Quem dixere chaos: rudis indigestáque moles,
Nec quicquam nisi pondus iners.
Here are Mare, Tellus, Cœlum, 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.
Quid tibi odorato referam sudantia ligno.
Balsamaque, et Baccas——————————