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Excerpt from Publii Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum Libri Quatuor: The Georgicks of Virgil, With an English Translation and Notes Those who have been accustomed to see the noble art of Husbandry committed to the management of the meanest people, may think the majestic style which Vir gil has used not well adapted to thesubject.' But the poet wrote for the delight and instruction of a people, whose dictators and consuls had been husbandmen; His expressions accordingly are every where so solemn, and every precept is deh'vered with such dignity, that we seem to be instructed by one of those ancient farmers, who had just enjoyed the honours Of a trlumph. Never was any poem finished with such exactness there being hardly a sentence that we could wish omit ted, or a word that could be changed, without injuring the propriety or delicacy of the expression. He never sinks into any thing low and mean; butby a just distri bution of Grecisms, antique phrases, figurative expres sions, and noble allusions, keeps up a true poetical spirit through the whole composition. But we cannot be sur prised at this extraordinary exactness, if we consider. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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