Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... bruife , And sprinkle on their hives the fragrant juice . On brazen veffels beat a tinkling found , And flake the cymbals of the goddess round ; C 4 Then Then all will haftily retreat , and fill The warm POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 23.
... bruife , And sprinkle on their hives the fragrant juice . On brazen veffels beat a tinkling found , And flake the cymbals of the goddess round ; C 4 Then Then all will haftily retreat , and fill The warm POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 23.
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... goddess heav'nly bright , Profuse of bliss , and pregnant with delight ! Eternal pleasures in thy prefence reign , And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train ; Eas'd of her load fubjection grows more light , And poverty looks chearful in ...
... goddess heav'nly bright , Profuse of bliss , and pregnant with delight ! Eternal pleasures in thy prefence reign , And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train ; Eas'd of her load fubjection grows more light , And poverty looks chearful in ...
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... goddess , perjur'd Troy has felt The dire effects of her proud tyrant's guilt ; The tow'ring pile , and foft abodes , Wall'd by the hand of fervile gods , Now spreads its ruins all around , And lies inglorious on the ground . An umpire ...
... goddess , perjur'd Troy has felt The dire effects of her proud tyrant's guilt ; The tow'ring pile , and foft abodes , Wall'd by the hand of fervile gods , Now spreads its ruins all around , And lies inglorious on the ground . An umpire ...
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... goddess ran , As once the us'd , the foremost of the train . Her looks were flush'd , and fullen was her mien , That fure the virgin goddefs ( had she been Aught but a virgin ) muft the guilt have seen . " " Tis faid the nymphs faw all ...
... goddess ran , As once the us'd , the foremost of the train . Her looks were flush'd , and fullen was her mien , That fure the virgin goddefs ( had she been Aught but a virgin ) muft the guilt have seen . " " Tis faid the nymphs faw all ...
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... goddess prais'd : " And now no spies are near , " Let's ftrip , my gentle maids , and wash , fhe cries . Pleas'd with the motion , every maid complies ; Only the blushing huntress stood confus'd , And form'd delays , and her delays ...
... goddess prais'd : " And now no spies are near , " Let's ftrip , my gentle maids , and wash , fhe cries . Pleas'd with the motion , every maid complies ; Only the blushing huntress stood confus'd , And form'd delays , and her delays ...
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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