The Poetics of Marcus Hieronymus Vida ... ; with translations from the Latin of dr. Lowth, mr. Gray, and other. By J. Hampson |
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... Æneid . Of Lausus , flain as he comes to the rescue of his father Mezentius , fee an account in the tenth Eneid ; of Pallas flain by Turnus , in the fifth ; and of Euryalus by Volfcens , in the ninth , verse 432. It is remarked by ...
... Æneid . Of Lausus , flain as he comes to the rescue of his father Mezentius , fee an account in the tenth Eneid ; of Pallas flain by Turnus , in the fifth ; and of Euryalus by Volfcens , in the ninth , verse 432. It is remarked by ...
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... per freta navibus , Hor . 1. 1. od . 15 . which I think is the most finished example of indignant concife- ness and animation in the whole compass of poetry . 569. See Æneid 2. where Æneas describes the destruction of ( 212 )
... per freta navibus , Hor . 1. 1. od . 15 . which I think is the most finished example of indignant concife- ness and animation in the whole compass of poetry . 569. See Æneid 2. where Æneas describes the destruction of ( 212 )
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... Æneid , who by hints of what should happen in the sequel , by predictions of many toils and dangers by land and fea , in the rage of the elements and the shock of battle , with intimations of final profperity , scatters up and down the ...
... Æneid , who by hints of what should happen in the sequel , by predictions of many toils and dangers by land and fea , in the rage of the elements and the shock of battle , with intimations of final profperity , scatters up and down the ...
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... Æneid with those lines in the tenth , beginning , Turno tempus erit thus tranflated by Dryden ; The time shall come , when Turnus , but in vain , Shall wish untouch'd the trophies of the flain ; Shall wish the fatal belt was far away ...
... Æneid with those lines in the tenth , beginning , Turno tempus erit thus tranflated by Dryden ; The time shall come , when Turnus , but in vain , Shall wish untouch'd the trophies of the flain ; Shall wish the fatal belt was far away ...
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... Æneid 11. 336 . } 373. Episodes unseasonably introduced are so far from em . bellishing a poem , that they blemish and disgrace it ; of which fort particularly are far fetched , abstruse disquisitions , a fault fre quently to be ...
... Æneid 11. 336 . } 373. Episodes unseasonably introduced are so far from em . bellishing a poem , that they blemish and disgrace it ; of which fort particularly are far fetched , abstruse disquisitions , a fault fre quently to be ...
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