 | 1739 - 312 pages
...Tradition. The Poet took the matteri F 2 «f of Faft as they came down to him, and circumftanced them after his own manner, to make them appear the more natural, agreeable, or furprifing. I believe very many Readers have been fhocked at that ludicrous Prophefy^ which one of... | |
 | John Milton - Plagiarism - 1750 - 716 pages
...lory and tradition. The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him, and circumllanccd them after his own manner, to make them appear the more natural, agreeable or furprifing. I believe very many readers have been (hocked at that ludicrous prophecy which one of the... | |
 | John Milton - 1750 - 682 pages
...hirtory and tradition. The poet took the matters of fail as they came down to him, and circumllanccd them after his own manner, to make them appear the more natural, agreeable or furprifing. I believe very many readers have been mocked at that ludicrous prophecy which one of the... | |
 | English essays - 1753 - 332 pages
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 | William Dodd, Joseph Addison - 1762 - 264 pages
...Hiftory and Tradition. The Poet took the Matters of Fact as they came down to him, and circumftanced them after his own Manner, to make them appear the more natural, agreeable, or furprifing. I believe very many Readers have been fhocked at that ludicrous Prophecy, which one of... | |
 | Virgil - 1763 - 376 pages
...hiftory and tradition. The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him, and circumftanced them after his own manner, to make them appear the more natural, agreeable, or furprifing. I believe very many readers have been mocked at that ludicrous prophecy, which dne of the... | |
 | Virgil, Christopher Pitt, Joseph Warton - Latin poetry - 1763 - 372 pages
...hiftory and tradition. The poet took the matters of faft as they came down to him, and circumftanced them after his own manner, to make them appear the more natural, agreeable, or rarpnfing. I believe very many readers have been mocked at that ludicrous prophecy, whieh one of the... | |
 | Virgil - 1778 - 478 pages
...hiftory and tradition. The poet took the matters of faft as they came down to him, and circumftanced them after his own manner, to make them appear the more natural, agreeable, or furprifiug. I believe very many readers have been mocked at that ludicrous prophecy, which one of the... | |
 | 1786 - 670 pages
...hiilory and tradition. The poet took the matters of fan as they came down to him, and circumftanced them after his own manner, to make them appear the more natural, agreeable, or lurpriling. I believe very many readers have been fliocked at that ludicrous prophecy, which one of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 600 pages
...history and tradition. The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him, and circumstanced them after his own manner, to make them appear the more natural, agreeable, or surprising. 1 believe very many readers have been shocked at that ludicrous prophecy which one of the harpies pronounces... | |
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I believe very many readers have been shotted at that ludicrous prophecy, which one of the harpies pronounces to the Trojans in the third book; namely, that before they had built their intended city, they should be reduced by hunger to eat their very... 
