The Works of the English Poets: Dryden's VirgilH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... Trojan less appear Than Mars himself amidft the ftorms of war . Now his fierce eyes with double fury glow , And a new dread attends th ' impending blow : The Daunian chiefs their eager rage abate , And , though unwounded , feem to feel ...
... Trojan less appear Than Mars himself amidft the ftorms of war . Now his fierce eyes with double fury glow , And a new dread attends th ' impending blow : The Daunian chiefs their eager rage abate , And , though unwounded , feem to feel ...
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... Trojan fate . But when to ripen'd manhood he shall grow , 45 The greedy failor fhall the feas forego ; No keel shall cut the waves for foreign ware ; For every foil fhall every product bear . The labouring hind his oxen shall disjoin ...
... Trojan fate . But when to ripen'd manhood he shall grow , 45 The greedy failor fhall the feas forego ; No keel shall cut the waves for foreign ware ; For every foil fhall every product bear . The labouring hind his oxen shall disjoin ...
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... poem : honest in the poet : honourable to the emperor , whom he derives from a divine extraction ; and reflect- ing part of that honour on the Roman people , whom he derives alfo from the Trojans ; and not only Q2 he DEDICATION . 227.
... poem : honest in the poet : honourable to the emperor , whom he derives from a divine extraction ; and reflect- ing part of that honour on the Roman people , whom he derives alfo from the Trojans ; and not only Q2 he DEDICATION . 227.
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... Trojans , and Julius Cæfar from Iulus the son of Æneas , was enough for Virgil ; though perhaps he thought not fo ... Trojan ancestry , is fo undoubted a truth , that I need not prove it . Even the feals which we have re- maining of ...
... Trojans , and Julius Cæfar from Iulus the son of Æneas , was enough for Virgil ; though perhaps he thought not fo ... Trojan ancestry , is fo undoubted a truth , that I need not prove it . Even the feals which we have re- maining of ...
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... Trojan . Thus the hero of Homer was a Grecian , of Virgil a Roman , of Tasso an Italian . I have tranfgreffed my bounds , and gone farther than the moral leads me . But if your Lordship is not tired , I am fafe enough . Thus far , I ...
... Trojan . Thus the hero of Homer was a Grecian , of Virgil a Roman , of Tasso an Italian . I have tranfgreffed my bounds , and gone farther than the moral leads me . But if your Lordship is not tired , I am fafe enough . Thus far , I ...
Често срещани думи и фрази
Æneas Æneid Æneis againſt Amyntas arms Auguftus becauſe beſt betwixt Cæfar Carthage cauſe chearful courſe crown'd Daphnis defcended defign defire Dido earth Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fate fear feas fecret fecure feem fenfe fhade fhall fhepherd fhew fhore fide fight fing fire firft firſt flain flocks flood foes foil fome fong fpring ftreams fubject fuch fummer fure fwain fweet fword Georgic goddeſs gods Grecian ground heaven hero himſelf honour Ilioneus Jupiter labour laft laſt leaſt lefs Lordſhip mafter moſt Mufe muft muſt night numbers nymphs o'er obferved Ovid plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet praiſe prefent Priam promiſe purſue rage raiſe reafon reft reſt reſtrain rifing Segrais ſhall ſhe ſhould ſkies ſpace ſtand ſtate thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tranflation trees Trojan Troy Turnus Tyrian uſe verfe verſe vines Virgil whofe whoſe winds woods youth
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