 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 706 pages
...myself; but I am now a convert; and my chief reason is, that, though the detached parts of the jEneid appear to me to be equal to any thing, the story and...afterwards, he is always either insipid or odious, sometimes exrites interest against him, and never for him. The events of the war, too, are not striking; and... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1801 - 674 pages
...myiclf; but I am now a convert; and my chief reason is, that, though the detached parts of the JCneid appear to me to be equal to any thing, the story and...afterwards, he is always either insipid or odious, sometime? excites interest against him, and never for him. The events of the War, too, arc not striking;... | |
 | John Bernard Trotter - Great Britain - 1811 - 598 pages
...appear more faulty every time I read it. My chief objection (I mean that to the character of JEneas) is, of course, not so much felt in the three first...every day, such as those I have alluded to in the !2d book ; the finding of Andromache in the third, every thing relating to Dido; the 6th book; the... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Europe - 1866 - 428 pages
...reason is that, though the detached parts of the ' ./Eneid ' appear to me to be equal to anything, the story and characters appear more faulty every...every day — such as those I have alluded to in the Second Book, the finding of Andromache in the third, everything relating to Dido, the Sixth Book, the... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Europe - 1866 - 426 pages
...chief reason is that, though the detached parts of the ' ^Eneid ' appear to me to be equal to anything, the story and characters appear more faulty every...events of the war, too, are not striking ; and Pallas * '• Con ei>pcmdence," vol. iv. p. 4tfl). and Lausus, who most interest you, are in effect exactly... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Europe - 1866 - 434 pages
...appear more faulty every time I read it. My chief objection (I mean that to the character of J^neas) is, of course, not so much felt in the three first...events of the war, too, are not striking ; and Pallas * " Con ehpomlencc," vol. iv. p. 4(iO. and Lausus, who most interest you, are in effect exactly alike.... | |
 | James Henry - 1873 - 978 pages
...appear more faulty every time I read it. My chief objection (I mean that to the character of Aeneas) is of course not so much felt in the three first books;...excites interest against him, and never for him;" adds in a postscript, and by way of example: "Even in the first book Aeneas says: SUM PITS AKNKAS,... | |
 | James Henry - 1873 - 980 pages
...appear more faulty every time I read it. My chief objection (I mean that to the character of Aeneas) is of course not so much felt in the three first books;...afterwards he is always either insipid or odious; 648 AENEIDEA [381 SCM—NOTCK sometimes excites interest against him, and never for him;" adds in n... | |
 | Terrot Reaveley Glover - Epic poetry, Latin - 1904 - 336 pages
...appear more faulty every time I read it. My chief objection (I mean that to the character of Aeneas) is of course not so much felt in the three first books...excites interest against him, and never for him.' The student of Virgil may turn to Dr Henry's tremendous vindication of the phrase Sum plus Aeneas (i. 381),... | |
 | Terrot Reaveley Glover - Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature - 1912 - 460 pages
...appear more faulty every time I read it. My chief objection (I mean that to the character of Aeneas) is of course not so much felt in the three first books...excites interest against him, and never for him." The student of Virgil may turn to Dr Henry's tremendous vindication of the phrase Sumpius Aeneas (i. 381),... | |
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My chief objection (I mean that to the character of /Eneas) is, of course, not so much felt in the three first books ; but afterwards he is always either insipid or odious, sometimes excites interest against him, and never for him. 
