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... 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 317
... Virgil , the discrimina- tive 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 difficult ...
... Virgil , the discrimina- tive 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 difficult ...
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... Virgil's Georgicks , published in the Miscellanies , and a Latin encomium on queen Mary , in the Musae Anglicanae . These verses exhibit all the fondness of friendship ; but on one side or the other , friendship was afterwards too weak ...
... Virgil's Georgicks , published in the Miscellanies , and a Latin encomium on queen Mary , in the Musae Anglicanae . These verses exhibit all the fondness of friendship ; but on one side or the other , friendship was afterwards too weak ...
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