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And to tell you the truth (which I take to be an argument above all the rest), Virgil
has told the same thing to that purpose." This expression from a secretary of the
present time would be considered as merely ludicrous, or at most as an ...
And to tell you the truth (which I take to be an argument above all the rest), Virgil
has told the same thing to that purpose." This expression from a secretary of the
present time would be considered as merely ludicrous, or at most as an ...
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Epick poems have been left unfinished by Virgil, Statius, Spenser, and Cowley.
That we have not the whole Davideis is, however, not much to be regretted; for in
this undertaking Cowley is, tacitly at least, confessed, to^liave miscarried .
Epick poems have been left unfinished by Virgil, Statius, Spenser, and Cowley.
That we have not the whole Davideis is, however, not much to be regretted; for in
this undertaking Cowley is, tacitly at least, confessed, to^liave miscarried .
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W hen Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against iEneas, he fixes the
attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumspicit ingens, Saxum antiquum,
ingens, campo quod forte jacebat Limes agro positus, litem ut discerneret arvis.
W hen Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against iEneas, he fixes the
attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumspicit ingens, Saxum antiquum,
ingens, campo quod forte jacebat Limes agro positus, litem ut discerneret arvis.
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The Latins (qui Musas colunt severiores) sometimes did it ; and their prince, Virgil
, always : in whom the examples are innumerable, and taken notice of by all
judicious men, so that it is 68 COWLEY.
The Latins (qui Musas colunt severiores) sometimes did it ; and their prince, Virgil
, always : in whom the examples are innumerable, and taken notice of by all
judicious men, so that it is 68 COWLEY.
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In the Davideis are some hemistichs, or verses left imperfect by the author, in
imitation of Virgil, whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them :
that this opinion is erroneous, may be probably concluded, because this
truncation is ...
In the Davideis are some hemistichs, or verses left imperfect by the author, in
imitation of Virgil, whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them :
that this opinion is erroneous, may be probably concluded, because this
truncation is ...
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| Título | The works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autores | Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Arthur Murphy |
| Editor | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
| Procedencia del original | University of Minnesota |
| Digitalizado | 29 Ene 2010 |
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