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... Virgil with the first of Statius is not happier . Virgil , he says , is soft and gentle , and would have thought Statius mad if he had heard him thundering out Quae superimposito moles geminata colosso . † Statius perhaps heats himself ...
... Virgil with the first of Statius is not happier . Virgil , he says , is soft and gentle , and would have thought Statius mad if he had heard him thundering out Quae superimposito moles geminata colosso . † Statius perhaps heats himself ...
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... Virgil , the discriminative excellence of Homer is elevation and comprehension of thought , and that of Virgil is grace and splendor of diction . The beauties of Homer are therefore difficult to be lost , and those of Virgil ...
... Virgil , the discriminative excellence of Homer is elevation and comprehension of thought , and that of Virgil is grace and splendor of diction . The beauties of Homer are therefore difficult to be lost , and those of Virgil ...
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... Virgil's , no more than the sense of the precedent couplet ; so again , he interpolates Virgil with that and the round circle of the year to guide powerful of blessings , which thou strew'st around . A ridiculous Latinism , and an ...
... Virgil's , no more than the sense of the precedent couplet ; so again , he interpolates Virgil with that and the round circle of the year to guide powerful of blessings , which thou strew'st around . A ridiculous Latinism , and an ...
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