Eclogues

Their pastoral poems were called Idyls, from their pictorial and descriptive character, that is, little pictures of common life, a name for which the later writers have sometimes substituted the term Eclogues, that is, _selections_, which is applicable to any short poem, whether complete and original, or appearing as an extract.

Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853

With the exception of the Eclogues, which is a serially numbered rare book, these were all printed at Oxford and can be taken as the new standard edition.

Prose and Poetry of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709

Much of the epic's enduring importance resulted from a famous misreading of the fourth of Virgil's "Eclogues" (37 B.C.).

An Epic Undertaking 2008

Much of the epic's enduring importance resulted from a famous misreading of the fourth of Virgil's "Eclogues" (37 B.C.).

An Epic Undertaking William Spiegelman 2008

We get an idea of the kind of imperial authority which attached to Voltaire's judgment, from the eagerness with which Turgot sought, without revealing his name, an opinion from Ferney as to the worth of a translation with which he lightened the heavy burden of his intendance at Limoges, a translation of the "Eclogues" and fourth book of the "Æneid" into French metric verse.

Voltaire 2007

Much of the epic's enduring importance resulted from a famous misreading of the fourth of Virgil's "Eclogues" (37 B.C.).

An Epic Undertaking 2007

The expression has been traced back in English to the beginning of the 14th century, being used to describe the "Eclogues" of Virgil.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

By returning to an ancient and especially Greek models, in his "Eclogues" and his

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Why, bless you, I thought I wrote to you the day after the "Eclogues" arrived, and told you how glad I was to have them!

The Story of My Life Annie Sullivan 1905

I thought I wrote to you the day after the "Eclogues" arrived, and told you how glad I was to have them!

The Story of My Life Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 1903