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Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1118
INDEX/BCMSV/1118
1664
Part of the prologue to Dryden and Howard's play "The Indian Queen", in which
the natives of Mexico realise that the Spanish conquest has brought their
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1124
INDEX/BCMSV/1124
1697 (published)
Extracts from Dryden's poem on Alexander the Great's feast after his victory
over Persia, demonstrating the power of music to sway emotions before the time
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1375
INDEX/BCMSV/1375
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's first Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the shepherd
Tityrus relates his good fortune in being able to remain on his native land as
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1376
INDEX/BCMSV/1376
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's second Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the shepherd
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1377
INDEX/BCMSV/1377
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's third Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which Palaemon judges
that the shepherds Menalcas and Damaetas both deserve the prize after
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1378
INDEX/BCMSV/1378
1684 (published)
Translation of Virgil's fourth Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the poet
celebrates the birth of Salonius, son of the consul Pollio, as beginning a new
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1379
INDEX/BCMSV/1379
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's fifth Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the shepherds
Menalcas and Mopsus sing elegiac laments for the death of Daphnis, praising
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1380
INDEX/BCMSV/1380
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's sixth Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the satyr
Silenus sings of the creation of the world and subsequent events in classical
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1381
INDEX/BCMSV/1381
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's "Georgics", I, a treatise on agriculture and
weather-lore, requesting assistance for his enterprise from the gods and
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1382
INDEX/BCMSV/1382
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's "Georgics", II, a treatise on agriculture,
particularly horticulture, tree-planting and soils, including praise of Italy
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1383
INDEX/BCMSV/1383
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's "Georgics", III, largely a treatise on the breeding
and care of animals, particularly horses, cattle and sheep, including
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1395
INDEX/BCMSV/1395
1712 (published)
Epitaph on Margaret Paston, praising her virtues