 | René Rapin - 1706 - 550 pages
...confulted on this Matter, to employ them with Difcretion, as Virgil has done: who treating of Bees, in the fourth Book of his Georgicks, that he might...Terms, of a Court, of Legions, of Armies , of Combats, , pitcb'd Fields, Kings, Caf tains, Sculdhrs: and by this admirable Art,iorms a noble Image of the... | |
 | Elledge - History - 1999 - 418 pages
...bees in the fourth book of his Georgics, that he might heighten the meanness of his subject, speaks not of them but in metaphorical terms — of a court,...and by this admirable art forms a noble image of the lowest subject, for after all, they are still but flies. Finally, the poet must above all things know... | |
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... at by the boldness of a metaphor is dangerous, insomuch that it comes nigh to rashness, Aristotle must be consulted on this matter to employ them with discretion, as Virgil has done, who, treating of bees in the fourth book of his Georgics, that he... 