Evidence: | 'Here I am reading Virgil?s delightful Georgics for the first time. They really attune perfectly well with the plains and climate of Naseby. Valpy (whose edition I have) cannot quite follow Virgil?s plough?in its construction at least. But the main acts of agriculture seem to have changed very little, and the alternation of green and corn crops is a good dodge. And while I heard the fellows going out with their horses to plough as I sat at breakfast this morning, I also read?
Libra die somnique pares ubi fecerit horas,
Et medium luci atque umbris jam dividit orbem,
Exercete, viri, tauros, serite hordea campis
Usque sub extremum brum? intractabilis imbrem.
One loves Virgil somehow.'
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 20 Sep 1842 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | morning: At breakfast | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Northampton specific address: Naseby, Welford |
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Reader: | Edward Fitzgerald |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 31 Mar 1809 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | Poet and translator |
Religion: | Christian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Virgil |
Title: | Georgics |
Genre: | Classics, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Valpy's edition (not in translation) |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 1246 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Edward Fitzgerald | |
Editor: | William Aldis Wright | |
Title: | Letters of Edward Fitzgerald in 2 volumes | |
Place of Publication: | London & New York | |
Date of Publication: | 1894, repr. 1901 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 134 | |
Additional comments: | Edward FitzGerald to W. F. Pollock (written from Naseby, Welford, Northampton), 20th September 1842 |
Citation: | Edward Fitzgerald, William Aldis Wright (ed.), Letters of Edward Fitzgerald in 2 volumes (London & New York, 1894, repr. 1901), 1, p. 134, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1246, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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