The Works of Virgil: In Latin & English. The Aeneid, Volume 1J. Dodsley, 1778 |
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... pastoral , the Poet changes the scene into joy and triumph , which makes a noble con- traft to the beginning . He reprefents Daphnis admitted into heaven , pleasure and joy overflowing the plains , the yery mountains breaking forth into ...
... pastoral , the Poet changes the scene into joy and triumph , which makes a noble con- traft to the beginning . He reprefents Daphnis admitted into heaven , pleasure and joy overflowing the plains , the yery mountains breaking forth into ...
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... in Cata- lectis ap . Burmann . V. Cl . in Antholog . Lat . lib . II . ep . 173 fqq . A DISSERTATION UPON PASTORAL POETRY . MAN is not fo A DIS- 60 P. VIRG . VITA PER ANN . DIGEST . fed ab aliis, Gellius memorat N. A. XI, ...
... in Cata- lectis ap . Burmann . V. Cl . in Antholog . Lat . lib . II . ep . 173 fqq . A DISSERTATION UPON PASTORAL POETRY . MAN is not fo A DIS- 60 P. VIRG . VITA PER ANN . DIGEST . fed ab aliis, Gellius memorat N. A. XI, ...
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In Latin & English. The Aeneid Virgil. A DISSERTATION UPON PASTORAL POETRY . MAN is not fo depraved , but that representations of innocence and tranquillity , are still delightful and pleafing to the mind . The first employment of our ...
In Latin & English. The Aeneid Virgil. A DISSERTATION UPON PASTORAL POETRY . MAN is not fo depraved , but that representations of innocence and tranquillity , are still delightful and pleafing to the mind . The first employment of our ...
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... of both ; the fable fimple , the manners not too polite , nor too ruftic : the thoughts are plain , but admit a little quickness and paffion 3 are 62 A Differtation upon PASTORAL POETRY . can hardly be ever obliterated or overcome: tho' ...
... of both ; the fable fimple , the manners not too polite , nor too ruftic : the thoughts are plain , but admit a little quickness and paffion 3 are 62 A Differtation upon PASTORAL POETRY . can hardly be ever obliterated or overcome: tho' ...
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... that he employed his powers rather in improving , than inventing ; that , taking Theocritus for his origi- The RAMBLER . N ° 37 . nal , nal , he found Paftoral much advanced towards perfec tion A Differtation upon PASTORAL POETRY . 63.
... that he employed his powers rather in improving , than inventing ; that , taking Theocritus for his origi- The RAMBLER . N ° 37 . nal , nal , he found Paftoral much advanced towards perfec tion A Differtation upon PASTORAL POETRY . 63.
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adeo Æneid amor Amyntas ancient anno Appian arva atque Auguftus beautiful becauſe bees Caefar canibus carmina Ceres Columella Corydon cura DAMOETAS Daphnis defcription deûm dicere Eclogue effe etiam expreffion facred faepe fame fays feems fhade fhall fhepherd fhould filvae fing firft firſt flumina fome fpeaks fpring ftill ftreams fubject fublime fuch fuiffe fwains Georgics groves haec hath herbas himſelf hinc illa illis inter ipfa ipfe Italy laft Lucretius LYCIDAS Maecenas Maenalus Mantua Martyn MENALCAS mihi MOERIS moft MOPSUS moſt neque nunc o'er obferves omnes omnia paffage Paftoral perfon plains poem poet poft Pollio praiſe primum quae quam quid quod quoque rife ſhall ſpeak ſtrains tamen tantum Terque thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tibi Tityrus tranflation trees ulmos umbra uſed verſe vines Virgil Virgilii whofe whoſe
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Page 29 - ... all about him, and conquers with tranquillity. And when we look upon their machines, Homer...
Page 433 - What need words To paint its power? For this the daring youth Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove...
Page 423 - But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays! Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head. Then Sculpture and her sister-arts revive; Stones leap'd to form, and rocks began to live; With sweeter notes each rising Temple rung; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung.
Page 114 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fading together ; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 19 - Augustan age. It is remarkable that he is commended by some of the ancients themselves, for the strength of his imagination as to this particular, though in general that is not his character...
Page 300 - Optima torvae Forma bovis, cui turpe caput, cui plurima cervix, Et crurum tenus a mento palearia pendent ; Tum longo nullus lateri modus ; omnia magna, Pes etiam ; et camuris hirtae sub cornibus aures.
Page 5 - Perhaps he seem'd above the critic's law, And but from Nature's fountains scorn'd to draw: But when to examine every part he came, Nature and Homer were, he found, the same.
Page 398 - I shall give one instance, out of a multitude of this nature that might be found in the Georgics, where the reader may...
Page 402 - Forth ifluing on a fummer's morn to breathe Among the pleafant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight, The fmell of grain, or tedded grafs, or kine...
Page 250 - Media fert tristis sucos tardumque saporem felicis mali, quo non praesentius ullum, pocula si quando saevae infecere novercae, miscueruntque herbas et non innoxia verba, auxilium venit ac membris agit atra venena.