Re: VIRGIL: administrivia

1998-04-14 Thread Nancy Charlton
mostly lurk on this list, being an amateur Latinist--but I hope "amateur" in the best sense of the word. Thanks to those who sent the Christiads, very enjoyable. Nancy Charlton dulce ridentem, dulce loquentem --- To

Re: VIRGIL: spelling: Virgil or Vergil?

1998-04-25 Thread Nancy Charlton
Italian. I've chipped away at Hebrew for years, but at present am trying to learn to speak everyday colloquial Spanish, as I work with a Spanish-language directory. Haven't yet run into anyone called "ver- HI -lio!" Nancy Charlton Portland OR Dulce ridentem, dulce loquentem

Re: VIRGIL: Context of "A snake lurks in the grass"

1998-05-14 Thread Nancy Charlton
at biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward." Third party ambush! There doesn't seem to be any of this type of manipulation in the classical passages cited by Prof Bryant, just wiliness and hypocrisy. Does this lurking snake ever nip at horse heels in Virgil

Re: VIRGIL: I hate latin

1998-05-28 Thread Nancy Charlton
ou >will just prove to everyone that you can't read directions. Instead, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe >mantovano" in the body. How about reading the directions at the

VIRGIL: NEA and PBS funding

1998-05-28 Thread Nancy Charlton
This morning I received a letter with petition to Congress to maintain funding for NEA and PBS, with the request to pass it on. It is much too long to post on a mailing list, but I will be glad to forward a copy to anyone who would like to have it. Just drop me an e-mail. Nancy Charlton