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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 11
... live obfcurely , and without a name , Or noble or ignoble , ftill we prove Our lot determin'd by the will of Jove . With cafe he lifts the peafant to a crown , With the fame eafe he cafts the monarch down ; With eafe he clouds the ...
... live obfcurely , and without a name , Or noble or ignoble , ftill we prove Our lot determin'd by the will of Jove . With cafe he lifts the peafant to a crown , With the fame eafe he cafts the monarch down ; With eafe he clouds the ...
Page 13
... live injurious , and devoid of fear : On the crade flesh of beafts they feed alone , Savage their nature , and their hearts of flone ; Their houses braís , of brafs the warlike blade , 210 Iron was yet unknown , in brafs they trade ...
... live injurious , and devoid of fear : On the crade flesh of beafts they feed alone , Savage their nature , and their hearts of flone ; Their houses braís , of brafs the warlike blade , 210 Iron was yet unknown , in brafs they trade ...
Page 14
... live ! Who , full of wiles , his neighbour's harm contrives , Falfe to himself , against himself he strives ; For he that harbours evil in his mind , Will from his evil thoughts but evil find ; And lo ! the eye of Jove , that all things ...
... live ! Who , full of wiles , his neighbour's harm contrives , Falfe to himself , against himself he strives ; For he that harbours evil in his mind , Will from his evil thoughts but evil find ; And lo ! the eye of Jove , that all things ...
Page 21
... live , Without th ' affiftance that our neighbours give , That we may never know the pain of mind To aik for fuccour , and no fuccour find : Twice , thrice , perhaps , they may your wants fup- ply ; 30 But conftant beggars teach them to ...
... live , Without th ' affiftance that our neighbours give , That we may never know the pain of mind To aik for fuccour , and no fuccour find : Twice , thrice , perhaps , they may your wants fup- ply ; 30 But conftant beggars teach them to ...
Page 24
... live in the unhappy day ; He , foolish Perfes , fpent no time in vain , But fled misfortunes through the wat'ry plain , He , from Æolian Cuma , th ' ocean pals'd , Here in his fable bark arriv'd at last . Not far from Helicon he fix'd ...
... live in the unhappy day ; He , foolish Perfes , fpent no time in vain , But fled misfortunes through the wat'ry plain , He , from Æolian Cuma , th ' ocean pals'd , Here in his fable bark arriv'd at last . Not far from Helicon he fix'd ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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