The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Halaman 8
... , who first honoured with that name a meer Ajax , a man - killing ideot . The Ulyffes of Ovid up- braids his ignorance , that he understood not the fhield , for for which he pleaded : there were engraven on it 8 DEDICATION .
... , who first honoured with that name a meer Ajax , a man - killing ideot . The Ulyffes of Ovid up- braids his ignorance , that he understood not the fhield , for for which he pleaded : there were engraven on it 8 DEDICATION .
Halaman 13
... Ovid's Metamor- phofes , because it contains , among other things , the causes , the beginning , and ending of the Trojan war : here I ought in reason to have stopped ; but the speeches of Ajax and Ulyffes lying next in my way , I could ...
... Ovid's Metamor- phofes , because it contains , among other things , the causes , the beginning , and ending of the Trojan war : here I ought in reason to have stopped ; but the speeches of Ajax and Ulyffes lying next in my way , I could ...
Halaman 14
... return : having done with Ovid for this time , it came into my mind , that our old English poet Chaucer in many things refembled him , and that with no disadvantage on & the the fide of the modern author , as I fhall 74 PREF A CE .
... return : having done with Ovid for this time , it came into my mind , that our old English poet Chaucer in many things refembled him , and that with no disadvantage on & the the fide of the modern author , as I fhall 74 PREF A CE .
Halaman 15
... Ovid has almoft all the beaux , and the whole fair fex , his declared patrons . Perhaps I have affumed fomewhat more to myself than they allow me : because I have adventured to fum up the evidence : but the readers are the jury ; and ...
... Ovid has almoft all the beaux , and the whole fair fex , his declared patrons . Perhaps I have affumed fomewhat more to myself than they allow me : because I have adventured to fum up the evidence : but the readers are the jury ; and ...
Halaman 22
... Ovid and Chaucer ; confider- ing the former only in relation to the latter . With Ovid ended the golden age of the Roman tongue : from Chaucer the purity of the English tongue be- gan . The manners of the poets were not unlike : both of ...
... Ovid and Chaucer ; confider- ing the former only in relation to the latter . With Ovid ended the golden age of the Roman tongue : from Chaucer the purity of the English tongue be- gan . The manners of the poets were not unlike : both of ...
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againſt Arcite arms becauſe befides behold beſt betwixt blood breaſt caft Canterbury tales cauſe Chanticleer Chaucer Cymon dame death defcended deferve defire earth Emily ev'n eyes fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas feaſt fecond fecret feem'd fenfe fent fhade fhall fhould fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain fome foon forc'd forrow foul ftill ftood fuch fuffer fure fweet fword Goddeſs grace heart heaven himſelf honour iffuing king knight ladies laft laſt leaſt lefs liv'd loft lord lov'd maid mind moſt muſt myſelf numbers o'er Ovid Palamon Pirithous plac'd pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet prefent prepar'd prifon purſued queen reaſon refolv'd reft reſt Reynard ſaid ſeen ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſome ſpeak ſpoke ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtood Synalepha Thebes thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflated turn'd Twas Virgil whofe wife Wife of Bath
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Halaman 43 - I will only say that it was not for this noble Knight that I drew the plan of an epic poem on King Arthur in my preface to the translation of Juvenal. The Guardian Angels of Kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage...
Halaman 242 - He wander'd on, unknowing where he went Lost in the wood, and all on love intent : The Day already half his race had run, And summon'd him to due repast at noon, But Love could feel no hunger but lu's own.
Halaman 93 - Twas all it had, for windows there were none. The gate was adamant; eternal frame! Which, hew'd by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came, The labour of a god; and all along Tough iron plates were clench 'd to make it strong.
Halaman 298 - A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet, and then was Man design'd ; Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast, For empire form'd, and fit to rule the rest...
Halaman 43 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Halaman 26 - One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way; but swept like a drag-net great and small.
Halaman 66 - Till each with mortal hate his rival view'd; Now friends no more, nor walking hand in hand; But when they met, they made a surly stand; And glared like angry lions as they pass'd, And wish'd that every look might be their last.
Halaman 239 - This noble youth to madness loved a dame Of high degree, Honoria was her name : Fair as the fairest, but of haughty mind, And fiercer than became so soft a kind ; Proud of her birth, (for equal she had none) The rest she scorn'd; but hated him alone.
Halaman 32 - May I have leave to do myself the justice (since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man), may I have leave, I say...
Halaman 132 - The attentive, audience, thus his will declared: The Cause and Spring of motion, from above, Hung down on earth the golden chain of Love: Great was the effect, and high was his intent, When peace among the jarring seeds he sent.