...battle. The Georgics are indisputably, and I believe undisputedly, even a finer poem than the Aneid. Virgil knew this ; he did not order them to be burnt....Irish peasant with a little whiskey in his head will imafine and invent more than would furnish forth a modern poem, f Lucretius had not been spoiled by...

...battle. The Georgics are indisputably, and, I believe, undisjnttedly, even a finer poem than the .Kni'kl. Virgil knew this : he did not order them to be burnt....the two commonest of qualities : an Irish peasant, witli a little whiskey in his head, will imagine and invent more than would furnish forth a modern...

...battle. The Georgics are nidi sputably, and, 1 believe, undisputedly, even a finer poem than tlie JEneid. Virgil knew this: he did not order them to be burnt. The proper study of mankind is man. Really this is very inconsequential, incongruous reasoning. Lord Byron talks of the ethical systems...

...doWn, that the Georgics are a finer poem than the JEneiA. We do not perceive the inference here. " If I was dull, it gave me little concern : if I was lively, I indulged my spirits. I wishe Does our author mean that this was Virgil's reason for liking his pastoral poetry better than his description...

...down, that the Georgics are a finer poem than the ^Eneid. We do not perceive the inference here. '• Virgil knew this : he did not order them to be burnt. The proper study of mankind is nwn." Does our author mean that this was Virgil's reason for liking his pastoral poetry better than...

...battle. The Georgics are indisputably, and, I believe, undispuledly even a finer poem than the I ni »l. Virgil knew this; he did not order them to be burnt. • The proper stujy of mankind is man.It is the fashion of the day to lay gi-eat stress upon what they call « imagination...

...battle. The Georgics are indisputably, and, I believe, undisputedly, even a finer poem than the /Kneid. Virgil knew this ; he did not order them to be burnt....fashion of the day to lay great stress upon what they ca1? "imagination" and "invention," the two commonest of qualities : an Irish peasant, with a little...

...•were walked for their description, and all the epics that ever were founded upon fields of battle. It is the fashion of the day to lay great stress upon...peasant, with a little whiskey in his head, will imagine more than will furnish forth a modern poem." We have an additional reason for giving attention to this...

...it down that the Georgics are a finer poem than the ^Eneid. We do not perceive the inference here, " Virgil knew this : he did not order them to be burnt. The proper study of mankind is man," Does our author mean that this was Virgil's reason for liking his pastoral poetry better than his description...

...it down that the Georgics are a finer poem than the /Eneid. We do not perceive the inference here. " Virgil knew this: he did not order them to be burnt. The proper study of mankind a man." Does our author mean that this was Virgil's reason for liking his pastoral poetry better than...