The Works of the English Poets: AddisonH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... , Wrath in his look , and lightning in his hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his fire Amidst a thousand ships , and made all Greece retire . But But who can run the British triumphs o'er , And 14 POEMS . ADDISON'S.
... , Wrath in his look , and lightning in his hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his fire Amidst a thousand ships , and made all Greece retire . But But who can run the British triumphs o'er , And 14 POEMS . ADDISON'S.
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... land , And scatter'd bleffings with a wasteful hand ! But what avail her unexhaufted stores , Her blooming mountains , and her funny fhores , 3 With all the gifts that heaven and earth impart , With LETTER FROM ITALY . 43.
... land , And scatter'd bleffings with a wasteful hand ! But what avail her unexhaufted stores , Her blooming mountains , and her funny fhores , 3 With all the gifts that heaven and earth impart , With LETTER FROM ITALY . 43.
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... hand , fure pledge of amity , When , thus encourag'd , he began his tale . I'm one , fays he , of poor defcent , my name Is Achæmenides , my country Greece , Ulyffes ' fad compeer , who , whilst he fled . The raging Cyclops , left me ...
... hand , fure pledge of amity , When , thus encourag'd , he began his tale . I'm one , fays he , of poor defcent , my name Is Achæmenides , my country Greece , Ulyffes ' fad compeer , who , whilst he fled . The raging Cyclops , left me ...
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... hands ; Kingdoms and empires in thy fortune.join , And Europe's destiny depends on thine . At length the long - difputed pass they gain ,. By crowded armies fortify'd in vain ; The war breaks in , the fierce Bavarians yield , And fee ...
... hands ; Kingdoms and empires in thy fortune.join , And Europe's destiny depends on thine . At length the long - difputed pass they gain ,. By crowded armies fortify'd in vain ; The war breaks in , the fierce Bavarians yield , And fee ...
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... hand With fword and fire , and ravages the land , A thousand villages to athes turns , In crackling flames a thousand harvests burns . To the thick woods the woolly flocks retreat , And mixt with bellowing herds confus'dly bleat ; Their ...
... hand With fword and fire , and ravages the land , A thousand villages to athes turns , In crackling flames a thousand harvests burns . To the thick woods the woolly flocks retreat , And mixt with bellowing herds confus'dly bleat ; Their ...
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Aëre æther arms aſk atque behold beſt blood bluſhes breaſt bright Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe CYCNUS death DECIUS defcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fenate fhall fhining fight fire firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftory ftrength fubject fuccefs fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf itſelf Jove JUBA laft laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid Marcia Marcus mighty moſt muſt myſelf numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet Portius praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife rifu riſe Roman Rome SEMPRONIUS ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtreams Syphax tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder verfe verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue waſte Whilft youth САТО
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Страница 225 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Страница 329 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Страница 330 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Страница 45 - Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours pray'r.
Страница 153 - Who now appear'd but one continu'd wound. With dropping tears his bitter fate he moans, And fills the mountain with his dying groans. His servants with a piteous look he spies, And turns about his supplicating eyes.
Страница 35 - Through pathless fields, and unfrequented floods, To dens of dragons and enchanted woods. But now the mystic tale, that pleased of yore, Can charm an understanding age no more; The long-spun allegories fulsome grow, While the dull moral lies too plain below.
Страница 100 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Страница 210 - Virgil seems no where so well pleased, as when he is got among his Bees in the Fourth Georgic; and ennobles the actions of so trivial a creature, with metaphors drawn from the most important concerns of mankind. His verses...
Страница 249 - ... storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. While Cato gives his little senate laws...
Страница 278 - Rome will rejoice, and cast its eyes on Cato, As on the second of mankind. CATO. No more! I must not think of life on such conditions. DEC. Caesar is well acquainted with your virtues, And therefore sets this value on your life: Let him but know the price of Cato's friendship, And name your terms.