Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... whole labour of fuch a performance unworthy to be thrown away upon 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 ...
... whole labour of fuch a performance unworthy to be thrown away upon 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 ...
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... Whole heaps of death encompass'd you around , And steeds o'er - turn'd lay foaming on the ground ; So crown'd with laurels now , where - e'er you go , Around you blooming joys , and peaceful bleffings flow . A Tranflation of all ...
... Whole heaps of death encompass'd you around , And steeds o'er - turn'd lay foaming on the ground ; So crown'd with laurels now , where - e'er you go , Around you blooming joys , and peaceful bleffings flow . A Tranflation of all ...
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... whole , " To all the vast unbounded frame was given , " And ran thro ' earth , and air , and sea , and all the deep of heav'n ; " That this first kindled life in man and beast , " Life that again flows into this at last . " That no ...
... whole , " To all the vast unbounded frame was given , " And ran thro ' earth , and air , and sea , and all the deep of heav'n ; " That this first kindled life in man and beast , " Life that again flows into this at last . " That no ...
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... whole ftock fail , and none furvive To raise new people , and recruit the hive , I'll here the great experiment declare , That spread th ' Arcadian shepherd's name so far . D 3 How How bees from blood of slaughter'd bulls have fled ...
... whole ftock fail , and none furvive To raise new people , and recruit the hive , I'll here the great experiment declare , That spread th ' Arcadian shepherd's name so far . D 3 How How bees from blood of slaughter'd bulls have fled ...
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... whole creation in a chorus join . CHORUS . Confecrate the place and day , To mufic and Cecilia . Let no rough winds approach , nor dare Invade the hallow'd bounds , Nor rudely shake the tuneful air , Nor fpoil the fleeting founds . Nor ...
... whole creation in a chorus join . CHORUS . Confecrate the place and day , To mufic and Cecilia . Let no rough winds approach , nor dare Invade the hallow'd bounds , Nor rudely shake the tuneful air , Nor fpoil the fleeting founds . Nor ...
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