 European law-givers; but better known under the character of poet: for the first laws being written in measure, to allure men to learn them, and, when learnt, to retain them, the fable would have it, that by the force of harmony, Orpheus softened the...  The Works of Virgil in English Verse - Sayfa 52Virgil, Christopher Pitt, Joseph Warton tarafından - 1763Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Boston professor - 1850 - 420 sayfa
...lawgivers; but better known under the character of a poet ; for the first laws being written in measure, to allure men to learn them, and, when learnt, to...would have it, that by the force of harmony, Orpheus softened the savage inhabitants of Thrace. Orpheus is mentioned by Pindar in his fourth Pythic. The... | |
 | John Fellows - 1860 - 376 sayfa
...lawgivers, but better known under the character of poet: for the first laws being written in measure, to allure men to learn them, and when learnt to retain...would have it that, by the force of harmony, Orpheus softened the savage inhabitants of Thrace. But he has the first place because he was not only a legislator... | |
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