A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Cook's Hesiod. Fawke's Theocritus. Anacreon. Bion. Moschus. Sappho. Musaeus & Apollonius Rhodius. The Rape of Helen. Creech's Lucretius and Grainger's TibullusJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1795 |
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... faid before , have no relation to any part of Homer . Among the writ ings of our poet which were loft , we have the ti- ties of Ismaizes , or Hruidwv , Karaλoyes , and of rovar- των Καταλογος , or Home Μεγαλαι : both thefe titles are ...
... faid before , have no relation to any part of Homer . Among the writ ings of our poet which were loft , we have the ti- ties of Ismaizes , or Hruidwv , Karaλoyes , and of rovar- των Καταλογος , or Home Μεγαλαι : both thefe titles are ...
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... faid to have the difpofal of the comforts of life ; and from that time care and prudence are requir - not be tired with his precepts , because of a too ed in the management of human affairs . Before much fameness . Hence he paffes to ...
... faid to have the difpofal of the comforts of life ; and from that time care and prudence are requir - not be tired with his precepts , because of a too ed in the management of human affairs . Before much fameness . Hence he paffes to ...
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... faid to fupport the heavens on his fhoulders , is meant the pole , which divides and determinates the hemi - nal Jupiter ; by xvia the Grecks meaned xujax- Spheres ; of whom the Pleiades , or feven ftars , and all other stars . are faid ...
... faid to fupport the heavens on his fhoulders , is meant the pole , which divides and determinates the hemi - nal Jupiter ; by xvia the Grecks meaned xujax- Spheres ; of whom the Pleiades , or feven ftars , and all other stars . are faid ...
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... faid to imitate Hefiod in his firft and fecond books on- ly : in the first is fcarcely any thing relative to the Georgic itfelf , the hint of which is not taken from the Works and Days ; nay more , in fome places , whole lines are ...
... faid to imitate Hefiod in his firft and fecond books on- ly : in the first is fcarcely any thing relative to the Georgic itfelf , the hint of which is not taken from the Works and Days ; nay more , in fome places , whole lines are ...
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... faid poet , revolves ; now returns the virgin Juftice , which , in his iron age , he tells us , left the earth ; and now the reign of Saturn , which is defcribed in his golden age , is come again . If we turn to the golden and iron ages ...
... faid poet , revolves ; now returns the virgin Juftice , which , in his iron age , he tells us , left the earth ; and now the reign of Saturn , which is defcribed in his golden age , is come again . If we turn to the golden and iron ages ...
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Æneid afferts Amycus Anacreon ancient Argo atoms beauty becauſe Befides body breaſt called caufe charms Colchian compofed Daphnis defcend defcribed defcription divine earth Eclogues Epicurus EPIGRAM ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fays fecond feeds feems fenfe fhall fhore fhould fhow fignifies fince fing fire firft firſt flain flame foft fome fong foon foul fpread fpring ftill ftreams fubject fuch fuppofed fweet Georgic gods Greek heaven Hefiod Hercules heroes himſelf Homer honour Idyllium Iliad Jafon Jove Jupiter laft lefs likewife Lucretius maid mind moft moſt mufes muft muſt nature nymphs o'er obferves Ovid paffage paftoral Phrixus plain pleaſure Plutarch poem poet pow'r prefent reafon reft rife rofe ſays thee thefe themſelves Theocritus Theogony theſe things thofe thoſe thou Tiphys tranflation Tzetzes uſed Venus verfes verſes Virgil void whofe wind words καὶ