The idyllia, epigrams, and fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus, with the elegies of Tyrtæus, tr. into Engl. verse, to which are added, dissertations and notes, by R. Polwhele, Volume 2 |
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... Idyllium 12th 122 Idyllium 27th - 178 Idyllium 13th 123 Idyllium 28th ibid . Idyllium 14th 125 Idyllium 29th - 179 Idyllium 15th 129 Idyllium 16th 138 Idyllium 30th Epigrams 180 180 A 2 NOTES Idyllium ift NOTES ON BION . PAGE 187 Idyllium ...
... Idyllium 12th 122 Idyllium 27th - 178 Idyllium 13th 123 Idyllium 28th ibid . Idyllium 14th 125 Idyllium 29th - 179 Idyllium 15th 129 Idyllium 16th 138 Idyllium 30th Epigrams 180 180 A 2 NOTES Idyllium ift NOTES ON BION . PAGE 187 Idyllium ...
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... Idyllium ift 197 Idyllium - 4th 207 Idyllium zd 198 Idyllium 5th 208 Idyllium 3d 201 NOTES on TYRTEUS . Elegy ift 211 Elegy 3d 223 Elegy 2d 220 Elegy 4th 225 DISSERTATIONS O N THEOCRITUS , BION AND MOSCHU S , ( iv )
... Idyllium ift 197 Idyllium - 4th 207 Idyllium zd 198 Idyllium 5th 208 Idyllium 3d 201 NOTES on TYRTEUS . Elegy ift 211 Elegy 3d 223 Elegy 2d 220 Elegy 4th 225 DISSERTATIONS O N THEOCRITUS , BION AND MOSCHU S , ( iv )
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... Idyllium hath been ever efteemed a beautiful poem , from the time of its Roman translator * to the present day . Its characters feem to hold a fuperior rank , in point of civility . The DAMÆTAS and DAPHNIS of the fixth Idyllium appear ...
... Idyllium hath been ever efteemed a beautiful poem , from the time of its Roman translator * to the present day . Its characters feem to hold a fuperior rank , in point of civility . The DAMÆTAS and DAPHNIS of the fixth Idyllium appear ...
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... Idyllium among the Bucolic pieces . But it feems to breathe a spirit above the pastoral strain . And SIMÆTHA rather resembles the MEDEA or HECATE whom she invokes , than a character on a level with the ruftics of THEOCRITUS . However ...
... Idyllium among the Bucolic pieces . But it feems to breathe a spirit above the pastoral strain . And SIMÆTHA rather resembles the MEDEA or HECATE whom she invokes , than a character on a level with the ruftics of THEOCRITUS . However ...
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... Idyllium , we shall find it similar to the last we have reviewed , so far as it represents distracted love , in many abrupt and beautiful transitions of paffion . The attention of the reader alfo is confined , in both , to the action ...
... Idyllium , we shall find it similar to the last we have reviewed , so far as it represents distracted love , in many abrupt and beautiful transitions of paffion . The attention of the reader alfo is confined , in both , to the action ...
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ADONIS ALCMENA alfo amidſt AMYCUS ANACREON ancient antiquity APOLLONIUS RHODIUS beautiful BION bofom BRASIDAS CATULLUS character Cicada circumſtances cloſe compofition cuſtom DAPHNIS death defcribed defcription diſcover eclogue elegant ELEGY epigram EURIPIDES expreffion exprefs facred faid fame faſhion fays fecond feems fentiment feven fhade fhall fhepherds fhould fimilar fimplicity fince fing firft firſt flouriſhed flowers foldier fome fong fpecies ftill fubject fuch fweet genius Grecian Greece Greek hath HEINSIUS HERCULES himſelf HOMER HORACE HYLAS Idyllia Idyllium IDYLLIUM IDYLLIUM Iliad illuftrated imitated inftances interefting LINE manner moft MOSCHUS moſt mufe mufical muſt nature NONNUS obferved occafion original ORPHEUS OVID paffage paffion paftoral perfon pieces PINDAR pleaſure poem poet preſent Prytaneum racter refpect repreſented reſemblance ruftic ſcene ſeems ſhall ſhe Sicily ſome ſpeaking SUIDAS Sybaris thefe themſelves THEOCRITUS theſe thofe thoſe thou tranflator TYRTÆUS uſed VENUS verfe verſe VIRGIL WARTON whofe whoſe δε
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Page 73 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fading together ; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 205 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 165 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm : for love is strong as death ; jealousy is cruel as the grave : the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame...
Page 63 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 143 - That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store ; that our sheep may bring forth thousands, and ten thousands in our streets ; 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour ; that there be no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets.
Page 197 - I will rise now, and go about the city In the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me : To whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Page 162 - And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
Page 151 - Here sacred pomp and genial feast delight, And solemn dance and hymeneal rite ; Along the street the new-made brides are led, With torches flaming, to the nuptial bed ; The youthful dancers in a circle bound To the soft flute and cithern's silver sound ; Through the fair streets the matrons in a row Stand in their porches and enjoy the show.
Page 141 - Can the Ethiopian change his fkin, or the " leopard his fpots ? then may ye alfo do good, that
Page 137 - That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises.