The Works of Virgil in English Verse, Tom 3R.J. Dodsley, 1763 |
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... first rank of human compofitions ; but this was too narrow a foundation for his enlarged ambition : He was not content that its fubject fhould be to inftru & t the world in MORALS , much lefs did he think of PHYSICS , though he was fond ...
... first rank of human compofitions ; but this was too narrow a foundation for his enlarged ambition : He was not content that its fubject fhould be to inftru & t the world in MORALS , much lefs did he think of PHYSICS , though he was fond ...
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... first part begins , " Ventum erat ad limen , cum virgo , pofcere fata Tempus ait . Deus , ecce , Deus And ends , " Ut primum ceffit furor , et rabida ora quierunt . Her fecond part begins at , -fate fanguine divum , Tros Anchifiade- and ...
... first part begins , " Ventum erat ad limen , cum virgo , pofcere fata Tempus ait . Deus , ecce , Deus And ends , " Ut primum ceffit furor , et rabida ora quierunt . Her fecond part begins at , -fate fanguine divum , Tros Anchifiade- and ...
Strona 18
... first inftruction the prieftefs gives Æneas ,, is to fearch for the golden bough , facred to Pro- ferpine , " Aureus & foliis & lento vimine ramus , Junoni infernæ facer . Servius can make nothing of this circumstance . He fuppofes it ...
... first inftruction the prieftefs gives Æneas ,, is to fearch for the golden bough , facred to Pro- ferpine , " Aureus & foliis & lento vimine ramus , Junoni infernæ facer . Servius can make nothing of this circumstance . He fuppofes it ...
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... first in these words : hero . " Vestibulum ante ipfum , primifque in faucibus orci , Luctus ultrices pofuere cubilia cure : Palientefque habitant morbi , triftifque fene & tus : Et metus , et male - fuada fames , et turpis egeftas ...
... first in these words : hero . " Vestibulum ante ipfum , primifque in faucibus orci , Luctus ultrices pofuere cubilia cure : Palientefque habitant morbi , triftifque fene & tus : Et metus , et male - fuada fames , et turpis egeftas ...
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... first apparition that occurs , is the dog Cerberus : " Hæc ingens latratu regna trifauci Perfonat , adverfo recubans immanis in Antro . This is plainly the phantom in the myfteries , which Pletho tells us , was in the fhape of a deg ...
... first apparition that occurs , is the dog Cerberus : " Hæc ingens latratu regna trifauci Perfonat , adverfo recubans immanis in Antro . This is plainly the phantom in the myfteries , which Pletho tells us , was in the fhape of a deg ...
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Æneas Æneid againſt ancient Apollonius Rhodius arms Auguftus beauteous becauſe Cæfar chief Chimæra circumftance courfers defcribed defcription defign Dido dire divine dreadful Evander fable facred faid fame fate Faunus fays fecond feems fhade fhall fhews fhield fhining fhore fhould fide fierce fight fire firft firſt flain flames flew flood folemn fome foul fpeaking ftands ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofe glorious gods golden bough hell hero himſelf hoft Homer honours Iliad initiated Jove juft Jupiter king laft laſt Latian Latium Livy Mezentius mighty moft moſt muft muſt myfteries Neptune o'er obferves occafion paffage pafs perfon plain Plato poem poet pow'rs prefent prince race rage rais'd raiſe reafon reprefented rife riſe rites Roman Rome round ſcene Servius ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſpread ſtate Statius Tarchon Tartarus thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro tow'rs Trojan Troy Turnus uſe Virgil whofe youth
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Strona 54 - But he was too good a painter, to leave any thing ambiguous ; and hath therefore concluded his hero's initiation, as was the custom, with instructing him in the Aporreta, or the doctrine of the unity.
Strona 210 - I believe very many readers have been shocked at that ludicrous prophecy which one of the harpies pronounces to the Trojans in the third book ; namely, that before they had built their intended city they should be reduced by hunger to eat their very tables.
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Strona 41 - I can give no reason for their being stationed there in so particular a manner, but because none of them seem to have had a proper right to a place among the dead, as not having run out the whole thread of their days, and finished the term of life that had been allotted them upon earth. The first of these are the souls of infants, who are snatched away by untimely ends...
Strona 261 - The hoarfe rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar. When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow ; Not fo, wrr?n fwift Camilla fcours the plain, flies o'er th' unbending corn, and Ikiras along the main.
Strona 52 - European law-givers; but better known under the character of poet: for the first laws being written in measure, to allure men to learn them, and, when learnt, to retain them, the fable would have it, that by the force of harmony, Orpheus softened the savage inhabitants of Thrace : -Threicius longa cum veste sacerdos Obloquitur numeris septem discrimina vocum: Jamque eadem digitis, jam pectine pulsat eburno (t).
Strona 9 - Milton was the emulator of both. He found Homer possessed of the province of MORALITY ; Virgil of POLITICS : and nothing left for him, but that of RELIGION.