The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1917 - 505 Seiten |
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... Virgil continued through life his favourite Latin poet ; and at twelve he had composed a play founded on the Iliad . At Twyford he had prepared himself for this effort by the study of Ogilby's Homer , followed by that of Sandys ' Ovid ...
... Virgil continued through life his favourite Latin poet ; and at twelve he had composed a play founded on the Iliad . At Twyford he had prepared himself for this effort by the study of Ogilby's Homer , followed by that of Sandys ' Ovid ...
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... Virgil , Ovid and Claudian and Statius - was left uncompleted and ultimately perished in the flames , to which this juvenile magnum opus seems to have been sentenced by the author himself , and not , as has been stated , by Bishop ...
... Virgil , Ovid and Claudian and Statius - was left uncompleted and ultimately perished in the flames , to which this juvenile magnum opus seems to have been sentenced by the author himself , and not , as has been stated , by Bishop ...
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... Virgil , ( the only undisputed authors of Pastoral ) that the Criticks have drawn the foregoing notions concerning it . Theocritus excels all others in Nature and simplicity . The subjects of his Idyllia are purely pastoral ; but he is ...
... Virgil , ( the only undisputed authors of Pastoral ) that the Criticks have drawn the foregoing notions concerning it . Theocritus excels all others in Nature and simplicity . The subjects of his Idyllia are purely pastoral ; but he is ...
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... Virgil ' . Not but that he may be thought imperfect in some few points . His Eclogues are somewhat too long , if we compare them with the ancients . He is sometimes too allegorical , and treats of matters of religion in a pastoral style ...
... Virgil ' . Not but that he may be thought imperfect in some few points . His Eclogues are somewhat too long , if we compare them with the ancients . He is sometimes too allegorical , and treats of matters of religion in a pastoral style ...
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... Virgil , calls the best critic of his age ) . " The au- thor ( says he ) seems to have a particular genius for this kind of poetry , and a judgment that much exceeds his years . He has taken very freely from the ancients . But what he ...
... Virgil , calls the best critic of his age ) . " The au- thor ( says he ) seems to have a particular genius for this kind of poetry , and a judgment that much exceeds his years . He has taken very freely from the ancients . But what he ...
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