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Page 71
... Georgics as a practical system of husbandry ? No man at a loss how to manage his land , ever dreamed of recurring for directions to Virgil , or any of his an- notators . The precepts of the Roman poet are always too ob- vious , or too ...
... Georgics as a practical system of husbandry ? No man at a loss how to manage his land , ever dreamed of recurring for directions to Virgil , or any of his an- notators . The precepts of the Roman poet are always too ob- vious , or too ...
Page 72
... Georgics there are very few who know , or care to know much about farming : The pomp and artifice of language which elevate the meanest sub- jects , and the variety of episode and allusion which relieve the driest , are attractions more ...
... Georgics there are very few who know , or care to know much about farming : The pomp and artifice of language which elevate the meanest sub- jects , and the variety of episode and allusion which relieve the driest , are attractions more ...
Page 471
... Georgics , observation on , 71 - and extracts from , 73 . Southey's Chronicle of the Cid , review of , 134 - character of the work , 152 , 153 . Spain , considerations on the affairs of , 1 - impolitic conduct of Buo- naparte , 2 ...
... Georgics , observation on , 71 - and extracts from , 73 . Southey's Chronicle of the Cid , review of , 134 - character of the work , 152 , 153 . Spain , considerations on the affairs of , 1 - impolitic conduct of Buo- naparte , 2 ...
Contents
Affaires dEspagne Nos 1 to 5 Confédération | 1 |
Reliques of Robert Burns consisting chiefly of original | 19 |
Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born | 36 |
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