The Works of Virgil in English Verse, Band 3R.J. Dodsley, 1763 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 46
Seite 22
... light alter- nately affect his fenfes ; and a thousand other un- common things prefent themselves before him m " The vifæque canes ululare per umbram , is fully explained by Pletho in his Scholia to the magic ora- cles of Zoroafter ...
... light alter- nately affect his fenfes ; and a thousand other un- common things prefent themselves before him m " The vifæque canes ululare per umbram , is fully explained by Pletho in his Scholia to the magic ora- cles of Zoroafter ...
Seite 24
... light from a paffage in Lucian's dialogue of the tyrant . As a company made up of every condition of life , are voyaging together to the other world , Mycillus breaks out , and fays : " Blefs us ! how dark it is ? where is the fair ...
... light from a paffage in Lucian's dialogue of the tyrant . As a company made up of every condition of life , are voyaging together to the other world , Mycillus breaks out , and fays : " Blefs us ! how dark it is ? where is the fair ...
Seite 50
... lights . In thefe very circumstances Themiftius defcribes the initiated when juft entered upon this scene . " It ... light and chearful- nefs , as before , of difconfolate obfcurity P. " Let me obferve , that the lines " Largior hic ...
... lights . In thefe very circumstances Themiftius defcribes the initiated when juft entered upon this scene . " It ... light and chearful- nefs , as before , of difconfolate obfcurity P. " Let me obferve , that the lines " Largior hic ...
Seite 57
... lights to a point ; which will , I am perfuad- ed , throw fuch a luftre on our interpretation , as to make the truth of it ... light difplays itfelf : And fhining plains and flowery meadows open on all hands before them . Here they are ...
... lights to a point ; which will , I am perfuad- ed , throw fuch a luftre on our interpretation , as to make the truth of it ... light difplays itfelf : And fhining plains and flowery meadows open on all hands before them . Here they are ...
Seite 63
... light ; as by the hymn of Orpheus ' , or this fpeech . of Anchises . Teque Ceres & Libera quarum SACRA - A quibus initia vitæ , atque victus , legum , morum , manfuetudinis humani- tatis exempla hominibus & civitatibus data , ac ...
... light ; as by the hymn of Orpheus ' , or this fpeech . of Anchises . Teque Ceres & Libera quarum SACRA - A quibus initia vitæ , atque victus , legum , morum , manfuetudinis humani- tatis exempla hominibus & civitatibus data , ac ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Æneas Æneid againſt ancient Apollonius Rhodius arms Auguftus beauteous becauſe Cæfar chief Chimæra circumftance courfers defcribed defcription defign Dido dire divine dreadful Evander fable facred faid fame fate Faunus fays fecond feems fhade fhall fhews fhield fhining fhore fhould fide fierce fight fire firft firſt flain flames flew flood folemn fome foul fpeaking ftands ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofe glorious gods golden bough hell hero himſelf hoft Homer honours Iliad initiated Jove juft Jupiter king laft laſt Latian Latium Livy Mezentius mighty moft moſt muft muſt myfteries Neptune o'er obferves occafion paffage pafs perfon plain Plato poem poet pow'rs prefent prince race rage rais'd raiſe reafon reprefented rife riſe rites Roman Rome round ſcene Servius ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſpread ſtate Statius Tarchon Tartarus thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro tow'rs Trojan Troy Turnus uſe Virgil whofe youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 189 - ... a particular beauty, which I do not know that any one has taken notice of. The list which he has there drawn up was in general to do honour to the Roman name, but more particularly to compliment Augustus. For this reason Anchises, who shows .¿Eneas most of the rest of his descendants in the same order that they were to make their appearance in the world...
Seite 211 - Aeneas, it may be worth while to consider with how much Judgment he has qualified it, and taken off every thing that might have appeared improper for a Passage in an Heroic Poem.
Seite 291 - He made darkness his secret place, his pavilion round about Him with dark water, and thick clouds to cover Him.
Seite 54 - But he was too good a painter, to leave any thing ambiguous ; and hath therefore concluded his hero's initiation, as was the custom, with instructing him in the Aporreta, or the doctrine of the unity.
Seite 210 - I believe very many readers have been shocked at that ludicrous prophecy which one of the harpies pronounces to the Trojans in the third book ; namely, that before they had built their intended city they should be reduced by hunger to eat their very tables.
Seite 310 - Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Seite 41 - I can give no reason for their being stationed there in so particular a manner, but because none of them seem to have had a proper right to a place among the dead, as not having run out the whole thread of their days, and finished the term of life that had been allotted them upon earth. The first of these are the souls of infants, who are snatched away by untimely ends...
Seite 261 - The hoarfe rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar. When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow ; Not fo, wrr?n fwift Camilla fcours the plain, flies o'er th' unbending corn, and Ikiras along the main.
Seite 52 - European law-givers; but better known under the character of poet: for the first laws being written in measure, to allure men to learn them, and, when learnt, to retain them, the fable would have it, that by the force of harmony, Orpheus softened the savage inhabitants of Thrace : -Threicius longa cum veste sacerdos Obloquitur numeris septem discrimina vocum: Jamque eadem digitis, jam pectine pulsat eburno (t).
Seite 9 - Milton was the emulator of both. He found Homer possessed of the province of MORALITY ; Virgil of POLITICS : and nothing left for him, but that of RELIGION.