| The Georgics – O farmers, abounding in good fortune 5 days ago by portmanteaus The Georgics, Book Two by Publius Vergilius Maro O farmers, abounding in good fortune, should they only come to know their luck! For them, far from battle’s din the land in its perfect fullness pours fourth spontaneous nourishment. . . . No public honor, no tyrant’s purple has swayed him, no discord ... portmanteaus - portmanteaus.wordpress.com |
| Virgil 5 days ago by lostspook “I ask you? …. Who on earth but an American would call a child Virgil? And with a name like Smith!” (Anne Perry, Resurrection Row, 1981) By Any Other Name - lostspook4.wordpress.com |
| The Georgics – The Coming of Autumn 6 days ago by portmanteaus The Georgics, Book Two by Publius Vergilius Maro And your face yet other work and caring for your vine, for which you can never do enough. Every year the soil must be turned over three or four times, and the clods broken up with your two-pronged hoe reversed, and the whole arbor stripped of leaves. ... portmanteaus - portmanteaus.wordpress.com |
| Obliterate 6 days ago by agallix Robert McCrum, “The Final Twist in Nabokov’s Untold Tale,” The Observer 25 October 2009 (Features section, p.4) “…As his condition deteriorated, he worked obsessively to finish the new novel that was so synaesthetically vivid in his imagination. In the end, he had to acknowledge his fate. If the man ... ANDREW GALLIX - andrewgallix.com · Rank: 185,235 ·  8 references |
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