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... if you fuppofe Encas to reprefent Augußus Cæfar , and that his conducting the remains of his countrymen from the ruins of Troy , to a new settlement in Italy , is an emblem of Auguftus's form- ing a new government out of the ruins ...
... if you fuppofe Encas to reprefent Augußus Cæfar , and that his conducting the remains of his countrymen from the ruins of Troy , to a new settlement in Italy , is an emblem of Auguftus's form- ing a new government out of the ruins ...
Page 207
The critics indeed endeavour to exculpate the general here , and fuppofe it a repetition cf the fame political scheme , which he had employed in the fecond book , to see how the army stood affected to him , and to avoid reproach ...
The critics indeed endeavour to exculpate the general here , and fuppofe it a repetition cf the fame political scheme , which he had employed in the fecond book , to see how the army stood affected to him , and to avoid reproach ...
Page 273
If the character of Eneas was drawn for Auguftus , fo was that of Turnus , we may fuppofe , for Mark Anthony , and of Latinus for the weak and irrefolute Lepidus ; and that the oration of Drances is pointed at the fevere eloquence of ...
If the character of Eneas was drawn for Auguftus , fo was that of Turnus , we may fuppofe , for Mark Anthony , and of Latinus for the weak and irrefolute Lepidus ; and that the oration of Drances is pointed at the fevere eloquence of ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2 The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, John Newbery Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029955, 9780576029957 |
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