 This incident is no bad solution of that strange circumstance which grave historians as well as the poets assert, of exposed children being sometimes nurtured by female wild beasts that probably had lost their young. For it is not one whit more marvellous...  The Natural History of Selborne - Page 252by Gilbert White - 1832 - 342 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Virgil - 1800 - 294 pages
...; illic genus omne futuras Stirpis ab Ascanio, pugnataque in ordine bella. Fecerat et viridi fetam Mavortis in antro Procubuisse lupam ; geminos huic ubera circum Ludere pendentes pueros, et lamberé matrem Impávidos; illam tereti cervice reflexam Mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere lingua.... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 524 pages
...nurtured by female wild beasts that probably had lost their young. For it is not one whit more marvellous that Romulus and Remus, in their infant state, should be nursed by a she Wolf, than that a poor little sucking Leveret, or a set of young Squirrels, should be fostered... | |
 | Publius Maro Vergilius - 1804 - 500 pages
...; illic genus omne futurœ Stirpis ab Ascanio , pugnataque in ordine bella. Fecerat et viridi fetam Mavortis in antro Procubuisse lupam ; geminos huic...Ludere pendentes pueros , et lambere matrem Impavidos ; illam tereti cervice reflexam Mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere linguâ. Nec procul hinc Romam... | |
 | Virgil - 1804 - 562 pages
...illîc genus omne futurœ Stirpis ab Ascanio , pugnataque in ordine bella. Fecerat et viridi fetam Mavortis in antro Procubuisse lupam ; geminos huic ubera circum Ludere pendentes pueros , et lambere œatrein Impavidos ; illam tereti cervice reftexam Mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere linguâ. Nec... | |
 | Virgil - 1810 - 416 pages
...futurae Stirpis ab Ascanio, pugnataque in ordine bella . Fecerat et viridi fetam Mavortis in antro 63o Procubuisse lupam; geminos huic ubera circum Ludere pendentes pueros, et lambere matrem Impavidos; illam tereti cervice reflexam Mulcere alternai , et corpora fingere lingua. Nec procul hinc Romam,... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1812 - 696 pages
...Beasts, that probably had lost their Young ; for it is not more marvellous that Romulus and Rtmus, in their infant state, should be nursed by a She-Wolf, than that a little sucking Leveret should be fostered by a bloody Grimalkin. What Dr. D. relates, happened at Elford,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...For it is not one unit more marvellous that Romulus and Remus, in their infant state, • In. n!. I be nursed by a she-wolf, than that a poor little sucking...be fostered and cherished by a bloody grimalkin." But besides the. different qualities enumerated, certain brutes 'eem on many occasions inspired with... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1821 - 510 pages
...demeure immobile , attachée et comme suspendue à sa bouche. \Eu. », C3o. Fecerat et viridi fœtam Mavortis in antro Procubuisse lupam : geminos huic...Ludere pendentes pueros, et lambere matrem Impavidos. Quelle peinture ! quelle vivacité ! Mais l'exemple qui suit fournit une image encore infiniment plus... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1821 - 508 pages
...attachée et comme suspendue à sa bouche. AEn. 8, 63o. Fecerat et viridi fœtam Mavortis in antro m Procubuisse lupam : geminos huic ubera circum Ludere pendentes pueros, et lambere matrem Impavides. Quelle peinture ! quelle vivacité ! Mais l'exemple qui suit fournit une image encore infiniment... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus - 1822 - 482 pages
...she-wolf, as beautifully described by Virgil: Fecerat et viridi foetam Mavortis in antro Procubuisse lupm: Geminos huic ubera circum Ludere pendentes pueros, et lambere matrem Impavidos; ilium tereti cervice revulsam Mulcere alteroos, et corpora fingere lingua. ^ENEID, lib. viii. Rumen was an old Latin word... | |
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