79 This truly military sentiment has been echoed by the
approving
voice
of many a general and statesman of antiquity.
of many a general and statesman of antiquity.
Iliad - Pope
437, was so scandalized at this deception of
Jupiter's, and at his other attacks on the character of the gods,
that he would fain sentence him to an honourable banishment. (See
Minucius Felix, Section 22. ) Coleridge, Introd. p. 154, well
observes, that the supreme father of gods and men had a full right
to employ a lying spirit to work out his ultimate will. Compare
"Paradise Lost," v. 646:
"And roseate dews disposed
All but the unsleeping eyes of God to rest. "
77 --_Dream_ ought to be spelt with a capital letter, being, I think,
evidently personified as the god of dreams. See Anthon and others.
"When, by Minerva sent, a _fraudful_ Dream
Rush'd from the skies, the bane of her and Troy. "
Dyce's "Select Translations from Quintus Calaber," p. 10.
78 "Sleep'st thou, companion dear, what sleep can close
Thy eye-lids? "
--"Paradise Lost," v. 673.
79 This truly military sentiment has been echoed by the approving voice
of many a general and statesman of antiquity. See Pliny's Panegyric
on Trajan. Silius neatly translates it,
"Turpe duci totam somno consumere noctem. "
80 --_The same in habit, &c. _
"To whom once more the winged god appears;
His former youthful mien and shape he wears. "
Dryden's Virgil, iv. 803.
81 "As bees in spring-time, when
The sun with Taurus rides,
Pour forth their populous youth about the hive
In clusters; they among fresh dews and flowers
Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank,
The suburb of this straw-built citadel,
New-nibb'd with balm, expatiate and confer
Their state affairs. So thick the very crowd
Swarm'd and were straiten'd. "--"Paradise Lost" i. 768.
82 It was the herald's duty to make the people sit down. "A _standing_
agora is a symptom of manifest terror (II. Xviii. 246) an evening
agora, to which men came elevated by wine, is also the forerunner of
mischief ('Odyssey,' iii. 138).
Jupiter's, and at his other attacks on the character of the gods,
that he would fain sentence him to an honourable banishment. (See
Minucius Felix, Section 22. ) Coleridge, Introd. p. 154, well
observes, that the supreme father of gods and men had a full right
to employ a lying spirit to work out his ultimate will. Compare
"Paradise Lost," v. 646:
"And roseate dews disposed
All but the unsleeping eyes of God to rest. "
77 --_Dream_ ought to be spelt with a capital letter, being, I think,
evidently personified as the god of dreams. See Anthon and others.
"When, by Minerva sent, a _fraudful_ Dream
Rush'd from the skies, the bane of her and Troy. "
Dyce's "Select Translations from Quintus Calaber," p. 10.
78 "Sleep'st thou, companion dear, what sleep can close
Thy eye-lids? "
--"Paradise Lost," v. 673.
79 This truly military sentiment has been echoed by the approving voice
of many a general and statesman of antiquity. See Pliny's Panegyric
on Trajan. Silius neatly translates it,
"Turpe duci totam somno consumere noctem. "
80 --_The same in habit, &c. _
"To whom once more the winged god appears;
His former youthful mien and shape he wears. "
Dryden's Virgil, iv. 803.
81 "As bees in spring-time, when
The sun with Taurus rides,
Pour forth their populous youth about the hive
In clusters; they among fresh dews and flowers
Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank,
The suburb of this straw-built citadel,
New-nibb'd with balm, expatiate and confer
Their state affairs. So thick the very crowd
Swarm'd and were straiten'd. "--"Paradise Lost" i. 768.
82 It was the herald's duty to make the people sit down. "A _standing_
agora is a symptom of manifest terror (II. Xviii. 246) an evening
agora, to which men came elevated by wine, is also the forerunner of
mischief ('Odyssey,' iii. 138).
