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Page 353
... defend him as well as I am able . But their principal Objections being against his Moral , the Duration or Length of Time taken up in the Action of the Poem , and what they have to urge against the Manners of his Hero , I fhall omit the ...
... defend him as well as I am able . But their principal Objections being against his Moral , the Duration or Length of Time taken up in the Action of the Poem , and what they have to urge against the Manners of his Hero , I fhall omit the ...
Page 362
... defended . But as Auguftus is ftill fhadow'd in the Perfon of Eneas , of which I fhall fay more , when I come to the Manners which the Poet gives his Heroe : I must prepare that Subject , by fhew- ing how dext'roufly he manag'd both the ...
... defended . But as Auguftus is ftill fhadow'd in the Perfon of Eneas , of which I fhall fay more , when I come to the Manners which the Poet gives his Heroe : I must prepare that Subject , by fhew- ing how dext'roufly he manag'd both the ...
Page 372
... defends himself , without needing my Affiftance ; and proves his Heroe truly to de- ferve that Name . He was not then a Second- rate Champion , as they wou'd have him , who think Fortitude the firft Virtue in a Heroe . But being beaten ...
... defends himself , without needing my Affiftance ; and proves his Heroe truly to de- ferve that Name . He was not then a Second- rate Champion , as they wou'd have him , who think Fortitude the firft Virtue in a Heroe . But being beaten ...
Page 380
... defended . And the Fair Sex however , if they had the Deferter in their Power , wou'd certainly have fhewn him no more Mercy , than the Bacchanals did Orpheus . For if too much GonЯancy may be a Fault fometimes , then want of Conftancy ...
... defended . And the Fair Sex however , if they had the Deferter in their Power , wou'd certainly have fhewn him no more Mercy , than the Bacchanals did Orpheus . For if too much GonЯancy may be a Fault fometimes , then want of Conftancy ...
Page 384
... defend his Fa- vourite by Reason , for the Cafe was clear : He therefore gave this middle Sentence ; That a- ny thing might be allow'd to his Son Virgil , on the account of his other Merits ; That being a Monarch he had a difpenfing ...
... defend his Fa- vourite by Reason , for the Cafe was clear : He therefore gave this middle Sentence ; That a- ny thing might be allow'd to his Son Virgil , on the account of his other Merits ; That being a Monarch he had a difpenfing ...
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Æneas Æneid Afcanius againſt Anchifes Arms Auguftus becauſe betwixt Breaſt caft call'd Carthage Caufe Coaſt Command cou'd Courſe crown'd Death defcend Dido Eneas ev'ry Eyes facred fafe faid fame fatal Fate Father Fear fecret feek feems feiz'd felf fhall fhining fhou'd fide fight fince firft firſt fix'd flain Flames Foes fome Friends ftand ftill fuch Fury Ghoſt Goddeſs Gods Grecian hafte Heav'n Helenus Heroe Heroick himſelf Honour Ilioneus Italy Jove juft Jupiter laft Land laſt Latian leaſt lefs loft Lordship Love muft muſt Night o'er Ovid Paffage Pallas pleas'd pleaſe Poem Poet Pow'r Pray'rs prefent Priam Priam's Prince promis'd Pyrrhus Queen Race rais'd raiſe ratling refolv'd reft reſt rifing rowling Scul Segrais Senfe ſhall ſhe Shoar Shore Skies Soul ſpread ſtand ſtood Tempeft thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Tow'rs Tranflation Trojan Troy Turnus Tyrian Verfe Virgil whofe Winds wou'd
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Page 421 - ... of two pounds per annum in Parnassus, and therefore are not privileged to poll*. Their authors are of the same level, fit to represent them on a mountebank's stage, or to be masters of the ceremonies in a bear-garden ; yet these are they who have the most admirers. But it often happens, to their mortification, that as their readers improve their stock of sense (as they may by reading better books, and by conversation with men of judgment) they soon forsake them.
Page 603 - Oppressed with numbers in th' unequal field, His men discouraged, and himself expell'd, Let him for succour sue from place to place, Torn from his subjects, and his son's embrace. First let him see his friends in battle slain, And their untimely fate lament in vain ; And when at length the cruel war shall cease, On hard conditions may he buy his peace ; Nor let him then enjoy supreme command, But fall untimely by some hostile hand, And lie unburied on the barren sand.
Page 349 - I had the honour to converse, and that almost daily, for so many years together. Heaven knows, if I have heartily forgiven you this deceit. You extorted a praise which I should willingly have given had I known you. Nothing had been more easy than to commend a patron of a long standing. The world would join with me, if...
Page 584 - This way, and that, he turns his anxious mind, And all expedients tries, and none can find. Fix'd on the deed, but doubtful of the means — After long thought, to this advice he leans: Three chiefs he calls, commands them to repair The fleet, and ship their men, with silent care. Some plausible pretence he bids them find, To colour what in secret he design'd.
Page 616 - Scylla stood ; From whom Cluentius draws his Trojan blood. • Far in the sea, against the foaming shore, There stands a rock : the raging billows roar Above his head in storms ; but, when 'tis clear, Uncurl their ridgy backs, and at his foot appear.
Page 431 - Words are not so easily coined as money : and yet we see that the credit, not only of banks, but of exchequers, cracks, when little comes in, and much goes out. Virgil called...
Page 434 - But, having his manuscript in my hands, I consulted it as often as I doubted of my author's sense ; for no man understood Virgil better than that learned nobleman.
Page 394 - I would not give the same story under other names, with the same characters, in the same order, and with the same sequel, for every common reader to find me out at the first sight for a plagiary, and cry, " This I read before in Virgil in a better language, and in better verse.
Page 452 - Within a long recess there lies a bay, An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride, Broke by the jutting land on either side: In double streams the briny waters glide. Betwixt two rows of rocks, a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green...
Page 560 - And, where he fell, th' avenging father drew This flaming hill, and on his body threw. As often as he turns his weary sides, He shakes the solid isle, and smoke the heavens hides.