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Page 52
... Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them : that this opinion is erroneous may be probably concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself filled up one broken ...
... Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them : that this opinion is erroneous may be probably concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself filled up one broken ...
Page 290
... 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'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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