Orlando Furioso, Volume 5Otridge and Son [etc.] at the Union Printing-Office, 1807 |
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... duke explores with heedful care What mocks his eyes , and seems to flit in air : Then from the sheath his shining sword he drew , And thrice he struck , when soon the warrior knew 39 50 55 60 Ver . 39. Pluto , Satan , and Cerberus ...
... duke explores with heedful care What mocks his eyes , and seems to flit in air : Then from the sheath his shining sword he drew , And thrice he struck , when soon the warrior knew 39 50 55 60 Ver . 39. Pluto , Satan , and Cerberus ...
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... duke , with terror seiz'd , his step repress'd , And in these words the hapless shade address'd : So may high Heaven these stifling fumes repel , As thou shalt deign thy mournful state to tell ; 65 70 Thy tidings to our living world I ...
... duke , with terror seiz'd , his step repress'd , And in these words the hapless shade address'd : So may high Heaven these stifling fumes repel , As thou shalt deign thy mournful state to tell ; 65 70 Thy tidings to our living world I ...
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... duke press'd on , resolv'd to seek What other shades might there in pains reside ; 335 But deeper darkness further pass deny'd . The smoke whose wreaths th ' offending ghosts enclose In vaporous torment , dense and denser grows . And ...
... duke press'd on , resolv'd to seek What other shades might there in pains reside ; 335 But deeper darkness further pass deny'd . The smoke whose wreaths th ' offending ghosts enclose In vaporous torment , dense and denser grows . And ...
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... duke's approach to wait , Whose aged limbs a vest and mantle hide , This milky hu'd , and that with crimson dy'd : Adown his breast a length of beard he wears All silvery white , and silvery white his hairs : His mien bespeaks th ...
... duke's approach to wait , Whose aged limbs a vest and mantle hide , This milky hu'd , and that with crimson dy'd : Adown his breast a length of beard he wears All silvery white , and silvery white his hairs : His mien bespeaks th ...
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... duke amaz'd ith heart - felt awe and mute attention gaz'd : hen now the Saint disclos'd his sacred name , e , from whose pen th ' eternal gospel came , 435 440 at holy John , who while on earth , possess'd dear a place in his Redeemer's ...
... duke amaz'd ith heart - felt awe and mute attention gaz'd : hen now the Saint disclos'd his sacred name , e , from whose pen th ' eternal gospel came , 435 440 at holy John , who while on earth , possess'd dear a place in his Redeemer's ...
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Afric's Alamanni Alcestes appear'd Ariosto Arli's arms Astolpho band Bardino Behold Biserta's BOOK OF ORLANDO Bradamant Brandimart brave breast Calandro Charles Christian clos'd combat confess'd Correggio courser cruel cry'd dame death deeds Dido dreadful drew Dudon duke Durindana earth eyes fair faith falchion fam'd fame fate fear fell female field fierce fight Flordelis force Fornari friends Frontino fury gain'd gentle Gradasso hand heart Heaven honour impious join'd joust king Agramant knew knight land late length lord lov'd maid Malagigi Marganor Marphisa martial ne'er noble numbers o'er Olivero ORLANDO FURIOSO Pagan Paladin plac'd poet pointed lance praise prepar'd press'd prov'd pursu'd pursue rage rais'd reach'd receiv'd Rinaldo Rodomont Rogero Sansonetto scarce seem'd shore show'd sight sire slain Sobrino soon soul spear steed stood stroke Strozza supply'd sword thee thou thought tide turn'd urg'd view'd virgin vow'd warrior waves weapon wind wound wretched yield
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Page 32 - The sport of winds : all these upwhirl'd aloft Fly o'er the backside of the world far off, Into a limbo large and broad, since call'd The Paradise of fools, to few unknown Long after, now unpeopled, and untrod.
Page 49 - Proscriber had descended to us in a more hideous form than they now appear, if the emperor had not taken care to make friends of him and Horace. I confess the banishment of Ovid was a blot in his escutcheon; yet he was only banished, and who knows but his crime was capital?
Page 12 - I Pilate am, the falsest Judge, alas ! And most unjust ; that, by unrighteous And wicked doome, to...
Page 24 - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Page 97 - Scarse do they spare to one or two or three, Rowme in their writs; yet the same writing small Does all their deeds deface, and dims their glories all.
Page 32 - There vows and there unnumbered prayers remain, Which oft to God the sinner makes in vain ; The frequent tears that lovers' eyes suffuse, The sighs they breathe, the days that gamesters lose ; The leisure given which fools so oft neglect, The weak designs that never take effect. Whate'er...
Page 68 - TRUE is, that whilome that good Poet sayd, The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne : For a man by nothing is so well bewrayd As by his manners ; in which plaine is showne Of what degree and what race he is growne...
Page 85 - To threatening death amid the seas and wind. But Fortune, that decreed you, yet unborn, With glorious deeds your country to adorn, 480 Your vessel to a realm unpeopled bore, And safely landed on the Syrtes' shore. Eas'd of her birth, to death your parent bends, Her spotless soul to Paradise ascends. Such was your fate, so will'd some favouring power, Myself was present at the needful hour: Then (as the place allow'd) this friendly hand Interr'd your mother on the lonely strand : Wrapt in my vest...
Page 35 - Whose womb Orlando's godlike reason held : This well he knew, for on its side were writ These words in letters fair, ORLANDO'S WIT*.
Page 143 - Ilion, and the Grecian fate ; Full oft I told ; at length for parting mov'd : The king with mighty gifts my suit approv'd. The adverse winds in leathern bags he brac'd, Compress'd...