Virgil: The Eclogues, Zväzok 1Harper & bros., 1848 |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Strana 7
... poem has conse- quently 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 conse- quently 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 8
... poem to reconcile them to it . He takes advantage of their religious turn , and of some old prophecies that must have been very flattering to the Roman people , as prom- ising them the empire of the whole world . He weaves this in with ...
... poem to reconcile them to it . He takes advantage of their religious turn , and of some old prophecies that must have been very flattering to the Roman people , as prom- ising them the empire of the whole world . He weaves this in with ...
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... poem , he left it to them to publish , on condition that they would make no addi- tions to the text , even for the ... poets ( even the ' genus irritabile vatum ' ) , though they envied and maligned each other , agreed in loving and ...
... poem , he left it to them to publish , on condition that they would make no addi- tions to the text , even for the ... poets ( even the ' genus irritabile vatum ' ) , though they envied and maligned each other , agreed in loving and ...
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The Eclogues Virgil. the two poets , " says Mr. Pope , " resemble the heroes they celebrate : Homer , boundless and ... poems the character of one good woman ; nay , he rather refers to them with con- tempt . His life , however , was as ...
The Eclogues Virgil. the two poets , " says Mr. Pope , " resemble the heroes they celebrate : Homer , boundless and ... poems the character of one good woman ; nay , he rather refers to them with con- tempt . His life , however , was as ...
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