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" 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 - Page 52
by Virgil, Christopher Pitt, Joseph Warton - 1763
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Works: In English Verse, Volume 3

Virgil - 1763 - 376 pages
...lawgivers ; but better known under the character of poet : for the firft laws being written in tneafure to allure men to learn them, and when learnt, to retain...Orpheus foftened the favage inhabitants of Thrace : " Thre'idus longa cum vefte Jacerdos Obloquitur numeris jeptem difcriimna vocum. But he has the firft...
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The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated: In Nine Books, Volume 1

William Warburton - Bible - 1766 - 476 pages
...thefe is Orpheus, the moil renowned of the European Lawgivers -, but better known under the character of Poet : for the firft laws being written in meafure,...fable would have it, that by the force of harmony, he foftened the favage inhabitants of Thrace : * ií ¡ тш» Eiíojírolcí eraMwr oí xcclà tri»...
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The Works of Virgil: In Latin & English. The Aeneid, Volume 3

Virgil - 1778 - 478 pages
...thefe is Orpheus, the moft renowned of the jiuropean lawgivers ; but better known under the cha;racter of poet : for the firft laws being written in meafure...Thrace; " Threicius longa cum vejle facer dos Obloquitur nurtieris feptem difcrimina voeum. But he has the firft place, becaufe he was not only a legiflator,...
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The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, Lord Bishop of Gloucester ...

William Warburton - Religion - 1788 - 492 pages
...thefe is Orpheus, the moil renowned of the Eun> pean Lawgivers ; but better known under the character of Poet ^ for the firft laws being written in meafure,...when learnt, to retain them, the fable would have it, * 'EufcJoToici •aaadn of Kola TII» 'ETAa&s Lyun-; *, \aa Tarut mfia^vrei^ o. rSt n*v3tOii-;*ii't-...
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The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord ..., Volume 2

William Warburton, Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 408 pages
...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 them, the fable would have it, that Aristidcs Panath. iyura, TI ytifMixoy ywerfifw orguTov EAcvcrm r5{ Arlntijt. Idem. Eleusiri. * \ L...
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The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton ...

William Warburton - 1811 - 408 pages
...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 them, the fable would have it, that oi xotli tnt EM.afa, uyunf xj fj.i i rat ncx.ttt6nta.ia>' li K j3aA£i, o ran '£.tevct/iui. Aristides...
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Miscellanea Virgiliana, in scriptis maxime eruditorum virorum varie dispersa ...

Philip Wentworth Buckham - 1825 - 332 pages
...legislators ; but better known under the character of Poet : for the irst laws being written in measure, to allure men to learn them, and when learnt, to retain them ; the fable would have it, that Orpheus softened the savages of Thrace by the force of harmony : " Thracius longa cum veste sacerdos...
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An Exposition of the Mysteries; Or, Religious Dogmas and Customs of the ...

John Fellows - Druids and druidism - 1835 - 430 pages
...lawgivers ; but better known under the character of poet: lor 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. The first place in these happy regions, is assigned to the...
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The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, Volume 1

William Warburton - Bible - 1837 - 720 pages
...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...fable would have it, that by the force of harmony, he softened the savage inhabitants of Thrace : ThreVciiH longa cum vestc sarerdos Obloquitur numcris...
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The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated: To which is Prefixed, a ..., Volume 1

William Warburton - Bible - 1846 - 540 pages
...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...fable would have it, that by the force of harmony, he softened the savage inhabitants of Thrace : " Tin1. • i •; 1 1 - longa cnm vesta sacerdos Obloqnitur...
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