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Page 33
... Virgil , of the " moft perfect Epic performance . " those parts of Homer which have been pub- " lish'd already by Mr. Pope , give us reason ( a ) No 40. May 7 : And ❝to- " to think that the Iliad will appear in Eng- of AUTHORS . 33.
... Virgil , of the " moft perfect Epic performance . " those parts of Homer which have been pub- " lish'd already by Mr. Pope , give us reason ( a ) No 40. May 7 : And ❝to- " to think that the Iliad will appear in Eng- of AUTHORS . 33.
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... Virgil finished his Greorgics ; and Sir Richard Blackmore at the like age compofing his Arthurs , declared the fame to be the very Acme and pitch of life for Epic poefy : tho ' fince he hath altered it to fixty , ( a ) the Year in which ...
... Virgil finished his Greorgics ; and Sir Richard Blackmore at the like age compofing his Arthurs , declared the fame to be the very Acme and pitch of life for Epic poefy : tho ' fince he hath altered it to fixty , ( a ) the Year in which ...
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... Virgil , but for greater honour by the Goddess in perfon ; in like manner as the games Pythia , Ifthmia , & c . were anciently faid to be by the Gods , and as Thetis herself appearing according to Homer Odyff 24 propofed the prizes in ...
... Virgil , but for greater honour by the Goddess in perfon ; in like manner as the games Pythia , Ifthmia , & c . were anciently faid to be by the Gods , and as Thetis herself appearing according to Homer Odyff 24 propofed the prizes in ...
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... Virgil there fpeaketh not of himself , but of Eneas , Arma virumq ; cano , Troja qui primus ab oris , Italiam fate profugus , Latinaq , venit Litora : multum ille & terris jactatus et alto , & c . I cite the whole three verfes , that I ...
... Virgil there fpeaketh not of himself , but of Eneas , Arma virumq ; cano , Troja qui primus ab oris , Italiam fate profugus , Latinaq , venit Litora : multum ille & terris jactatus et alto , & c . I cite the whole three verfes , that I ...
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... Virgil writeth thurs : En , 1 . Fronte fub adverfa scopulis pendentibus antrum ; Intus aqua dulces , vivoq ; fedilia ... Virgil's Scopulis pendentibus : He is here de fcribing a place , whither the weary Mariners of Aneas repaired to ...
... Virgil writeth thurs : En , 1 . Fronte fub adverfa scopulis pendentibus antrum ; Intus aqua dulces , vivoq ; fedilia ... Virgil's Scopulis pendentibus : He is here de fcribing a place , whither the weary Mariners of Aneas repaired to ...
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