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... Virgil been so steadily trans- lated as in England . Yet the task , as all have found , is of heart - rending difficulty . ' What Virgil says of the Sybil's prophecies ' , groans Dryden , ' may be as properly applied to every word of ...
... Virgil been so steadily trans- lated as in England . Yet the task , as all have found , is of heart - rending difficulty . ' What Virgil says of the Sybil's prophecies ' , groans Dryden , ' may be as properly applied to every word of ...
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... Virgil would have despised them . He would have thought that their motive , if not their poetry , might save them . Virgil's splendid praise of Italy is in the minds of all their authors , and something of that patriot fervour , a love ...
... Virgil would have despised them . He would have thought that their motive , if not their poetry , might save them . Virgil's splendid praise of Italy is in the minds of all their authors , and something of that patriot fervour , a love ...
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... Virgil . It is Dante's emphatic repudiation of the legend of Virgil the magician . Dante would have found no hints for his Purgatorio in the passage , in the sixth book of the Aeneid , where Anchises speaks of spirits after death ...
... Virgil . It is Dante's emphatic repudiation of the legend of Virgil the magician . Dante would have found no hints for his Purgatorio in the passage , in the sixth book of the Aeneid , where Anchises speaks of spirits after death ...
Contents
VERGILS CREATIVE ART Annual Lecture on Aspects of Art | 14 |
VIRGIL IN ITALIAN POETRY Annual Italian Lecture By Edmund | 28 |
CARDINAL POLES MANUSCRIPTS By E Lobel Communicated | 97 |
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