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But I doubt if 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 ...
But I doubt if 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 ...
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The bitterest contempt for Virgil's powers , both in epic and in pastoral , came from Germany . ... and whatever devices he may borrow , Virgil is engaged in the unusual exercise of artistic creation : that he is making , from old ...
The bitterest contempt for Virgil's powers , both in epic and in pastoral , came from Germany . ... and whatever devices he may borrow , Virgil is engaged in the unusual exercise of artistic creation : that he is making , from old ...
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Virgil the prophet became Virgil the magician . Round his name grew a mass of fantastic tales , which , originating perhaps at Naples , spread all over Europe . They bulk largely in the Gesta Romanorum , the most widely popular of all ...
Virgil the prophet became Virgil the magician . Round his name grew a mass of fantastic tales , which , originating perhaps at Naples , spread all over Europe . They bulk largely in the Gesta Romanorum , the most widely popular of all ...
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ANNUAL REPORT 19301 | 7 |
VERGILS CREATIVE ARt Annual Lecture on Aspects of Art | 14 |
VIRGIL IN ITALIAN POETRY Annual Italian Lecture By Edmund | 28 |
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