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Page xxvi
... thought or design , under a falfe notion of rural fimplicity . It is not a little furprizing , that many of our modern Poets and Criticks fhould be of opinion , that the rufticity of Theocritus is to be imitated , ra- ther than the ...
... thought or design , under a falfe notion of rural fimplicity . It is not a little furprizing , that many of our modern Poets and Criticks fhould be of opinion , that the rufticity of Theocritus is to be imitated , ra- ther than the ...
Page xxx
... thought , that this denoted rather , that the child would become a great Conqueror . The grandeur of this omen feems however to be a little diminished ; for the next day , as the good woman was trudging along the road with her husband ...
... thought , that this denoted rather , that the child would become a great Conqueror . The grandeur of this omen feems however to be a little diminished ; for the next day , as the good woman was trudging along the road with her husband ...
Page xxxiv
... thought no improbable con- jecture , that Caefar might fee fome of his juvenile poems , whilft he ftudied at Cremona , and take no- tice of him , as a promising genius . Donatus tells us , that he wrote feveral poems , when he was but ...
... thought no improbable con- jecture , that Caefar might fee fome of his juvenile poems , whilft he ftudied at Cremona , and take no- tice of him , as a promising genius . Donatus tells us , that he wrote feveral poems , when he was but ...
Page xliii
... thought to favour the caufe of Anthony : but all the feveral factions were in hopes of gaining ( s ) See the note on ver . 84 . of the third Eclogue . ( t ) Appian , de Bell . Civ . lib . 3 . them . Year of them . As foon as the fiege ...
... thought to favour the caufe of Anthony : but all the feveral factions were in hopes of gaining ( s ) See the note on ver . 84 . of the third Eclogue . ( t ) Appian , de Bell . Civ . lib . 3 . them . Year of them . As foon as the fiege ...
Page xlv
... thought polite , in comparison with thofe of Theocritus . He has alfo introduced the defcription of two cups , like that famous one in the upris : but the Greek poet's de- scription is long , even to tedioufnefs ; whereas those of ...
... thought polite , in comparison with thofe of Theocritus . He has alfo introduced the defcription of two cups , like that famous one in the upris : but the Greek poet's de- scription is long , even to tedioufnefs ; whereas those of ...
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