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 180
incongruous with the Inconftancy of hisNature. * The Singularity of this Defign may be put in aclearer Light; If V/e confider the Allufion of Tibul-lus, in thefe Lines of the Sixth of his Firft Book ofElegies, where He warns his Rival. At tu qui potior mmc es, mea fiirta timeto. Verjatiir celeri… … XXVI ( 77 ) TiBULLus, it is allowd, but barely hints, that theChance of Lo ve, is as inftable, as the Chance of For-tune. Propertius will give Us a ftronger Proof.For in the Eighth Elegy of his Second Book, He di-redly attributes to Love the mutable Wheel, that isuniverfally given to Foutune.…
Gems, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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