The Works of Virgil in English Verse, Volume 3R.J. Dodsley, 1763 - Latin poetry |
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... Æneas , yet it being fuppofed that thofe political inftructions , which the poet defigned for the fervice of mankind , were for the fole ufe of his master , they miffed of the true nature of the poem . And in this ignorance , the ...
... Æneas , yet it being fuppofed that thofe political inftructions , which the poet defigned for the fervice of mankind , were for the fole ufe of his master , they miffed of the true nature of the poem . And in this ignorance , the ...
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... Æneas , in the eighth book , goes to the court of Evander , in order to engage him in a confederacy againft the common enemy . He finds the king and his people , bufied in the celebration of an annual facrifice . The purpose of the ...
... Æneas , in the eighth book , goes to the court of Evander , in order to engage him in a confederacy againft the common enemy . He finds the king and his people , bufied in the celebration of an annual facrifice . The purpose of the ...
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... Æneas into hell ; which is no other than an enigmatical reprefentation of his INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES . Virgil was to represent a perfect lawgiver , in the perfon of Æneas ; now initiation into the mysteries , was what fanctified ...
... Æneas into hell ; which is no other than an enigmatical reprefentation of his INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES . Virgil was to represent a perfect lawgiver , in the perfon of Æneas ; now initiation into the mysteries , was what fanctified ...
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... Æneas could not have defcribed his night's journey to his com- panions , after he had been let out of the ivory gate , in properer terms , had it been indeed to be understood as a journey into hell . Thus we fee , Virgil was obliged to ...
... Æneas could not have defcribed his night's journey to his com- panions , after he had been let out of the ivory gate , in properer terms , had it been indeed to be understood as a journey into hell . Thus we fee , Virgil was obliged to ...
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Æneas Æneid againſt ancient Apollonius Rhodius arms Auguftus beauteous becauſe Cæfar chief Chimæra circumftance courfers defcribed defcription defign Dido dire divine dreadful Evander fable facred faid fame fate Faunus fays fecond feems fhade fhall fhews fhield fhining fhore fhould fide fierce fight fire firft firſt flain flames flew flood folemn fome foul fpeaking ftands ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofe glorious gods golden bough hell hero himſelf hoft Homer honours Iliad initiated Jove juft Jupiter king laft laſt Latian Latium Livy Mezentius mighty moft moſt muft muſt myfteries Neptune o'er obferves occafion paffage pafs perfon plain Plato poem poet pow'rs prefent prince race rage rais'd raiſe reafon reprefented rife riſe rites Roman Rome round ſcene Servius ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſpread ſtate Statius Tarchon Tartarus thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro tow'rs Trojan Troy Turnus uſe Virgil whofe youth
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Page 189 - ... a particular beauty, which I do not know that any one has taken notice of. The list which he has there drawn up was in general to do honour to the Roman name, but more particularly to compliment Augustus. For this reason Anchises, who shows .¿Eneas most of the rest of his descendants in the same order that they were to make their appearance in the world...
Page 211 - Aeneas, it may be worth while to consider with how much Judgment he has qualified it, and taken off every thing that might have appeared improper for a Passage in an Heroic Poem.
Page 291 - He made darkness his secret place, his pavilion round about Him with dark water, and thick clouds to cover Him.
Page 54 - But he was too good a painter, to leave any thing ambiguous ; and hath therefore concluded his hero's initiation, as was the custom, with instructing him in the Aporreta, or the doctrine of the unity.
Page 210 - I believe very many readers have been shocked at that ludicrous prophecy which one of the harpies pronounces to the Trojans in the third book ; namely, that before they had built their intended city they should be reduced by hunger to eat their very tables.
Page 310 - Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Page 41 - I can give no reason for their being stationed there in so particular a manner, but because none of them seem to have had a proper right to a place among the dead, as not having run out the whole thread of their days, and finished the term of life that had been allotted them upon earth. The first of these are the souls of infants, who are snatched away by untimely ends...
Page 261 - The hoarfe rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar. When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow ; Not fo, wrr?n fwift Camilla fcours the plain, flies o'er th' unbending corn, and Ikiras along the main.
Page 52 - European law-givers; but better known under the character of poet: for the first laws being written in measure, to allure men to learn them, and, when learnt, to retain them, the fable would have it, that by the force of harmony, Orpheus softened the savage inhabitants of Thrace : -Threicius longa cum veste sacerdos Obloquitur numeris septem discrimina vocum: Jamque eadem digitis, jam pectine pulsat eburno (t).
Page 9 - Milton was the emulator of both. He found Homer possessed of the province of MORALITY ; Virgil of POLITICS : and nothing left for him, but that of RELIGION.