The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volum 301790 |
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Side 245
... Roman verse . We heard at diftance foft enchanting strains , From blooming mountains , and Italian plains . Virgil began in English drefs to fhine , His voice , his looks , his grandeur , ftill divine : From him too foon unfriendly you ...
... Roman verse . We heard at diftance foft enchanting strains , From blooming mountains , and Italian plains . Virgil began in English drefs to fhine , His voice , his looks , his grandeur , ftill divine : From him too foon unfriendly you ...
Side 246
... Roman bride . But I in vain on fingle features dwell , Where all the parts of the fair piece excel . So rich the ftore , fo dubious is the feaft , We know not which to pass , or which to taste . The fhining incidents fo juftly fall , We ...
... Roman bride . But I in vain on fingle features dwell , Where all the parts of the fair piece excel . So rich the ftore , fo dubious is the feaft , We know not which to pass , or which to taste . The fhining incidents fo juftly fall , We ...
Side 249
... Roman worthy , on a Grecian stage ! But where fhall Cato's praise begin or end ; Inclin'd to melt , and yet untaught to bend , The firmeft patriot , and the gentlest friend ? How great his genius , when the traitor crowd Ready to ftrike ...
... Roman worthy , on a Grecian stage ! But where fhall Cato's praise begin or end ; Inclin'd to melt , and yet untaught to bend , The firmeft patriot , and the gentlest friend ? How great his genius , when the traitor crowd Ready to ftrike ...
Side 250
... Roman shames the pomp of death . O facred freedom ! which the powers bestow To season bleffings , and to soften woe ; Plant of our growth , and aim of all our cares , The toil of ages , and the crown of wars : If , taught by thee , the ...
... Roman shames the pomp of death . O facred freedom ! which the powers bestow To season bleffings , and to soften woe ; Plant of our growth , and aim of all our cares , The toil of ages , and the crown of wars : If , taught by thee , the ...
Side 252
... Roman virgins use . A virtuous love , chaftis'd by pureft thought , Not from the fancy , but from nature wrought . Britons , with leffen'd wonder , now behold Your former wits , and all your bards of old ; Jonfon out - vy'd in his own ...
... Roman virgins use . A virtuous love , chaftis'd by pureft thought , Not from the fancy , but from nature wrought . Britons , with leffen'd wonder , now behold Your former wits , and all your bards of old ; Jonfon out - vy'd in his own ...
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.