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... seen such excellent pieces by a modern hand . Such a saying would have been impertinent and unworthy Boileau , whose dispute with Perrault turned chiefly upon some passages in the ancients , which he rescued from the mis ...
... seen such excellent pieces by a modern hand . Such a saying would have been impertinent and unworthy Boileau , whose dispute with Perrault turned chiefly upon some passages in the ancients , which he rescued from the mis ...
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... seen thee pressing on the foe , When Europe was concern'd in ev'ry blow ; But durst not in heroick strains rejoice ; The trumpets , drums , and cannons drown'd her voice : She saw the Boyn run thick with human gore , And floating corps ...
... seen thee pressing on the foe , When Europe was concern'd in ev'ry blow ; But durst not in heroick strains rejoice ; The trumpets , drums , and cannons drown'd her voice : She saw the Boyn run thick with human gore , And floating corps ...
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... seen , Their colour changes , and their looks are thin ; Their funeral rites are form'd , and ev'ry bee With grief attends the sad solemnity ; The few diseas'd survivors hang before Their sickly cells , and droop about the door , Or ...
... seen , Their colour changes , and their looks are thin ; Their funeral rites are form'd , and ev'ry bee With grief attends the sad solemnity ; The few diseas'd survivors hang before Their sickly cells , and droop about the door , Or ...
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... seen A wond'rous swarm , that o'er the carcass crawls , Of shapeless , rude , unfinish'd animals . No legs at first the insect's weight sustain , At length it moves its new - made limbs with pain ; Now strikes the air with quiv'ring ...
... seen A wond'rous swarm , that o'er the carcass crawls , Of shapeless , rude , unfinish'd animals . No legs at first the insect's weight sustain , At length it moves its new - made limbs with pain ; Now strikes the air with quiv'ring ...
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... seen great Nassau on the British throne ! How had his triumphs glitter'd in thy page , And warm'd thee to a more exalted rage ! What scenes of death and horror had we view'd , And how had Boyne's wide current reek'd in blood ! Or , if ...
... seen great Nassau on the British throne ! How had his triumphs glitter'd in thy page , And warm'd thee to a more exalted rage ! What scenes of death and horror had we view'd , And how had Boyne's wide current reek'd in blood ! Or , if ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Addison ancient Antoninus Pius appear arms atque beauty behold breast Cæsar Cato Cato's charms Claudian Commodus CREECH death DECIUS DRYDEN emperor ev'ry eyes fancy fate father fear figure fire flame friends Georgic give goddess gods grace GRIDELINE grief hand head heart heaven Hesiod honour inscription Jove JUBA Julius Cæsar kind king look LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA Marcus mighty modern medals muse nature numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er old coins omne Ovid passion Pentheus Pharsalia poem poetry PORTIUS prince quæ QUEEN rage rise Roman Roman senate Rome ROSAMOND round S. C. Reverse says Cynthio says Eugenius says Philander SCENE SEMPRONIUS senate shine sight Silius Italicus SIR TRUSTY soul stand sword SYPHAX tears tell thee thou thought tibi Trajan turn verse view'd VIRG Virgil virtue Whilst whole winds words youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 211 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Seite 43 - Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train; Eas'd of her load, subjection grows more light, And poverty looks cheerful in thy sight: Thou mak'st the gloomy face of nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure to the day.
Seite 221 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But well do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Seite 45 - I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain.
Seite 183 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Seite 287 - ... there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when ! or where ! — This world was made for Caesar.
Seite 109 - The man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours, and tumultuous cries : The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Seite 246 - The gods, in bounty, work up storms about us, That give mankind occasion to exert Their hidden strength, and throw out into practice Virtues, which shun the day, and lie conceal'd In the smooth seasons and the calms of life.
Seite 227 - Syphax your zeal becomes importunate ; I've hitherto permitted it to rave, And talk at large ; but learn to keep it in, Lest it should take more freedom than I'll give it.
Seite 287 - Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man, Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it.