The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Band 301790 |
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... description murmur ftill . Sometimes to gentle Tiber I retire , And the fam'd river's empty fhores admire , That deftitute of ftrength derives its courfe From thrifty urns and an unfruitful source ; Yet fung so often in poetic lays ...
... description murmur ftill . Sometimes to gentle Tiber I retire , And the fam'd river's empty fhores admire , That deftitute of ftrength derives its courfe From thrifty urns and an unfruitful source ; Yet fung so often in poetic lays ...
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... description at the end , which very well represents what the painters call a groupe . " -Circum caput omne micantes " Depofuit radios ; propiufque accedere juffit . ” P. 110. 1. 27. And flung the blaze , & c . ] It gives us a great ...
... description at the end , which very well represents what the painters call a groupe . " -Circum caput omne micantes " Depofuit radios ; propiufque accedere juffit . ” P. 110. 1. 27. And flung the blaze , & c . ] It gives us a great ...
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English poets. more fimple and unadorned , than his description of Enceladus in the fixth book ? " Nititur ille quidem , pugnatque refurgere fæpe , " Dextra fed Aufonio manus eft fubjecta Peloro , " Læva , Pachyne , tibi , Lilibæo crura ...
English poets. more fimple and unadorned , than his description of Enceladus in the fixth book ? " Nititur ille quidem , pugnatque refurgere fæpe , " Dextra fed Aufonio manus eft fubjecta Peloro , " Læva , Pachyne , tibi , Lilibæo crura ...
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... description . Suntque oculis tenebræ per tantum lumen " oborta . " Ibid . 1. 20. Then the seven stars , & c . ] I won- der none of Ovid's commentators have taken no- tice of the overfight he has committed in this verfe , where he makes ...
... description . Suntque oculis tenebræ per tantum lumen " oborta . " Ibid . 1. 20. Then the seven stars , & c . ] I won- der none of Ovid's commentators have taken no- tice of the overfight he has committed in this verfe , where he makes ...
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... to describe the picture of any place or action , which they gene- rally do better than they could the place or action itfelf ; because in the description of a picture you 190 NOTES ON THE TRANSLATIONS On Europa's Rape.
... to describe the picture of any place or action , which they gene- rally do better than they could the place or action itfelf ; because in the description of a picture you 190 NOTES ON THE TRANSLATIONS On Europa's Rape.
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ÆNEID æther againſt amidſt arms atque behold blood bluſhes breaſt Britiſh Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe death DECIUS deſcribed deſcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fhall fhining fide fight fire firft firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftorms ftreams ftrength fubject fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf Jove JUBA laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet PORTIUS praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife riſe Roman Rome ſcenes ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſuch SYPHAX tears thee theſe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder toils verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue Whilft winds wiſh youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 232 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Seite 338 - ... 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 — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Seite 236 - Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around...
Seite 232 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Seite 337 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Seite 284 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Seite 259 - And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome" Our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of civil war, And close the scene of blood.
Seite 117 - Their stated course, and leave the beaten track. The youth was in a maze, nor did he know Which way to turn the reins, or where to go ; Nor wou'd the horses, had he known, obey.
Seite 233 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Seite 261 - Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search : Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends.