282 Mr. Combe's Ob/ervations on a

Cm thalamum mar It ale m nemo, nemo hymenteum cecinit, Nequefacem accendit nuptialem, fedfufpiriis Et multis lachrymis hue me ferebant> Ubi decet manere quodfuperejl temporis. Tu potius, deplorata, Viator, mea forte, I ubi vis, et qutecunque veils obtine. The particles Mev ovv frequently appear in the firft fentence of fuch writings, in which, without any prefatory matter, the fubjecT: is immediately entered upon ; but, in the prefent inftance, they have a further ufe, as they indicate an expreffion of regret, and are uttered by the fpeaker with emotions of tendernefs and concern. The word ergo is ufed by Horace in a fenfe fimilar to that in which I conceive pev ovv to be ufed here. [a] Ergo Quin&ilium perpetuus fopor Urget. CARM. Lib. I. 24, 5. Of the word ergo there is a beautiful inftance of the fame mean- ing alfo in Virgil, Infelix Dido ! verus mihi nuntius ergo Venerat. J&N. VI. 456. There can be no doubt of the iignification of a,upo$ in the fecond line, as it is fufficiently explained by IMOITI -srXya-Ks e^ which im- mediately follow. Indeed the whole tenor of the infcription tends [a] Videntur hsec verba per indignationem ex abrupto pronunciari, fie enim folent in claram vocem fubinde erumpere lamentarique, qui interne fecum vehementique do- lore anguntur ; qualiter fingit hie affici Virgilium, taciteque de morte Quindlilii cum Diis expoftulare. Cruquii Comment, in Hor. drm. Lib. i. 24, 5. to