The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volumen 2Gregg, 1969 |
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... Virgil has , perhaps , fhown as much judgment in his defcrip- tions , as in any other part of the work . He knew that every thing was not to be defcribed , and for that reafon most of his defcriptions are fhort , and when we meet with ...
... Virgil has , perhaps , fhown as much judgment in his defcrip- tions , as in any other part of the work . He knew that every thing was not to be defcribed , and for that reafon most of his defcriptions are fhort , and when we meet with ...
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... Virgil , that the images he gives us , are generally fuch as would have a fine effect in painting ; and even his Epithets in moft parts , are amazingly pictu refque and expreffive . Virgil has been as much admired for his judgment , as ...
... Virgil , that the images he gives us , are generally fuch as would have a fine effect in painting ; and even his Epithets in moft parts , are amazingly pictu refque and expreffive . Virgil has been as much admired for his judgment , as ...
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... Virgil follows Homer more clofely in this , than in any other point I know of ; for he has employed machinery fo much and fo freely in his Eneid , that almost the whole of the story is carried on by the intervention of the gods ...
... Virgil follows Homer more clofely in this , than in any other point I know of ; for he has employed machinery fo much and fo freely in his Eneid , that almost the whole of the story is carried on by the intervention of the gods ...
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