Bucolics
Americannoun
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I took with me a flute, a copy of the Bucolics of Virgil, and numerous linen garments.
From Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature by Various
His compositions in Latin are—Africa, an epic poem; his Bucolics, containing twelve eclogues; and three books of epistles.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
A monk of Togernsee, in Bavaria, composed a collection of poems under the title of Bucolics; they resemble those of Virgil only in their title.
From The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands by Butler, Charles
In 1481 appeared an Italian translation of the Bucolics of Vergil from the pen of Bernardo Pulci.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.
The true edition is known by having at plate 1, before the Bucolics, the following Latin passage printed in red ink.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
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