Virgil, Volume 10Sheed & Ward, 1946 - 162 pages |
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Page 32
... true Poesie , to which Philosophy both naturall and morall owes its originall .... Neither is any other thing meant than what we have said , by his ( i.e. Orpheus ' ) descent into Hell ; by bringing back Euridice from thence , and ...
... true Poesie , to which Philosophy both naturall and morall owes its originall .... Neither is any other thing meant than what we have said , by his ( i.e. Orpheus ' ) descent into Hell ; by bringing back Euridice from thence , and ...
Page 51
... True , it became a conven- tion , but the creator of a convention is no more un- original than any other creator . The Eclogues are something more than an imitation of Greek models in yet another respect - in the intro- duction of urban ...
... True , it became a conven- tion , but the creator of a convention is no more un- original than any other creator . The Eclogues are something more than an imitation of Greek models in yet another respect - in the intro- duction of urban ...
Page 53
... true , the original remained superior to , or rather different from , the form it took in Italy . The pastoral , in reality the swan song of Hellas , was the sweetest , though not the deepest , of her songs . The melodious idylls of ...
... true , the original remained superior to , or rather different from , the form it took in Italy . The pastoral , in reality the swan song of Hellas , was the sweetest , though not the deepest , of her songs . The melodious idylls of ...
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