The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 272
... Eneas the Trojan hero in Italy , and his laying the foundation of the Roman empire . And to point out to Auguftus , what kind of man a monarch ought to be , as well as to fhew the people what benefits they might receive by electing fuch ...
... Eneas the Trojan hero in Italy , and his laying the foundation of the Roman empire . And to point out to Auguftus , what kind of man a monarch ought to be , as well as to fhew the people what benefits they might receive by electing fuch ...
Page 278
... Eneas ; for she is courteous , beneficent , hofpitable , and pays a due regard to meritorious actions . This queen has indeed fome vices , which the poet prudently mixed in the com- pofition of her character , left fhe fhould excite too ...
... Eneas ; for she is courteous , beneficent , hofpitable , and pays a due regard to meritorious actions . This queen has indeed fome vices , which the poet prudently mixed in the com- pofition of her character , left fhe fhould excite too ...
Page 298
... Eneas , when her heart was thus entrapp'd , and Juno and Venus , two goddeffes , had . combined together to bring about the union . The critics tell us , that this was inferted to gratify the people of Rome , and to account for the ...
... Eneas , when her heart was thus entrapp'd , and Juno and Venus , two goddeffes , had . combined together to bring about the union . The critics tell us , that this was inferted to gratify the people of Rome , and to account for the ...
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