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Page 15
... Death , and the picture which he draws of the Limbo of Vanity , with other passages in the second book . Such allegories rather savour of the spirit of SPENSER and ARIOSTO , than of HOMER and VIRGIL . In the structure of his poem he has ...
... Death , and the picture which he draws of the Limbo of Vanity , with other passages in the second book . Such allegories rather savour of the spirit of SPENSER and ARIOSTO , than of HOMER and VIRGIL . In the structure of his poem he has ...
Page 16
... death of TURNUS , whom ENEAS slew , because he saw him adorned with the spoils of PALLAS , turns upon this incident , VIRGIL went out of his way to make this reflection upon it , without which so small a circumstance might possibly have ...
... death of TURNUS , whom ENEAS slew , because he saw him adorned with the spoils of PALLAS , turns upon this incident , VIRGIL went out of his way to make this reflection upon it , without which so small a circumstance might possibly have ...
Page 45
... death into the world and all our woe , With loss of Eden , till one greater man Restore us , and regain the blissful seat , Sing heav'nly Muse ! ——— ” These lines are perhaps as plain , simple , and unadorned , as any of the whole Poem ...
... death into the world and all our woe , With loss of Eden , till one greater man Restore us , and regain the blissful seat , Sing heav'nly Muse ! ——— ” These lines are perhaps as plain , simple , and unadorned , as any of the whole Poem ...
Page 49
... death of ADONIS , who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains , out of which this stream rises . Something like this we saw actually come to pass ; for the water was stained to a surprising redness ; and , as we observed VOL . V. D ...
... death of ADONIS , who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains , out of which this stream rises . Something like this we saw actually come to pass ; for the water was stained to a surprising redness ; and , as we observed VOL . V. D ...
Page 87
... DEATH , which is however a very finished piece in its kind , when it is not considered as a part of an Epic Poem . The genealogy of the several persons is contrived with great delicacy . SIN is the daughter of SATAN , and DEATH the ...
... DEATH , which is however a very finished piece in its kind , when it is not considered as a part of an Epic Poem . The genealogy of the several persons is contrived with great delicacy . SIN is the daughter of SATAN , and DEATH the ...
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