Antiquities explained : being a collection of figured gems, illustrated by similar descriptions taken from the classics (1737)
Ogle, George, 1704-1746, Bettenham, James, d. 1774, Du Bosc, Claude, 1684-1745? · London : Printed by James Bettenham, for Cl. Du Bosc ... · leaf 127
Derivation of Ahsug from alvdu; and the Authorsfiding with thofe that were of Opinion, that ^Eneas.never quitted Asia, or fettled in Italy; were this aproper Place to enter upon a Critical Difquiiition. Iwill only obferve, that Virgils Thinking this Pieceworthy his Imitation, is a Circumftance much… … XVI (43) XVI. Venus and Cupid. The Goddess of Beautvholds in her Hand the Torch of the God of Love. * The Attributes of the Little God, are no wherebetter explaiud than in the Twelfth Elegy of the Second Book ofPROPERTIUS. ^incunque ilkfuify Puerum qui pinxit Amor em ^ Nonne put as miras hunc…
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