to the Front
9
Dryden was now busied with Virgil, and obtained from Addison a critical preface to the Georgics.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
10
Milton wrote in bronze; I am sure Virgil polished off his Georgics in marble-sweetcalm shapes!
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
11
His second work, the Georgics, treats of husbandry.
National Epics
12
Didactic Poetry; the Bucolics; the Georgics; Lucretius.
Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
13
The former, in the third book of his Georgics, announces a resolution of rendering himself celebrated, if possible.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus
14
The best is a didactic poem, La Coltivazione (Paris, 1546), written in imitation of Virgil's Georgics.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
15
They are his Bucolics and Georgics.
Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
16
I propped my book open and stared listlessly at the page of the 'Georgics' where tomorrow's lesson began.
My Antonia