The SpectatorDerby & Jackson, 1859 |
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... if he had him- self been the sole wonder of the age . I need not tell my reader , that I here point at the reign of Augustus , and I believe he will VOL . VI . - 1 be of my opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace IN SIX VOLUMES VOL PAGE.
... if he had him- self been the sole wonder of the age . I need not tell my reader , that I here point at the reign of Augustus , and I believe he will VOL . VI . - 1 be of my opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace IN SIX VOLUMES VOL PAGE.
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... Virgil was celebrated by Gallus , Propertius , Horace , Varius , Tucca , and Ovid , we know that Bavius and Mævius were his declared foes and calumniators . In our own country a man seldom sets up for a poet , without attacking the ...
... Virgil was celebrated by Gallus , Propertius , Horace , Varius , Tucca , and Ovid , we know that Bavius and Mævius were his declared foes and calumniators . In our own country a man seldom sets up for a poet , without attacking the ...
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... Virgil which have this particular kind of beauty in the numbers ; but I may take an occasion in a future paper to shew several of them which have escaped the observation of others . I cannot conclude this paper without taking notice ...
... Virgil which have this particular kind of beauty in the numbers ; but I may take an occasion in a future paper to shew several of them which have escaped the observation of others . I cannot conclude this paper without taking notice ...
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... Virgil , not questioning but that among such a variety of colours she shall have a charm for every heart . My friend Will , who very much values himself upon his grea insights into gallantry , tells me , that he can already guess at the ...
... Virgil , not questioning but that among such a variety of colours she shall have a charm for every heart . My friend Will , who very much values himself upon his grea insights into gallantry , tells me , that he can already guess at the ...
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... Virgil makes his hero relate it by way of episode in the second and third books of the Æneid . The contents of both which books come before those of the first book in the thread of the story , though for preserving of this unity of ...
... Virgil makes his hero relate it by way of episode in the second and third books of the Æneid . The contents of both which books come before those of the first book in the thread of the story , though for preserving of this unity of ...
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