The Works of Virgil in English Verse, Tom 1R.J. Dodsley, 1763 |
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Strona i
... perhaps it may be Aufelefs for me to declare my confci- oufness of inability to do juftice to the most perfect of poets , in the following translation . When I first entered upon this work , I fome- times imagined , that I heard the ...
... perhaps it may be Aufelefs for me to declare my confci- oufness of inability to do juftice to the most perfect of poets , in the following translation . When I first entered upon this work , I fome- times imagined , that I heard the ...
Strona iii
... perhaps it may be obferved in general , that if the Romans ever excelled their Grecian masters in the graces of diction , it was owing to their exerting all their powers , in dreffing up those thoughts and ideas that were ready found to ...
... perhaps it may be obferved in general , that if the Romans ever excelled their Grecian masters in the graces of diction , it was owing to their exerting all their powers , in dreffing up those thoughts and ideas that were ready found to ...
Strona ix
... perhaps will not so easily admit of an excuse . One is , a manifeft want of variety of cha- racters in the Aeneid , where the few that are introduced are not fufficiently diverfified : Homer's Achilles , Ajax , Diomede and Hec- tor ...
... perhaps will not so easily admit of an excuse . One is , a manifeft want of variety of cha- racters in the Aeneid , where the few that are introduced are not fufficiently diverfified : Homer's Achilles , Ajax , Diomede and Hec- tor ...
Strona x
... Perhaps it may be urged , that the character of Aeneas , which is entirely of our poet's own formation , and in which wisdom , piety , and courage are fo happily blended and tempered with each ' other , may in fome measure attone for ...
... Perhaps it may be urged , that the character of Aeneas , which is entirely of our poet's own formation , and in which wisdom , piety , and courage are fo happily blended and tempered with each ' other , may in fome measure attone for ...
Strona 4
... Perhaps ' tis fafeft to fteer betwixt thefe , two oppofite Opinions , and to fay , that our Poet might probably pay a Vifit to Rome , and be introduced to Auguftus , tho ' not by the Me- thods Donatus has affigned . At least , Ruaus ...
... Perhaps ' tis fafeft to fteer betwixt thefe , two oppofite Opinions , and to fay , that our Poet might probably pay a Vifit to Rome , and be introduced to Auguftus , tho ' not by the Me- thods Donatus has affigned . At least , Ruaus ...
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Aeneid ancient Aratus Auguftus Bacchus beaſts beautiful becauſe bees beft beneath Caefar Ceres Columella Corydon DAMOETAS Daphnis defcribes defcription didactic ECLOGUE Eurydice Ev'n expreffion facred faid fame fays feed feems feveral fhade fhall fhepherd fhew fhore fhould figns fing firft firſt flocks foil folemn fome foreft fpeaks fpring ftill ftrains ftreams fubject fublime fuch fwains fweet Georgics groves hath heav'n himſelf HOLDSWORTH inftance Italy juft laft laſt likewife Lucretius LYCIDAS Maecenas Mantua Martyn MENALCAS moft MOPSUS moſt muft muſt nature nymphs o'er obferves occafion Oppian paffage paffion Paftoral perfon plains pleaſure plough poem poet poetical poetry Pollio praiſe prefent rage reafon reft rife Roman Rome Scorpius ſeems Servius ſhall ſhare ſhe ſkies ſky ſpeak SPENCE ſpread ſwains ſweet Taygete thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Tityrus toil tranflation trees uſed Varro verfe vines Virgil whofe whoſe wild
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