The DunciadM. Cooper, 1970 - 235 pages |
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Page 67
... Virgil , Æn . ii . where I would advise the reader to per- Boil . ufe the story of Troy's deftruction , ra- ther than in Wynkyn . But I caution him alike in both to beware of a moft grievous error , that of thinking it was brought about ...
... Virgil , Æn . ii . where I would advise the reader to per- Boil . ufe the story of Troy's deftruction , ra- ther than in Wynkyn . But I caution him alike in both to beware of a moft grievous error , that of thinking it was brought about ...
Page 221
... Virgil's Eclogues taken al- together are rather felect poems than Paftorals ; I might have faid the fame thing with ... Virgil . As Simplicity is the distinguishing characteristic of Paftoral , Virgil hath been thought guilty of too ...
... Virgil's Eclogues taken al- together are rather felect poems than Paftorals ; I might have faid the fame thing with ... Virgil . As Simplicity is the distinguishing characteristic of Paftoral , Virgil hath been thought guilty of too ...
Page 232
... VIRGIL . Tonfon calls it Dryden's Virgil , to fhew that this is not that Virgil fo admir'd in the Auguftaan age ; but a Virgil of another stamp , a filly , impertinent , nonfenfical writer " . None but a Bavius , a Mævius , or a ...
... VIRGIL . Tonfon calls it Dryden's Virgil , to fhew that this is not that Virgil fo admir'd in the Auguftaan age ; but a Virgil of another stamp , a filly , impertinent , nonfenfical writer " . None but a Bavius , a Mævius , or a ...
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