The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 38Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... my royal fire disclose A dreadful ftory , big with future woes ; How mov'd with wrath , that careless we convey Promifcuous every guest to every bay , 190 195 200 Stern V Stern Neptune rag'd ; and how by his command ODYSSEY , BOOK XIII .
... my royal fire disclose A dreadful ftory , big with future woes ; How mov'd with wrath , that careless we convey Promifcuous every guest to every bay , 190 195 200 Stern V Stern Neptune rag'd ; and how by his command ODYSSEY , BOOK XIII .
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... dreadful hill , 210 215 The monarch fpoke : they trembled and obey'd , Forth on the fands the victim oxen led : ` The gather'd tribes before the altars ftand , And chiefs and rulers , a majestic band . The King of Ocean all the tribes ...
... dreadful hill , 210 215 The monarch fpoke : they trembled and obey'd , Forth on the fands the victim oxen led : ` The gather'd tribes before the altars ftand , And chiefs and rulers , a majestic band . The King of Ocean all the tribes ...
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... dreadful day of fight Know , I am with thee , ftrong in all my might . If thou but equal to thyself be found , What gasping numbers then shall prefs the ground ! What human victims stain the feastful floor ! How wide the pavements float ...
... dreadful day of fight Know , I am with thee , ftrong in all my might . If thou but equal to thyself be found , What gasping numbers then shall prefs the ground ! What human victims stain the feastful floor ! How wide the pavements float ...
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... dreadful fight we move , By mighty Pallas , and by thundering Jove . Sufficient they ( Telemachus rejoin'd ) Against the banded powers of all mankind : They , high enthron'd above the rolling clouds ; Wither the ftrength of man , and ...
... dreadful fight we move , By mighty Pallas , and by thundering Jove . Sufficient they ( Telemachus rejoin'd ) Against the banded powers of all mankind : They , high enthron'd above the rolling clouds ; Wither the ftrength of man , and ...
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... dreadful story she defcends : Her hafty steps a damfel - train attends . Full where the dome its shining valves expands , Sudden before the rival powers she stands : And , veiling decent with a modest shade Her cheek , indignant to ...
... dreadful story she defcends : Her hafty steps a damfel - train attends . Full where the dome its shining valves expands , Sudden before the rival powers she stands : And , veiling decent with a modest shade Her cheek , indignant to ...
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againſt Alcinous Amphinomus Antinous arms Atrides breaſt caft cauſe coaft cries cry'd death defcends divine dome dreadful Dulichium Eumæus Euryclea Eurymachus Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid faithful fame fate feaſt fecret fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide fince fire firſt flain fleep foft fome forrow foul fpeaks ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fuitors fure fwain Gods gueſt hafte hand hear heart Heaven hero himſelf Homer Iliad inftant Jove king Laertes laſt loft lord Medon Melanthius muſt native o'er obferves Odyffey Odyſſey outrageous band Pallas Phemius plac'd pleaſing praiſe prefent prince Pylos queen rage raiſe reft rejoin'd replies reſt rife royal ſaid ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſpeak ſpear ſpeed ſpoke ſpread ſtands ſtate ſtill ſtranger ſtyle tears Telemachus thee thefe Theoclymenus theſe thine thofe thoſe thou train tranſport Ulyffes vafe vengeance whofe whoſe woes wretch youth
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Страница 104 - This said, the honest herdsman strode before; The musing monarch pauses at the door: The dog, whom Fate had granted to behold His lord, when twenty tedious years had roll'd, Takes a last look, and having seen him, dies; So closed for ever faithful Argus...
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Страница 93 - Arm'd with his lance, the prince then pass'd the gate; Two dogs behind, a faithful guard, await; Pallas his form with grace divine improves : The gazing crowd admires him as he moves : Him, gathering round, the haughty suitors greet With semblance fair, but inward deep deceit.
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Страница 103 - He knew his lord ; he knew, and strove to meet ; In vain he strove to crawl and kiss his feet ; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.
Страница 255 - The question is, how far a poet, in pursuing the description or image of an action, can attach himself to little circumstances, without vulgarity or trifling? what particulars are proper, and enliven the image; or what are impertinent, and clog it? In this matter painting is to be consulted, and the whole regard had to those circumstances which contribute to form a full, and yet not a confused, idea of a thing.
Страница 264 - Monsieur de la Motte in that of our great Author ; or to any of those whom she styles blind censurers, and blames for condemning what they did not understand.
Страница 227 - And hung with rags that flutter'd in the air. Who could Ulysses in that form behold? Scorn'd by the young, forgotten by the old, Ill-used by all! to every wrong resign'd, Patient he suffer'd with a constant mind. 190 But when, arising in his wrath t...