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... the present translator , a fair object , for such a chivalrous enterprize . At least , the partial admiration and gratitude of one , who had had frequently perused , and always with en- creasing pleasure Translator's Preface, Page.
... the present translator , a fair object , for such a chivalrous enterprize . At least , the partial admiration and gratitude of one , who had had frequently perused , and always with en- creasing pleasure Translator's Preface, Page.
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... fair hear- ing , and full deliberation , have treated the Rhodian poet , in a manner , that seems to jus- tify the coldness and neglect , which he has now experienced from succeeding ages . But may not these respectable and amiable ...
... fair hear- ing , and full deliberation , have treated the Rhodian poet , in a manner , that seems to jus- tify the coldness and neglect , which he has now experienced from succeeding ages . But may not these respectable and amiable ...
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... fair , to apprize the reader , with respect to the translation , which I now , with much diffidence , offer to his hand ; that he will find it , in general , rather paraphrastic than strict ; in many places , more redundant than I could ...
... fair , to apprize the reader , with respect to the translation , which I now , with much diffidence , offer to his hand ; that he will find it , in general , rather paraphrastic than strict ; in many places , more redundant than I could ...
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... fair daughter of Menatius bore ; Their brother shares their journey to the shore , Ethalides , whom a Thessalian dame , The beauteous offspring of a stealthy flame , Bore to the winged messenger of Jove , Amphrysus ' banks were witness ...
... fair daughter of Menatius bore ; Their brother shares their journey to the shore , Ethalides , whom a Thessalian dame , The beauteous offspring of a stealthy flame , Bore to the winged messenger of Jove , Amphrysus ' banks were witness ...
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... fair from Tityos claim'd her birth , From Tityos doom'd to pangs in depths of earth , This beauteous offspring she to Neptune gave , Endow'd with swiftness from the kindred wave , O'er rapid waters , o'er the hoary deep Swift , swift as ...
... fair from Tityos claim'd her birth , From Tityos doom'd to pangs in depths of earth , This beauteous offspring she to Neptune gave , Endow'd with swiftness from the kindred wave , O'er rapid waters , o'er the hoary deep Swift , swift as ...
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Absyrtus addrest Alcides Alcimede Alcinous Apollonius Apollonius Rhodius appear'd Argonauts arms band bear beauteous beneath billows bold bore bosom breast call'd Chalciope charms chief Colchian course croud deep dire display'd divine Eetes Euphemus Ev'n eyes fair falchion fane fate father's fear fill'd flame fleece gallant gallant band Goddess Grecian Greek grief hallow'd hand haste heart Heav'n heav'nly heroes Idmon impell'd Iolcus isle Jason Jove Juno labours land Lemnos light loud lov'd maid Mariandyni Medea mighty mind Minya Mopsus mortal native night nymphs o'er oars Orchomenus past Peleus Pelias Phebus Phineus Phryxus pious plac'd plain poem possest pow'r pray'r prest propitious pursue race rage reach'd rites rocks roll'd round sacred sails shade ship shore sire soil sought soul sound spread stood stranger stranger band swelling thee thine thou thought Thrace thro throng Tiphys toil tow'rs train vessel vex'd virgin wand'rings wave winds wretched youth
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Seite 50 - ... heav'nly mind Might yield to calm the wave and chain the wind, With lips devout and suppliant action prays, And pours libations o'er the sacred blaze. Orpheus commands, the youths in arms advance, And tread the measures of the warlike dance ; With swords they clash their shields, and all around Through the vex'd air the dismal clangors sound. That ancient custom still the nations keep, When kings are borne within the tomb to sleep. In Rhea's worship still the Phrygian crowd, The goddess soothe...
Seite 233 - There shifting sands the lab'ring bark embay ; Thence never crew pursued the homeward way. A hideous tract the slimy marshes spread : The putrid waves are motionless and dead : A treacherous depth of seeming land is seen, Devouring water, cloth'd in fraudful greon. Along the brine a spume corrupted lies, And pestilential vapors load the skies. . . Inhospitably rise the sandy heaps. No bird has dwelling there, no thing that creeps.
Seite 147 - ... ceased to mourn Her darling infants closed within their urn. The busy hum of crowded streets was still ; And still the watchdog's larum loud and shrill. The queen of darkness trod her awful round, Her ears untroubled by a vagrant sound. Medea's couch refused the soft control, For love and Jason agonized her soul. The bulls that breathe intolerable fire, Forebodings mortal to her love inspire ; The plain of Mars in dismal prospect lies, In fancy there the youthful hero dies. Distracting thought...
Seite 143 - Her tears fall lonely on the' enamour'd breast; When fates relentless the dear youth remove; Untried the joys, the tender thefts of love; From every tongue, that might impart relief, She dreads a censure on her amorous grief; In avarice of anguish hoards her care, And eyes the widow'd couch in mute despair; Thus mourn'd Medea; thus the cause suppress'd, That bathed her eyes and heaved her throbbing breast. ***** Now Night o'er earth her ample veil display'd; And sailors, from the deep, the stars...
Seite 189 - Egypt, it was impossible not to be struck with its unique position in the religious history of the world. From the earliest times, down through that long series of ages in which a divine revelation was being given to the world through the...
Seite xxviii - The Loves of Medea and Jason," a poem, in three books, translated from the Greek of Apollonius Rhodius Argonauticus.
Seite xxxiv - ... volume, or to a separate volume. This practice is now so generally established, that it would appear an ungracious affectation of singularity, were I to contend for a disposition generally exploded. With the exception of a very few short ones, I have, therefore, consigned the notes to a separate station, according to the received form of book-making. Such is the outline of the present work. A consideration which disposed the author to employ himself in the present translation may also induce...
Seite 49 - The stock uprooted from its parent soil A shape and polish takes from Argus' toil; An image of the goddess, form'd with skill, They place it high upon a craggy hill, O'erarching broad where stately beeches grow, That deeply shoot their twisted roots below. Stones rudely heap'd an hasty altar made ; With dusky leaves of oak...
Seite xxix - Fabr. Thesau. a Harl.) Such are the marks of attention which Apollonius has hitherto received from the literary world. I shall not presume to say, how the English translators of Apollonius, who have gone before me, have succeeded in their task. It would ill become me to speak in degrading terms of those gentlemen, whose taste led them to precede me, in the meritorious province of endeavouring to do justice to this delightful and too much neglected writer. Their performances are before the public,...
Seite xli - ... vi suscitat, ruit prolapsa, pelagus respergit reflat ; ita dum interruptum credas nimbum volvier, dum quod sublime ventis expulsum rapi saxum aut procellis, vel globosos turbines existere ictos undis concursantibus, nisi quas...