Observations in illustration of Virgil's celebrated fourth Eclogue [by J. Penn.].W. Miller and R.H. Evans, 1810 - 446 pages |
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... conjectured , that Virgil , upon that doubtful occasion , had ventured to deliver a definite prophecy . That while the womb of Scribonia teemed with its uncertain fruit , that I. great poet had dared at once to assume it 22.
... conjectured , that Virgil , upon that doubtful occasion , had ventured to deliver a definite prophecy . That while the womb of Scribonia teemed with its uncertain fruit , that I. great poet had dared at once to assume it 22.
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John Penn. I. great poet had dared at once to assume it for a CHAP . boy ; and , at the risk of all his grave reputa- tion , to predict of that equivocal offspring the splendid and masculine career described in the Eclogue ...
John Penn. I. great poet had dared at once to assume it for a CHAP . boy ; and , at the risk of all his grave reputa- tion , to predict of that equivocal offspring the splendid and masculine career described in the Eclogue ...
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... poet ingeniously supposes the child with whom Octavia was then pregnant to be the glorious infant , under " whose rule mankind was to be made happy ; " the golden age was to return again from " heaven ; and fraud and violence were to be ...
... poet ingeniously supposes the child with whom Octavia was then pregnant to be the glorious infant , under " whose rule mankind was to be made happy ; " the golden age was to return again from " heaven ; and fraud and violence were to be ...
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... poet could " have embraced , or even attained to ; I scarce- " 6 ly dare express what I think , since I know not ... poets in general , in the Io of " Plato , may once have been actually brought " to pass : -For this cause , the God ...
... poet could " have embraced , or even attained to ; I scarce- " 6 ly dare express what I think , since I know not ... poets in general , in the Io of " Plato , may once have been actually brought " to pass : -For this cause , the God ...
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... , that he has , upon this occasion , suffered it to suspend its operation . * De Sacr . Poet . Hebr . Prælect . xxi . p . 290-293 . + Hist . Rom . Emp . c . xx . note 62 . I. With respect to Mr. Gibbon himself , he CHAP 32.
... , that he has , upon this occasion , suffered it to suspend its operation . * De Sacr . Poet . Hebr . Prælect . xxi . p . 290-293 . + Hist . Rom . Emp . c . xx . note 62 . I. With respect to Mr. Gibbon himself , he CHAP 32.
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Page 93 - PR o mihi tum longae maneat pars ultima vitae, spiritus et, quantum sat erit tua dicere facta : non me carminibus vincet nee Thracius Orpheus, 55 nee Linus, huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo.
Page 416 - And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
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Page 414 - For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.