Lives of the Roman Poets: Containing a Critical and Historical Account of Them and Their Writings, with Large Quotations of Their Most Celebrated Passages... To which is Added a Chronological Table Fitted to the Years Before and After Christ, Shewing the Times when They Flourished and Published Their Works... Together with an Introduction Concerning the Origin and Progress of Poetry in General, and an Essay on Dramatic Poetry in Particular, Volume 1W. Innys and R. Manby, 1733 |
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... obferve how far Fuftice has been done to the Original , and where ( as is too often the Cafe , ) Jome Beauties have been loft in the Tranflation . Where I found my Author already tranfla ted by any of our English Poets , I have tranf ...
... obferve how far Fuftice has been done to the Original , and where ( as is too often the Cafe , ) Jome Beauties have been loft in the Tranflation . Where I found my Author already tranfla ted by any of our English Poets , I have tranf ...
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... , he will with Pleafure obferve , how much the Profpe- rity of the State contributed to the Improve- ment of Arts and Learning , and hose con- Stantly ftantly the Latter fuffered by the Disorders of the Former The PREFACE .
... , he will with Pleafure obferve , how much the Profpe- rity of the State contributed to the Improve- ment of Arts and Learning , and hose con- Stantly ftantly the Latter fuffered by the Disorders of the Former The PREFACE .
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... obferve , that when a vowel in the end of a word , comes before a vowl in the beginning of the next word , the firft vowel is cut off , that is , it lofes its found . ANO sura ANOTHER advantage they had , was their Cafuar whereby The ...
... obferve , that when a vowel in the end of a word , comes before a vowl in the beginning of the next word , the firft vowel is cut off , that is , it lofes its found . ANO sura ANOTHER advantage they had , was their Cafuar whereby The ...
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... obferve on this occafion , that controver fies between thofe of different Sects , were carried on with vigour enough on both fides , but without animofity and bitterness : they rallied one another fmartly , but gen- teely ; and were ...
... obferve on this occafion , that controver fies between thofe of different Sects , were carried on with vigour enough on both fides , but without animofity and bitterness : they rallied one another fmartly , but gen- teely ; and were ...
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... obferve this defect ; and accordingly has most art- fully dreft up the didactick parts of his Poem with such magnificence , that the reader ( whofe attention hereby is always kept awake ) with fecret pleasure , finds him felf in ...
... obferve this defect ; and accordingly has most art- fully dreft up the didactick parts of his Poem with such magnificence , that the reader ( whofe attention hereby is always kept awake ) with fecret pleasure , finds him felf in ...
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Page 91 - O goddess-born ! escape, by timely flight, The flames and horrors of this fatal night. The foes already have possess'd the wall : Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Enough is paid to Priam's royal name, More than enough to duty and to fame. If by a mortal hand my father's throne Could be defended, 'twas by mine alone. Now Troy to thee commends her future state, And gives her gods companions of thy fate : From their assistance, happier walls expect, Which, wand'ring long, at last thou shalt...
Page xxxvi - But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays! Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head. Then Sculpture and her sister-arts revive; Stones leap'd to form, and rocks began to live; With sweeter notes each rising Temple rung; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung.
Page 18 - Tis pleasant, safely to behold from shore The rolling ship, and hear the tempest roar; Not that another's pain is our delight, But pains unfelt produce the pleasing sight. Tis pleasant also to behold from far The moving legions mingled in the war; But much more sweet thy labouring steps to guide To virtue's heights, with wisdom well supplied, And all the magazines of learning fortified...
Page 72 - Where in the void of heaven a space is free, Betwixt the Scorpion and the Maid, for thee? The Scorpion, ready to receive thy laws, Yields half his region, and contracts his claws.
Page 256 - From six i' th' hundred to six hundred more ? Indulge, and to thy genius freely give ; For, not to live at ease, is not to live. Death stalks behind thee, and each flying hour Does some loose remnant of thy life devour.
Page 84 - The flow'ry meadows, and the feeding folds. There end your toils ; and there your fates provide A quiet kingdom, and a royal bride : There fortune shall the Trojan line restore, And you for lost Creiisa weep no more. . Fear not that I shall watch, with servile shame, Th...
Page 79 - His banished gods restored to rites divine, And settled sure succession in his line, From whence the race of Alban fathers come, And the long glories of majestic Rome.
Page 103 - And spots of sin obscene in ev'ry face appear. For this are various penances enjoin'd; And some are hung to bleach upon the wind, Some plung'd in waters, others purg'd in fires, Till all the dregs are drain'd, and all the rust expires. All have their manes, and those manes bear: The few, so cleans'd, to these abodes repair, And breathe, in ample fields, the soft Elysian air.
Page 255 - Sabean incense, take With thy own hands, from the tir'd camel's back, And with post-haste thy running markets make.
Page 71 - And thou, the shepherds' tutelary god, Leave, for a while, O Pan! thy lov'd abode; And, if Arcadian fleeces be thy care, From fields and mountains to my song repair. Inventor, Pallas, of the...