The Works of Virgil in English Verse, Volume 3R.J. Dodsley, 1763 - Latin poetry |
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... RITE , which had all the allurement of spectacle , and afforded matter for the utmost embellishments of poetry , we cannot but confefs a defcription of fuch a scene would add largely to the grace and ele- gance of his work ; and must ...
... RITE , which had all the allurement of spectacle , and afforded matter for the utmost embellishments of poetry , we cannot but confefs a defcription of fuch a scene would add largely to the grace and ele- gance of his work ; and must ...
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... rites , carried upon affes . Hence the proverb , Afinus portat myfteria : Accord- ingly the poet introduces Bacchus , followed by his buffoon fervant Xanthius bearing a bundle in like manner , and riding on an afs . And left the mean ...
... rites , carried upon affes . Hence the proverb , Afinus portat myfteria : Accord- ingly the poet introduces Bacchus , followed by his buffoon fervant Xanthius bearing a bundle in like manner , and riding on an afs . And left the mean ...
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... rites of the mysteries were performed , Ceres and Profer- pine were equally invoked ; but when the fhews were reprefented , Proferpine alone prefided : Now , this book is a reprefentation of the fhews of the myfteries . 2. The quality ...
... rites of the mysteries were performed , Ceres and Profer- pine were equally invoked ; but when the fhews were reprefented , Proferpine alone prefided : Now , this book is a reprefentation of the fhews of the myfteries . 2. The quality ...
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... rites were grot to be . called Musal . He is then led to the opening of the descent : " Spelunca alta fuit , vaftoque immanis hiatu Scrupea , tuta lacu nigro nemorumque tenebris . And his reception is thus described : " Sub pedibus ...
... rites were grot to be . called Musal . He is then led to the opening of the descent : " Spelunca alta fuit , vaftoque immanis hiatu Scrupea , tuta lacu nigro nemorumque tenebris . And his reception is thus described : " Sub pedibus ...
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... myfteries : ΕΚΑΣ , ΕΚΑΣ ΕΣΤΕ , ΒΕΒΗΛΟΙ . But now the poet intending to accompany his hero through all the myfterious rites of his initia- Orat . 12 . tion tion , as confcious of the imputed impiety , in 22 A DISSERTATION on the.
... myfteries : ΕΚΑΣ , ΕΚΑΣ ΕΣΤΕ , ΒΕΒΗΛΟΙ . But now the poet intending to accompany his hero through all the myfterious rites of his initia- Orat . 12 . tion tion , as confcious of the imputed impiety , in 22 A DISSERTATION on the.
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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.