| Virgil, Christopher Pitt, Joseph Warton - 1763 - 372 páginas
...the name of Orpheus, intitled, a defcent into bell, been now extant, it would, perhaps, have fhewn us that no more was meant than Orpheus's initiation...of the Auguftan age to exercife themfelves on the fubjcQ. of the myfteries, as appears from Cicero, who defires Atticus, then at Athens, and initiated,... | |
| Virgil - 1763 - 376 páginas
...the name of Orpheus, intitled, a defcent into bell, been now extant, it would, perhaps, have fhewn us that no more was meant than Orpheus's initiation ; and that the idea ©f this fixth book was taken from thence. But further, it was cuftomary for the poets of the Augujlan... | |
| Virgil - 1778 - 478 páginas
...extant, it Would, perhaps, have (hewn us that no more Was meant than • L. 1 1. prope finsm, Orpheus'j Orpheus's initiation ; and that the idea of this fixth...Auguftan age to exercife themfelves on the fubjeft of the myfteries, as appears from Cicero, who defires Atticus, then at Athens, and imtiated* to fend to Chilius,... | |
| William Warburton - 1788 - 492 páginas
...finem. fliewn (hewn that his defcent into bell was, like that of the reft, only a view of the Myjhries. The reafon is, his entrance was a violent intrufion....of the Auguftan age to exercife themfelves on the fubjecl: of the Myfteries, as appears from Cicero, who defires Atticus, then at Athens, and initiated,... | |
| William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 408 páginas
...the name of Orpheus, intitled, A DESCENT INTO HELL, been now extant, it would, probably, have shewn us, that no more was meant than Orpheus's initiation ; and that the idea of this sixth book was taken from thence. But further, it was customary for the poets of the Augustan age to... | |
| John Fellows - 1835 - 430 páginas
...the name of Orpheus, entitled, " A descent into hell," been now extant, it would, perhaps, have shown us, that no more was meant than Orpheus's initiation; and that the idea of this sixth book was taken from thence. But further, it was customary for the poets of the Augustan age to... | |
| William Warburton - 1837 - 720 páginas
...the name of Orpheus, intitled, A DESCENT INTO HELL, been now extant, it would, probably, have shown us, that no more was meant than Orpheus's initiation ; and that the idea of this sixth book was taken from thence. But further, it was customary for the poets of the Augustan age to... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 882 páginas
...critic :t " Had the old poem under the name of Orpheus been now extant, it would perhaps have shown us, that no more was meant than Orpheus's initiation ; and that the hint of this Sixth Book was taken from thence." As nothing now remains of that old poem, except the... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 páginas
...critic :J " Had the old poem under the name of Orpheus been now extant, it would perhaps have shown us, that no more was meant than Orpheus's initiation ; and that the hint of this Sixth Book was taken from thence." As nothing now remains of that old poem, except the... | |
| John Fellows - 1860 - 376 páginas
...the name of Orpheus, entitled, " A descent into hell," been now extant, it would, perhaps, have ehowu us, that no more was meant than Orpheus's initiation ; and that the idea of this sixth book was taken from thence. But further, it was customary for the poets of the Augustan age to... | |
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