This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ... mus," where he fancies the Roman Lauras to be our Laurel; though undoubtedly the bay-tree, which is odoratum, and (I believe) still called Lauro, or Alloro, at Rome; and that the " Malum Medicum" in the Georgick is the orange;* though Theophrastus, whence Virgil borrowed it, or even Pliny, whom he ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ... mus," where he fancies the Roman Lauras to be our Laurel; though undoubtedly the bay-tree, which is odoratum, and (I believe) still called Lauro, or Alloro, at Rome; and that the " Malum Medicum" in the Georgick is the orange;* though Theophrastus, whence Virgil borrowed it, or even Pliny, whom he himself quotes, might convince him it is the cedrato which he has often tasted at Florence. Page 144 is an account of Domenichino's Cardinal Virtues, and a fling at the Jesuits, neither of which belong to them: The painting is in a church of the Barnabiti, dedicated to St. Carlo Borromeo, whose motto is Humilitas. Page 151, in a note, he says, the old Romans did not regard Fortune as a Deity; tho' Servius Tullius (whom she was said to be in love with; nay, there was actually an affair between them) founded her temple in Foro Boario. By the way, her worship was Greek, and this king was educated in the family of Tarquinius Priscus, whose father was a Corinthian; so it is easy to conceive how early the religion of Rome might be mixed with that of Greece, &c. &c. Dr. Middleton has sent me to-day a book on the Roman Senate, the substance of a dispute between Lord Hervey and him, though it never interrupted their friendship, he says, and I dare say not. * The laurel was imported into Europe by the botanist Clusius, about the year 1590, from Trebizord. The orange was certainly unknown to Virgil, having been brought from Ispahan at a much later period.--Dr. Whittaker, MS. note. XVIII. MR. GRAY TO MR. WALPOLE. Cambridge, March 1, 1747. As one ought to be particularly careful to avoid blunders in a compliment of condolence, it would be a sensible satisfaction to me (before I testify my sorrow, and the sincere part I take in your misfortune) to know...
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Add this copy of The Works of Gray, Volume 3... to cart. $54.87, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Nabu Press.
