The Works of the English Poets: Dryden's virgilH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... Thefe , and the bones unburn'd , in earth bestow : Thefe relicks with their country rites they grace ; And raife a mount of turf to mark the place . But in the palace of the king , appears A fcene more folemn , and a pomp of tears . 306 ...
... Thefe , and the bones unburn'd , in earth bestow : Thefe relicks with their country rites they grace ; And raife a mount of turf to mark the place . But in the palace of the king , appears A fcene more folemn , and a pomp of tears . 306 ...
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... thefe nor those will yield ; Aneas draws his forces to the field ; And moves his camp . The fcouts with flying speed 685 Return , and through the frighted city spread Th ' unpleafing news , the Trojans are descry'd In battle marching by ...
... thefe nor those will yield ; Aneas draws his forces to the field ; And moves his camp . The fcouts with flying speed 685 Return , and through the frighted city spread Th ' unpleafing news , the Trojans are descry'd In battle marching by ...
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... thefe , will meet The Tyrrhene troops , and promise their defeat . Ours be the danger , ours the fole renown ; You , general , ftay behind , and guard the town . Turnus a while stood mute , with glad furprize , And on the fierce virago ...
... thefe , will meet The Tyrrhene troops , and promise their defeat . Ours be the danger , ours the fole renown ; You , general , ftay behind , and guard the town . Turnus a while stood mute , with glad furprize , And on the fierce virago ...
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... thefe arms , and take thy steepy flight , Where , with the gods adverfe , the Latins fight : This bow to thee , this quiver , I bequeath , This chofen arrow to revenge her death : By whate'er hand Camilla shall be slain , Or of the ...
... thefe arms , and take thy steepy flight , Where , with the gods adverfe , the Latins fight : This bow to thee , this quiver , I bequeath , This chofen arrow to revenge her death : By whate'er hand Camilla shall be slain , Or of the ...
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... thefe in fhining arms were seen , When Thefeus met in fight their maiden queen . Such to the field Penthefilea led , From the fierce virgin when the Grecians fled : With fuch , return'd triumphant from the war ; Her maids with cries ...
... thefe in fhining arms were seen , When Thefeus met in fight their maiden queen . Such to the field Penthefilea led , From the fierce virgin when the Grecians fled : With fuch , return'd triumphant from the war ; Her maids with cries ...
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Æneid againſt alfo alſo arms becauſe Befides beſt betwixt breaſt Cafaubon caft caufe crimes defign defire doft eaſe Ennius Ev'n eyes fafely faid falutes fame fate fatire fatyrs fear fecret feems fenfe fent fhall fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt flain flave fleep foes fome foul ftand ftill fubject fuch fure fword give gods Grecians hand head heaven himſelf honour Horace huſband Jove juſt Juturna Juvenal laft laſt Latin leaſt lefs Livius Andronicus loft lord Lucilius luft mafter Menippus moft moſt muft muſt myſelf noble numbers o'er obfcure Pacuvius Perfius perfons pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry praiſe prayer prefent purſue Quintilian raiſe reafon reft rife Roman Rome Sejanus ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtore ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou art Trojan Turnus uſe Varro verfe verſe vices Virgil whofe wife
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Seite 213 - I consulted a greater genius (without offence to the manes of that noble author) I mean Milton; but as he endeavours every where to express Homer, whose age had not arrived to that fineness, I found in him a true sublimity, lofty thoughts which were clothed with admirable Grecisms, and ancient words...
Seite 284 - And make the neighbouring monarchs fear their fate. He laughs at all the vulgar cares and fears ; At their vain triumphs, and their vainer tears: An equal temper in his mind he found, When fortune flattered him, and when she frowned.
Seite 194 - This is the mystery of that noble trade, which yet no master can teach to his apprentice ; he may give the rules, but the scholar is never the nearer in his practice.
Seite 34 - And when, too closely press'd, she quits the ground, From her bent bow she sends a backward wound. Her maids, in martial pomp, on either side...
Seite 128 - I had intended to have put in practice, (though far unable for the attempt of such a poem,) and to have left the stage, to which my genius never much inclined me, for a work which would have taken up my life in the performance of it. This too I had intended chiefly for the honour of my native country, to which a poet is particularly obliged. Of two subjects, both relating to it...
Seite 270 - The critic-dame, who at her table sits, Homer and Virgil quotes, and weighs their wits; And pities Dido's agonizing fits. She has so far th...
Seite 346 - Tis not, indeed, my talent to 'engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise...
Seite 105 - Donne alone, of all our countrymen, had your talent ; but was not happy enough to arrive at your versification ; and were he translated into numbers, and English, he would yet be wanting in the dignity of expression.
Seite 193 - How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms!
Seite 281 - Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it pursue.