Virgil: The EcloguesValpy, 1830 |
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Strana vi
... poem on the Wars of Rome , but was in some measure discouraged , in consequence of the rough- ness of the old Roman names , which were discord- ant to an ear so delicately constituted . He how- ever began his Eclogues about the year of ...
... poem on the Wars of Rome , but was in some measure discouraged , in consequence of the rough- ness of the old Roman names , which were discord- ant to an ear so delicately constituted . He how- ever began his Eclogues about the year of ...
Strana vii
... poem is the most elaborate and extraordinary instance of the power of genius in embellishing the most barren subjects , which hu- man wit has ever afforded . The commonest pre- cepts of farming are delivered with an elegance which could ...
... poem is the most elaborate and extraordinary instance of the power of genius in embellishing the most barren subjects , which hu- man wit has ever afforded . The commonest pre- cepts of farming are delivered with an elegance which could ...
Strana viii
... poem has con- sequently obtained the highest reputation , and is styled the imperial poem . His design in writing it has been so excellently explained by Mr. Spence , ( Polymetis , dial . iii . cap . 18. ) that it would be unjust not to ...
... poem has con- sequently obtained the highest reputation , and is styled the imperial poem . His design in writing it has been so excellently explained by Mr. Spence , ( Polymetis , dial . iii . cap . 18. ) that it would be unjust not to ...
Strana xii
... poem , he left it to them to publish , on condition that they would make no additions to the text , even for the purpose of sup- plying an unfinished verse . Virgil was certainly the most correct poet of his 7 time , as almost all the ...
... poem , he left it to them to publish , on condition that they would make no additions to the text , even for the purpose of sup- plying an unfinished verse . Virgil was certainly the most correct poet of his 7 time , as almost all the ...
Strana xiii
... poets , ( even the genus irritabile vatum , ' ) though they envied and maligned each other , agreed in loving and esteeming him . With regard to the characteristical difference between Virgil and Homer , on which so many fruitless ...
... poets , ( even the genus irritabile vatum , ' ) though they envied and maligned each other , agreed in loving and esteeming him . With regard to the characteristical difference between Virgil and Homer , on which so many fruitless ...
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