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Page 54
... verse had permitted it , would have been unexceptionable . " Calumnia " is , I fear , the property of prose rather than of poetry . It occurs frequently in Cicero , and some- times as a forensic word ; but never in Virgil , nor , as I ...
... verse had permitted it , would have been unexceptionable . " Calumnia " is , I fear , the property of prose rather than of poetry . It occurs frequently in Cicero , and some- times as a forensic word ; but never in Virgil , nor , as I ...
Page 58
... verse 81 of this piece- And so attend ye on her glittering state , to prove that the word " state " was used by our old poets to ex- press that particular part of the royal apparatus , a canopy , ( in not one of which passages , by the ...
... verse 81 of this piece- And so attend ye on her glittering state , to prove that the word " state " was used by our old poets to ex- press that particular part of the royal apparatus , a canopy , ( in not one of which passages , by the ...
Page 79
... verse , Such as the meeting soul may pierce , In notes , with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed , and giddy cunning , The melting voice through mazes running , Untwisting all the chains that tie The ...
... verse , Such as the meeting soul may pierce , In notes , with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed , and giddy cunning , The melting voice through mazes running , Untwisting all the chains that tie The ...
Page 100
... verse : and for that opportunity we shall reserve any observations , which may be suggested to us by the subject . At present we will transcribe , and , according to our usual practice , trans- late the two Roman productions for the ...
... verse : and for that opportunity we shall reserve any observations , which may be suggested to us by the subject . At present we will transcribe , and , according to our usual practice , trans- late the two Roman productions for the ...
Page 107
... verse , or the justness and the originality of its thought . Generally known as it is , it shall be given to our readers , with an apology for the at- tempted translation of a pun . Ut mens , forma , decor , facies , mos , si pietas sic ...
... verse , or the justness and the originality of its thought . Generally known as it is , it shall be given to our readers , with an apology for the at- tempted translation of a pun . Ut mens , forma , decor , facies , mos , si pietas sic ...
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