Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... those excellent talents , and un- blemished integrity , which have so powerfully recommended you to the moft gracious and amiable Monarch that ever filled a throne . May the frankness and generofity of your spirit continue to foften and ...
... those excellent talents , and un- blemished integrity , which have so powerfully recommended you to the moft gracious and amiable Monarch that ever filled a throne . May the frankness and generofity of your spirit continue to foften and ...
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... those , who are faid to come the nearest to exactness , are but too often fond of unnatural beauties , and aim at something better than perfection . If Mr. Addifon's example and precepts be the occa- fion , that there now begins to be a ...
... those , who are faid to come the nearest to exactness , are but too often fond of unnatural beauties , and aim at something better than perfection . If Mr. Addifon's example and precepts be the occa- fion , that there now begins to be a ...
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... those books had given him a very new idea of the English polite- ness , and that he did not question but there were excellent compofitions in the native language of a country , that poffeffed ད poffeffed the Roman genius in fo emi- nent ...
... those books had given him a very new idea of the English polite- ness , and that he did not question but there were excellent compofitions in the native language of a country , that poffeffed ད poffeffed the Roman genius in fo emi- nent ...
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... those intrigues and adventures , to which the Romantic tafte has con- fined modern tragedy ; and , after the example of his predeceffors in Greece , would have employed the drama to wear out of our minds every thing ' that is mean , or ...
... those intrigues and adventures , to which the Romantic tafte has con- fined modern tragedy ; and , after the example of his predeceffors in Greece , would have employed the drama to wear out of our minds every thing ' that is mean , or ...
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... those who do not poffefs the learned languages . The scheme for the treatife upon the Chriftian Religion was formed by the author , about the end of the late Queen's reign ; at which time he carefully perused the ancient writings ...
... those who do not poffefs the learned languages . The scheme for the treatife upon the Chriftian Religion was formed by the author , about the end of the late Queen's reign ; at which time he carefully perused the ancient writings ...
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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 xxx - Proud names, who once the reins of empire held ; In arms who triumph'd, or in arts excell'd ; Chiefs, grac'd with scars, and prodigal of blood; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints who taught, and led, the way to Heaven...
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...
Страница 87 - That proudly set thee on a fancy'd throne, And made imaginary realms thy own ! Thy troops, that now behind the Danube join, .Shall...
Страница 304 - ... to a bee than to an inanimate plant. He who reads over the...
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