STUDY XII. 41.5 



c< I will prefent yon with two filver cups of ex- 

 * c quifite workmanlhip, with curious figures in 

 " alto-relievo. They became my father's pro- 

 '-' perty at the capture of Arifba. To thefe I will 

 " add a pair of twin tripods ; two talents of matTy 

 ic gold ; and an ancient goblet, a token of afTec- 

 " tion from Queen Dido." 



He promifes to the two youthful friends, united 

 to each other in the tendered bonds, double pre- 

 fents, two cups, two tripods to ferve as (lands for 

 them, after the manner of the ancients, two ta- 

 lents of gold to replenifh them with wine, but 

 only one bowl from which they might drink to- 

 gether. And then, what a bowl! he boafts neither 

 of the materials of which it is compofed, nor of 

 the workmanfhip, as in the cafe of the other pre- 

 fents; he connects it with moral qualities infinitely 

 more interefting to the heart of friendlhip. It is 

 antique ; it was not the prize of violence, but the 

 gift of love. lulus, no doubt, received it as a 

 mark of affection from Dido, when Hie confidered 

 herfelf to be the wife of Mneas. 



In all the fcenes of paffîon, where the intention 

 is to produce ftrong emotions, the more that the 

 principal object is circumfenbed, the more ex- 

 tended is the intellectual fentiment refuking from 

 it. Several reafons might be affigned for this, the 



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