The Works of Virgil in English Verse, Tom 3R.J. Dodsley, 1763 |
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Strona 57
... trembling , fweating , and affrightment . But this fcene once over , a miraculous and divine light difplays itfelf : And fhining plains and flowery meadows open on all hands before them . Here they are entertained with hymns , and ...
... trembling , fweating , and affrightment . But this fcene once over , a miraculous and divine light difplays itfelf : And fhining plains and flowery meadows open on all hands before them . Here they are entertained with hymns , and ...
Strona 75
... trembling master cry'd , Scarce could I hope , in fuch a toffing tide , 10 15 20 doubting but that it was requifite to recreate the fpirits of his reader , grieved and afflicted by the tragical death of Dido . That beautiful order which ...
... trembling master cry'd , Scarce could I hope , in fuch a toffing tide , 10 15 20 doubting but that it was requifite to recreate the fpirits of his reader , grieved and afflicted by the tragical death of Dido . That beautiful order which ...
Strona 86
... Trembling he climb'd a lofty rock ; and dry'd His limbs , all drench'd and reeking with the tide . Loud laugh'd the crowds to fee him shoot away , Drink and difgorge by turns the briny sea . At diftance Mneftheus and Sergeftus lie ...
... Trembling he climb'd a lofty rock ; and dry'd His limbs , all drench'd and reeking with the tide . Loud laugh'd the crowds to fee him shoot away , Drink and difgorge by turns the briny sea . At diftance Mneftheus and Sergeftus lie ...
Strona 88
... trembling o'er her callow young , Till rous'd at laft by fome impetuous shock , 270 And the free bird expatiates in the fkies ; Her pinions pois'd , thro ' liquid air fhe springs , 275 And smoothly glides , nor moves her levell'd wings ...
... trembling o'er her callow young , Till rous'd at laft by fome impetuous shock , 270 And the free bird expatiates in the fkies ; Her pinions pois'd , thro ' liquid air fhe springs , 275 And smoothly glides , nor moves her levell'd wings ...
Strona 90
... Trembling through fear least he down fallen should , And often to him calling , to take furer holde . * Jupiter . Fairy Q. B. 3. c . II . 34 . A fhining mail the generous prince bestows , That , 90 Book 5 . THE ENEID.
... Trembling through fear least he down fallen should , And often to him calling , to take furer holde . * Jupiter . Fairy Q. B. 3. c . II . 34 . A fhining mail the generous prince bestows , That , 90 Book 5 . THE ENEID.
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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 189 - ... a particular beauty, which I do not know that any one has taken notice of. The list which he has there drawn up was in general to do honour to the Roman name, but more particularly to compliment Augustus. For this reason Anchises, who shows .¿Eneas most of the rest of his descendants in the same order that they were to make their appearance in the world...
Strona 211 - Aeneas, it may be worth while to consider with how much Judgment he has qualified it, and taken off every thing that might have appeared improper for a Passage in an Heroic Poem.
Strona 291 - He made darkness his secret place, his pavilion round about Him with dark water, and thick clouds to cover Him.
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.
Strona 310 - Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
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.