The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12J. D. Cornish, 1779 - 390 pages |
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Page 80
... beginning it at about the age of thirty - five ; and fcarce concluding it before he arrived at forty . It is obferved both of him and Ho- race , and I believe it will hold in all great poets ; that though they wrote before with a ...
... beginning it at about the age of thirty - five ; and fcarce concluding it before he arrived at forty . It is obferved both of him and Ho- race , and I believe it will hold in all great poets ; that though they wrote before with a ...
Page 81
... beginning of summer the days are almost at a stand , with little variation of length or fhortnefs , becaufe at that time the diurnal motion of the fun partakes more of a right line , than of a spiral . The fame is the method of nature ...
... beginning of summer the days are almost at a stand , with little variation of length or fhortnefs , becaufe at that time the diurnal motion of the fun partakes more of a right line , than of a spiral . The fame is the method of nature ...
Page 91
... beginning of this Book , propounds the general defign of each Georgic : and , after a so- lemn invocation of all the gods who are any way re- lated to his fubject , he addresses himself in particu- lar to Auguftus , whom he compliments ...
... beginning of this Book , propounds the general defign of each Georgic : and , after a so- lemn invocation of all the gods who are any way re- lated to his fubject , he addresses himself in particu- lar to Auguftus , whom he compliments ...
Page 218
... beginning ; the greatnefs and excellency of an heroic poem , with fome of the difficulties which attend that work . The comparison therefore which I made be- twixt the epopee , and the tragedy , was not altoge- ther a digreffion ; for ...
... beginning ; the greatnefs and excellency of an heroic poem , with fome of the difficulties which attend that work . The comparison therefore which I made be- twixt the epopee , and the tragedy , was not altoge- ther a digreffion ; for ...
Page 242
... beginning of the first book , he not only weeps , but trembles at an approach- ing ftorm . " Extemplò Æneæ folvuntur frigore membra : " Ingemit , & duplices tendens ad fidera palmas , " & c , But to this I have answered formerly ; that ...
... beginning of the first book , he not only weeps , but trembles at an approach- ing ftorm . " Extemplò Æneæ folvuntur frigore membra : " Ingemit , & duplices tendens ad fidera palmas , " & c , But to this I have answered formerly ; that ...
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Æneas Æneid Æneis againſt anſwer arms Auguftus becauſe beſt betwixt Cæfar Carthage cauſe Daphnis defcended defire Dido earth Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fate father fear feas fecret fecure feem fenfe feven fhades fhall fhepherd fhew fhore fide fight fing fire firft firſt fkies flain flocks flood foes foil fome fong fpring fubject fuch fure fwain fweet Georgic goddeſs gods Grecian ground heaven hero himſelf honour houſe Ilioneus Jupiter juſt labour laft laſt leaſt lefs Lordſhip mafter moſt Mufe Muſe muſt myſelf night numbers o'er obferved Ovid plain pleaſe pleaſure poem poet praiſe prefent Priam promiſe purſue rage raiſe reft rifing Segrais ſhade ſhall ſhe ſheep ſhore ſhould ſkies ſky ſpace ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtood ſtorm ſtreams ſweet thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tranflation Trojan Troy Turnus Tyrian uſe verfe verſe vines Virgil whofe winds woods youth