ut molle_ siler, _lentaeque_ genistae,
Populus, & _glauca canentia fronde_ Salicta.
_Pars autem posito surgunt de semine: ut altae_
Castaneae; _nemorumq; Jovi quae maxima frondet_
Esculus, _atque habitae Graiis oracula_ quercus.

Here are _Siler_ and _Genistae_, _Populus_ and _Salicta_, _Castaneae_
and _Esculus_, and _Quercus_.

Again,

"Arma Virumque _cano, Trojae qui primus ab oris_
Italiam, _fato profugus_, Lavinaque _venit_
Litora. _Multum ille &_ terris _jactatus &_ alto,
_Vi_ Superum _saevae memorem_ Junonis _ob iram.
Multa quoq; & bello passus, dum conderet_ urbem,
_Inferretque_ Deos _Latio_: genus _unde Latinum
Albanique_ patres, _atque altae moenia Romae_.

These _two first Words_ of the _AEneid_ are an Example
of what I am taking notice of; and then we have in this Introduction
_Italiam_ and _Litora Lavina_, _Terris_ and _Alto_, _Superum_ and
_Junonis_, _Urbem_ and _Deos_, _Genus_ and _Patres_.

But the most beautiful Passage of this Nature is in the _Georgics_.
Here the thing to be done, and the Instrument with which it is to be
done, are varied alternately.

"_Quod nisi & assiduis_ terram _insectabere_ rastris,
_Et_ sonitu _terrebis_ aves, _& ruris opaci_
Falce _premes_ umbras, votisq; _vocaveris_ imbrem.

Terram _rastris_, sonitu _aves_, falce _umbras_, votis _imbrem_.

Upon which _La Cerda_ makes this Remark:

"_Placet_ Virgilius _semper, sed cur placeat saepe ignoratur. In
rebus quatuor recensendis numquam pluralem cum plurali, neque
singularem cum singulari, quod minus ad varietatem: sed semper cum
singulari pluralem. Unica terra multis rastris insectanda est, unica
pluvia multis votis petenda. Contra, multae aves terrendae unico
sonitu, multae umbrae unica falce compescendae._"

Now in _Ovid_ nothing of this Art is to be found.

"_Ante_ mare & tellus, _& (quod tegit omnia)_ coelum,
_Unus erat toto naturae_ vultus _in orbe,
Quem dixere_ chaos: _rudis indigestaque_ moles,
_Nec quicquam nisi_ pondus _iners_.

Here are _Mare_, _Tellus_, _Coelum_, _Vultus_, _Chaos_, _Moles_, and
_Pondus_, without any one word of the Plural Number amongst them.

V. The next Particular to be taken notice of, is _Virgil_'s uncommon
Use of the Particles _Et_ and _Que_.

"--_Multum ille_ et _terris jactatus_ et _alto_;
_Multa quoque_ et _bello passus_--
Et _premere_, et _laxas sciret dare jussus habenas_.

And more frequently in his most finish'd Piece