Der Trompeter von Säkkingen: ein Sang vom OberrheinH. Holt and compyany, 1904 - 319 pages |
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Page 298 - This poem is valuable on account of the light it throws on the antiquity of Ossian's compositions. The Caracul mentioned here is the same with Caracalla, the son of Severus, who in the year 211 commanded an expedition against the Caledonians.
Page 305 - Conjugibus puerisque primus. Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi ; sed omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.
Page 281 - Befana'). The CARNIVAL, lasting from the second Saturday before Ash Wednesday to Shrove Tuesday, gradually declined in interest after 1870, and is now marked only by a greater throng than usual in the Corso, a popular merry-making in the Villa Borghese or elsewhere, and masked balls at the theatres. Ladies are advised to eschew the Corso on the chief days of the Carnival. The...
Page 279 - NOTES. The heavy figures refer to the pages of the text; the lighter figures to the lines.
Page 313 - However, there seems to be no reason why it could not be used to supply the town with water.