Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... seeing annotations upon an old Roman poem , gathered from the hills and valleys where it was written . The Tiber and the Po ferve to explain the verfes that were made upon their banks ; and the Alps and Apennines are made commentators ...
... seeing annotations upon an old Roman poem , gathered from the hills and valleys where it was written . The Tiber and the Po ferve to explain the verfes that were made upon their banks ; and the Alps and Apennines are made commentators ...
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... See mighty NASSAU through the battle ride , And fee thy fubjects gafping by his fide : Fain wou'd the pious Prince refuse th ' alarm , Fain wou'd he check the fury of his arm ; But when thy cruelties his thoughts engage , The hero ...
... See mighty NASSAU through the battle ride , And fee thy fubjects gafping by his fide : Fain wou'd the pious Prince refuse th ' alarm , Fain wou'd he check the fury of his arm ; But when thy cruelties his thoughts engage , The hero ...
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... See ! fee ! he upwards fprings , and tow'ring high Spurns the dull province of mortality , Shakes heav'n's eternal throne with dire alarms , And fets th ' Almighty thunderer in arms . What - e'er his pen defcribes I more than fee ...
... See ! fee ! he upwards fprings , and tow'ring high Spurns the dull province of mortality , Shakes heav'n's eternal throne with dire alarms , And fets th ' Almighty thunderer in arms . What - e'er his pen defcribes I more than fee ...
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... See how the golden groves around me smile , That fhun the coaft of Britain's stormy ifle , Or when transplanted and preserv'd with care , Curse the cold clime , and ftarve in northern air . Here kindly warmth their mounting juice ...
... See how the golden groves around me smile , That fhun the coaft of Britain's stormy ifle , Or when transplanted and preserv'd with care , Curse the cold clime , and ftarve in northern air . Here kindly warmth their mounting juice ...
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... crowded armies fortify'd in vain ; The war breaks in , the fierce Bavarians yield , . And see their camp with British legions fill'd . So So Belgian mounds bear on their shatter'd fides The fea's POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 89.
... crowded armies fortify'd in vain ; The war breaks in , the fierce Bavarians yield , . And see their camp with British legions fill'd . So So Belgian mounds bear on their shatter'd fides The fea's POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 89.
Често срещани думи и фрази
Æneid Aëre æther amidſt arms atque BAROMETRI bleft bluſhes breaſt bright Cadmus caft courfe courſe Cycnus defcription diftant eaſe ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fecret feven fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt fkies flain fome fong foul fpring ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fuci Gaul Georgic goddeſs Gods Gulfton heav'n herſelf himſelf itſelf Jove laft laſt loft maid mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt neighb'ring Nimbis numbers Nunc nymph o'er omne Ovid Ovid's paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure poem poet purſue Quæ rage raiſe reft rife rifu riſe round ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſmoke ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſteeds ſtill ſtood ſtory ſtreams thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thunder transform'd turba verfe verſe view'd Virgil Whilft whofe winds woods wou'd youth
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Страница xxxii - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Страница 65 - 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 87 - While to exalt thy doom, th' aspiring Gaul Shares thy destruction, and adorns thy fall. Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Temp'ring each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete. Long did he strive th...
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Страница 67 - I've already troubled you too long, Nor dare attempt a more advent'rous song. My humble verse demands a softer theme, A painted mea,dow, or a purling stream ; Unfit for heroes; whom immortal lays, And lines like Virgil's, or like yours, should praise.
Страница 63 - On foreign mountains may the Sun refine The grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine, With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : We envy not the warmer clime, that lies...
Страница 55 - I look for streams immortaliz'd in song. That lost in silence and oblivion lie, (Dumb are their fountains and their channels dry), Yet run for ever by the muse's skill, And in the smooth description murmur still.
Страница xl - How thy own laurel firft began to grow ; How wild Lycaon, chang'd by angry Gods, And frighted at himfelf, ran howling thro