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167.<br />

In hopes to reconcile their<br />

heav'nly foe:<br />

<strong>The</strong>y weep; they beat<br />

their breasts; they rend<br />

their hair,<br />

And rich embroider'd<br />

vests for presents bear."<br />

Dryden's Virgil, i. 670<br />

<strong>The</strong> manner in which this episode<br />

is introduced, is well illustrated<br />

by the following remarks<br />

<strong>of</strong> Mure, vol. i. p.298: "<strong>The</strong><br />

poet's method <strong>of</strong> introducing<br />

his episode, also, illustrates in<br />

a curious manner his tact in the<br />

dramatic department <strong>of</strong> his art.<br />

Where, for example, one or<br />

more heroes are despatched on<br />

some commission, to be executed<br />

at a certain distance <strong>of</strong><br />

time or place, the fulfilment <strong>of</strong>

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