The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volum 301790 |
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Side 5
... Roman genius in its laft decays . Prevailing warmth has ftill thy mind poffeft , And fecond youth is kindled in thy breast ; Thou mak'ft the beauties of the Romans known , And England boasts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have ...
... Roman genius in its laft decays . Prevailing warmth has ftill thy mind poffeft , And fecond youth is kindled in thy breast ; Thou mak'ft the beauties of the Romans known , And England boasts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have ...
Side 43
... Roman confuls stand , Stern tyrants , whom their cruelties renown , And emperors in Parian marble frown ; While the bright dames , to whom they humbly fued , Still show the charms that their proud hearts fubdued . Fain would I Raphael's ...
... Roman confuls stand , Stern tyrants , whom their cruelties renown , And emperors in Parian marble frown ; While the bright dames , to whom they humbly fued , Still show the charms that their proud hearts fubdued . Fain would I Raphael's ...
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... Roman empire , having closeted several senators on the project : Horace is fuppofed to have written the follow- ing ode on this occafion . T H E man refolv'd and steady to his trust , Inflexible to ill , and obftinately just , May the ...
... Roman empire , having closeted several senators on the project : Horace is fuppofed to have written the follow- ing ode on this occafion . T H E man refolv'd and steady to his trust , Inflexible to ill , and obftinately just , May the ...
Side 106
... Roman capitol fhall rise ; Th ' illuftrious exiles unconfin'd Shall triumph far and near , and rule mankind . In vain the fea's intruding tide Europe from Afric fhall divide , And part the fever'd world in two : Through Afric's fands ...
... Roman capitol fhall rise ; Th ' illuftrious exiles unconfin'd Shall triumph far and near , and rule mankind . In vain the fea's intruding tide Europe from Afric fhall divide , And part the fever'd world in two : Through Afric's fands ...
Side 213
... Roman dictator at the plough - tail . He delivers the meanest of his pre- cepts with a kind of grandeur ; he breaks the clods and toffes the dung about with an air of graceful- nefs . His prognoftications of the weather are taken out of ...
... Roman dictator at the plough - tail . He delivers the meanest of his pre- cepts with a kind of grandeur ; he breaks the clods and toffes the dung about with an air of graceful- nefs . His prognoftications of the weather are taken out of ...
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
ÆNEID æther againſt amidſt arms atque behold blood bluſhes breaſt Britiſh Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe death DECIUS deſcribed deſcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fhall fhining fide fight fire firft firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftorms ftreams ftrength fubject fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf Jove JUBA laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet PORTIUS praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife riſe Roman Rome ſcenes ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſuch SYPHAX tears thee theſe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder toils verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue Whilft winds wiſh youth
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Side 232 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Side 338 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Side 236 - Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around...
Side 232 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Side 337 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Side 284 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Side 259 - And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome" Our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of civil war, And close the scene of blood.
Side 117 - Their stated course, and leave the beaten track. The youth was in a maze, nor did he know Which way to turn the reins, or where to go ; Nor wou'd the horses, had he known, obey.
Side 233 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Side 261 - Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search : Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends.