 ... he fhould be mentioned among the other commanders ; in order to give him fome kind of heroic dignity, and, at the fame time, to adorn his verfe, he has named him thrice in three verfes, and in the fame place, viz. at the head of each verfe *, which...  Of the Origin and Progress of Language - Page 83by Lord James Burnett Monboddo - 1786 - 514 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Virgil - 1743 - 554 pages
...Atque Getz , atque Hebrus , atque Aftias Orithyia. Ipfe cavà folans acgrum teftudine amorem , 4^7 Te, dulcis conjux, te folo in littore fecum, Te veniente die , te decedente canebat. Tznarias etiam fauces , alta oftia Ditis , Et caligantem nigrâ formidine lucum Ingreflus... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1762 - 464 pages
...poor phrafe a thou&nd ways. \ For FEBRUARY, 1763. ' 399 How defpicable a figure does Virgil i'..,.t , Te dulcis conjux, te folo in littore fecum, • • , • Te veniente die, te decedente canebat, make, in competition with an Englifhman's fays hes, and fays 1's ? Nor can any deny the great... | |
 | Thomas Gibbons - English language - 1767 - 540 pages
...the world was overfpread with night f. Mr POPE has happily adopted this Figure for the •}• T«, dulcis conjux; te folo in littore fecum, Te veniente die, te decedente caneb.it. VIRGIL. Georgic, lib. ivi ver.,46j. ? the fame purpofe, in his charming ode <m Saint ? Cecitia's... | |
 | Virgil - Country life - 1770 - 370 pages
...tellus , Atque Get«B, atque Hebrus , atque Aûias Orithyia. Ipfe cavâ folans aegrum teftudine amorem , Te , dulcis conjux , te folo in littore fecum , Te , veniente die , te , decedente , canebat, T^N ARIAS etiam fauces , alta oftia Ditis, Et caligantem nigrâ formidine lucum ïngreffus... | |
 | Charles Rollin - Education - 1769 - 404 pages
...repeat the terms which reprefent it. Thus Virgil paints Orpheus's grief after the death of Eurydice : h TE, dulcis conjux ; TE folo in littore fecum, TE veniente die, TE decedente canebat. 1 Pliny the younger ufes the fame figures in bewailing the death of Virginius, who had been... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 390 pages
...bridt. TO THE MEMORY op THE SAME LADY. A MONODY. AD 1747. " Ipfe cava folans zgrum teftudine amorem, " Te dulcis conjux, te folo in littore fecum, " Te veniente die, te decedente canebat." AT length eftap'd from every human eye, From every duty, every care, Hat in my mournful thoughts... | |
 | Arthur Murphy - 1786 - 464 pages
...right. DESERT ISLAND, DRAMATIC POEM, IN THREE ACTS. Performed at the THE ATRE ROYAL IN DRURY-LANE. Te, dulcis conjux, te folo in littore fecum, Te veniente die, te decedente canebat. VOL. III. B b VIRG. PROLOGUE. Written and fpoken by Mr. GARRICK, In the Chara&er of a DRUNKEN... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 372 pages
...TO TO THE MEMORY OF THE SAME LADY. AMON o D YAD 1747. " Ipfe cava folans zgrum teftudine amorem, « Te dulcis conjux, te folo in littore fecum, *' Te veniente die, te tlecedente canebat." AT length efcap'd from every human eye, X~Y From every duty, even' care, That... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1809 - 442 pages
...which do fo much honour to Virgil, that great poet exprefles himfelf with the utmoft fimplicity ; as, Te, dulcis Conjux, te folo in littore fecum, Te veniente die, te decedente canebat. GEORG. IV. And . fo in that moving prayer of Evander, upon his parting with his foil Pallas... | |
 | James Burnett - 498 pages
...fame place, viz. at the head of each verfe *, which makes the figure aflume the name of l*»»»9>t* in Greek f« This is a common' figure in all languages,...great pathos, as in thefe fine lines of Virgil : Te, diilcis conjux, te folo in littore fecum, Te venientc die, te decedents caaebat. And I remember a.... | |
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