T. Lucretius Carus,: Of the Nature of Things, in Six Books, Translated Into English Verse;J. Matthews, 1714 - 402 pages |
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... Limb . 405 Trees grow , and at due Seasons yield their Fruit ; Because the Juice , drawn by the lab'ring Root , 416 Does rife into the Trunk , and thro ' the Branches shoot . Sounds pafs thro ' well - clos'd Rooms , and hardest Stones ...
... Limb . 405 Trees grow , and at due Seasons yield their Fruit ; Because the Juice , drawn by the lab'ring Root , 416 Does rife into the Trunk , and thro ' the Branches shoot . Sounds pafs thro ' well - clos'd Rooms , and hardest Stones ...
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... Limbs are in Motion . Upon hearing the first Shout he pricks up his Ears , and the inward Mo- tion of his Mind is hurry'd for- Plutarch , in the Treatife de At . Solert . teaches us , that this Doctrine of the declining Motion of Atoms ...
... Limbs are in Motion . Upon hearing the first Shout he pricks up his Ears , and the inward Mo- tion of his Mind is hurry'd for- Plutarch , in the Treatife de At . Solert . teaches us , that this Doctrine of the declining Motion of Atoms ...
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... Limbs dispense ; For look , and fee , when firft the Barrier's down , The HORSE , tho eager , can not start so soon As his own MIND requires ; because the Force , 255 And fubtile Matter that maintains the Course , Must be ftir'd thro ...
... Limbs dispense ; For look , and fee , when firft the Barrier's down , The HORSE , tho eager , can not start so soon As his own MIND requires ; because the Force , 255 And fubtile Matter that maintains the Course , Must be ftir'd thro ...
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... Limbs , and make us run ; Yet SOMETHING lies WITHIN , that can OPPOSE The VI'LENT Stroke , and ftill RESIST the BLOWS ; At whose COMMAND a SUBTILE MATTER flies , 270 And bends thro ' all our Limbs , our Arms , our Thighs ; And check'd ...
... Limbs , and make us run ; Yet SOMETHING lies WITHIN , that can OPPOSE The VI'LENT Stroke , and ftill RESIST the BLOWS ; At whose COMMAND a SUBTILE MATTER flies , 270 And bends thro ' all our Limbs , our Arms , our Thighs ; And check'd ...
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... Limb , and you will find ' tis fo . Wherefore thefe SEEDS muft be of diff'rent Size , 425 Of diff'rent Shapes and Figures ; when arise In SENSE , fo great , fo ftrange Varieties . Farther , what Things feem HARD and THICK , are ( join'd ...
... Limb , and you will find ' tis fo . Wherefore thefe SEEDS muft be of diff'rent Size , 425 Of diff'rent Shapes and Figures ; when arise In SENSE , fo great , fo ftrange Varieties . Farther , what Things feem HARD and THICK , are ( join'd ...
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Page 302 - Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far off from these, a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls...
Page 302 - Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain.
Page 283 - ... with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Page 200 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 98 - The institution has, indeed, continued to our own time ; the garret is still the usual receptacle of the philosopher and poet ; but this, like many ancient customs, is perpetuated only by an accidental imitation, without knowledge of the original reason for which it was established.
Page 11 - He is everywhere confident of his own reason, and assuming an absolute command, not only over his vulgar reader, but even his patron Memmius. For he is always bidding him attend as if he had the rod over him, and using a magisterial authority while he instructs him.
Page 138 - High as the Mother of the Gods in place, And proud, like her, of an immortal race. Then, when in pomp she makes the Phrygian round, With golden turrets on her temples crown'd; A hundred gods her sweeping train supply; Her offspring all, and all command the sky.
Page 206 - The next, in place and punishment, are they Who prodigally throw their souls away; Fools, who, repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, suborn'd their fate. With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live; Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the light of heav'n, and breathe the vital air: But fate forbids; the Stygian floods oppose, And with nine circling streams the captive souls inclose.
Page 100 - And craves no more than undisturb'd delight: Which minds unmix'd with cares, and fears, obtain; A Soul serene, a body void of pain. So little this corporeal frame requires; So bounded are our natural desires, That wanting all, and setting pain aside, With bare privation sence is satisfied.
Page 73 - tis fweet to vifit firft Untouch'd and virgin (beams, and quench! my third. I joy to crop frefli flowers, and get a crown For new and rare inventions of my own...