The Works of Virgil in English Verse, Том 1R.J. Dodsley, 1763 |
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... Martyn thinks it might have been written in the Year of Rome 709 , when the Poet was in his twenty - fifth Year , which was a little while before Cæfar was affaffinated in the Year 710. Julius Cafar might have read this beautiful ...
... Martyn thinks it might have been written in the Year of Rome 709 , when the Poet was in his twenty - fifth Year , which was a little while before Cæfar was affaffinated in the Year 710. Julius Cafar might have read this beautiful ...
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... MARTYN .. 52. The fhrubs . ] The arbufta were large pieces of ground planted with elms or other trees , at the distance commonly of forty feet , to leave room for corn to grow between them , These trees were pruned in fuch a manner , as ...
... MARTYN .. 52. The fhrubs . ] The arbufta were large pieces of ground planted with elms or other trees , at the distance commonly of forty feet , to leave room for corn to grow between them , These trees were pruned in fuch a manner , as ...
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... Martyn has taken great pains to ex- plain the true names of the flowers here mentioned by Virgil , and from his skill in botany one may imagine he has juftly afcertained them . I follow him . 61. Chefnuts fweet . ] There are . ftill in ...
... Martyn has taken great pains to ex- plain the true names of the flowers here mentioned by Virgil , and from his skill in botany one may imagine he has juftly afcertained them . I follow him . 61. Chefnuts fweet . ] There are . ftill in ...
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... Martyn imagines that he was a friend of our poet , who was therefore willing to tranfmit his name to pofterity . By his name , he appears to have been a Greek . How highly the arts of painting and carving were esteemed in Greece ...
... Martyn imagines that he was a friend of our poet , who was therefore willing to tranfmit his name to pofterity . By his name , he appears to have been a Greek . How highly the arts of painting and carving were esteemed in Greece ...
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... to a fhepherd's under- ftanding . But Dr. Martyn propofes a new interpretation , and thinks the fhepherd may mean a celestial globe or sphere . O tell in what delightful region fprings The flow'r that 74 Ecl . 3 . THE ECLOGUES.
... to a fhepherd's under- ftanding . But Dr. Martyn propofes a new interpretation , and thinks the fhepherd may mean a celestial globe or sphere . O tell in what delightful region fprings The flow'r that 74 Ecl . 3 . THE ECLOGUES.
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