The Works of the English Poets: Dryden's VirgilH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... fubject to descend , he came down gently circling in the air , and finging to the ground . Like a lark , melodious in her mounting , and continuing her song till she alights : ftill preparing for a higher flight at her next fally , and ...
... fubject to descend , he came down gently circling in the air , and finging to the ground . Like a lark , melodious in her mounting , and continuing her song till she alights : ftill preparing for a higher flight at her next fally , and ...
Halaman 91
... fubject , he addreffes himself in particu- lar to Auguftus , whom he compliments with divi- nity ; and after ftrikes into his bufinefs . He fhews the different kinds of tillage proper to different foils , traces out the original of ...
... fubject , he addreffes himself in particu- lar to Auguftus , whom he compliments with divi- nity ; and after ftrikes into his bufinefs . He fhews the different kinds of tillage proper to different foils , traces out the original of ...
Halaman 116
Samuel Johnson. THE SECOND BOOK O F THE GEORGICS . THE ARGUMENT . The fubject of the following Book is Planting . In handling of which argument , the Poet fhews all the different methods of raifing trees : defcribes their variety ; and ...
Samuel Johnson. THE SECOND BOOK O F THE GEORGICS . THE ARGUMENT . The fubject of the following Book is Planting . In handling of which argument , the Poet fhews all the different methods of raifing trees : defcribes their variety ; and ...
Halaman 118
... fubject fully can embrace : Not though I were fupply'd with iron lungs , A hundred mouths , fill'd with as many tongues : But fteer my veffel with a steady hand , And coaft along the fhore in fight of land . 50 55 60 Nor Nor will I tire ...
... fubject fully can embrace : Not though I were fupply'd with iron lungs , A hundred mouths , fill'd with as many tongues : But fteer my veffel with a steady hand , And coaft along the fhore in fight of land . 50 55 60 Nor Nor will I tire ...
Halaman 144
... fubject . He lays down rules for the breeding and management of horses , oxen , sleep , goats , and dogs ; and interweaves feveral pleafant defcriptions of a chariot - race , of the battle of the bulls , of the force of love , and of ...
... fubject . He lays down rules for the breeding and management of horses , oxen , sleep , goats , and dogs ; and interweaves feveral pleafant defcriptions of a chariot - race , of the battle of the bulls , of the force of love , and of ...
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Æneas Æneid Æneis againſt Amyntas arms Auguftus becauſe beſt betwixt Cæfar Carthage cauſe chearful courſe crown'd Daphnis defcended defign defire Dido earth Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fate fear feas fecret fecure feem fenfe fhade fhall fhepherd fhew fhore fide fight fing fire firft firſt flain flocks flood foes foil fome fong fpring ftreams fubject fuch fummer fure fwain fweet fword Georgic goddeſs gods Grecian ground heaven hero himſelf honour Ilioneus Jupiter labour laft laſt leaſt lefs Lordſhip mafter moſt Mufe muft muſt night numbers nymphs o'er obferved Ovid plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet praiſe prefent Priam promiſe purſue rage raiſe reafon reft reſt reſtrain rifing Segrais ſhall ſhe ſhould ſkies ſpace ſtand ſtate thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tranflation trees Trojan Troy Turnus Tyrian uſe verfe verſe vines Virgil whofe whoſe winds woods youth
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Halaman 348 - All were attentive to the godlike man, When from his lofty couch he thus began: 'Great queen, what you command me to relate, Renews the sad remembrance of our fate: An empire from its old foundations rent, And...
Halaman 181 - Yet, labouring well his little spot of ground, Some scattering potherbs here and there he found, Which cultivated with his daily care, And bruised with vervain, were his frugal fare.
Halaman 301 - But every man cannot distinguish between pedantry and poetry: every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate. Upon the whole matter, a poet must first be certain that the word he would introduce is beautiful in the Latin, and is to consider, in the next place, whether it will agree with the English idiom: after this, he ought to take the opinion of judicious friends, such as are learned in both languages: and, lastly, since no man...
Halaman 288 - ... yet these are they who have the most admirers. But it often happens, to their mortification, that as their readers improve their stock of sense (as they may by reading better books, and by...
Halaman 292 - He studies brevity more than any other poet : but he had the advantage of a language wherein much may be comprehended in a little space.
Halaman 298 - What had become of me, if Virgil had taxed me with another book ? I had certainly been reduced to pay the public in hammered money, for want of milled...
Halaman 373 - Go thou from me to fate, And to my father my foul deeds relate. Now die!
Halaman 51 - He sung the secret seeds of Nature's frame; How seas, and earth, and air, and active flame, Fell through the mighty void, and, in their fall, Were blindly gather'd in this goodly ball. The tender soil then, stiff'ning by degrees, Shut from the bounded earth the bounding seas.
Halaman 143 - Or, stript for wrestling, smears his limbs with oil, And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Such was the life the frugal Sabines led; So Remus and his brother god were bred: From whom th' austere Etrurian virtue rose, And this rude life our homely fathers chose.
Halaman 340 - And sumptuous feasts are made in splendid halls : On Tyrian carpets, richly wrought, they dine; With loads of massy plate the sideboards shine, And antique vases, all...