The Works of the British Poets, 第 12 巻John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh., 1795 - 1157 ページ |
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... Italy , or the like . That of the Iliad is the anger of Achilles , the moft fhort and fingle fubject that ever was chosen by any poet . Yet this he has fupplied with a vafter variety of incidents and events , and crowd- ed with a ...
... Italy , or the like . That of the Iliad is the anger of Achilles , the moft fhort and fingle fubject that ever was chosen by any poet . Yet this he has fupplied with a vafter variety of incidents and events , and crowd- ed with a ...
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... contented heart from the fweet vale of ease . See 2 Olymp . Od . Alluding to the French and Italian Lyric Poets See Pyth . Cd . Hor , lib . IV . Od . iil And where deck'd with olives flows , Alpheus , thy PREFACE . 297.
... contented heart from the fweet vale of ease . See 2 Olymp . Od . Alluding to the French and Italian Lyric Poets See Pyth . Cd . Hor , lib . IV . Od . iil And where deck'd with olives flows , Alpheus , thy PREFACE . 297.
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... Italy ; and it was hardly pofiible for him not to take Rome in his way ; as is evi- dent to any one who fhall caft an eye on the map of Italy : and therefore the late French editor of his works is mistaken , when he afferts that he ...
... Italy ; and it was hardly pofiible for him not to take Rome in his way ; as is evi- dent to any one who fhall caft an eye on the map of Italy : and therefore the late French editor of his works is mistaken , when he afferts that he ...
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... Italy cut off his little fabfiftence ; but by a ftrange turn of human af- fairs , which ought to keep good men from ever de- fpairing , the lofs of his eftate proved the effectual way of making his fortune . The occafion of it was this ...
... Italy cut off his little fabfiftence ; but by a ftrange turn of human af- fairs , which ought to keep good men from ever de- fpairing , the lofs of his eftate proved the effectual way of making his fortune . The occafion of it was this ...
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... Italy , back again to Rome , and by the way , probably , com- pofed his ninth Paftoral , which may feem to have been made up in hafte , out of the fragments of fome other pieces ; and naturally enough repre- fents the diforder of the ...
... Italy , back again to Rome , and by the way , probably , com- pofed his ninth Paftoral , which may feem to have been made up in hafte , out of the fragments of fome other pieces ; and naturally enough repre- fents the diforder of the ...
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Achilles Æneas Ajax Alcinous ANTISTROPHE arms Atrides beneath blood bold brave breaft caft chief coaft courfers crown'd death defcends divine dreadful Eurymachus Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fate feaft fear feas fecret feems fhade fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fince fire firft fkies flain flame flies foft fome forrows foul fpear ftand ftill ftrength fuch fury fword Georgic Goddeſs Gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks ground hafte hand Heaven Hector hero himſelf hoft honours Idomeneus Iliad Ilion Jove king labours laft lefs loft mighty mortal muft Neptune night numbers o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus Pindar plain poet prefent Priam prince queen race rage reft rife ſhall ſhore ſkies ſpread ſtand ſtate Telemachus thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Ulyffes vafe veffel Virgil whofe woes wound youth
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115 ページ - Here sacred pomp and genial feast delight, And solemn dance, and hymeneal rite ; Along the street the new-made brides are led, With torches flaming, to the nuptial bed : The youthful dancers in a circle bound To the soft flute, and cittern's silver sound : Through the fair streets, the matrons in a row Stand in their porches, and enjoy the show.
419 ページ - 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...
iv ページ - This is a field in which no succeeding poets could dispute with Homer; and whatever commendations have been allowed them on this head, are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle, but for their judgment in having contracted it. For when the mode of learning changed in...
x ページ - That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me ; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example...
37 ページ - Behold the mighty Hector's wife! Some haughty Greek, who lives thy tears to see, Embitters all thy woes by naming me. The thoughts of glory past, and present shame A thousand griefs shall waken at the name. May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Press'd with a load of monumental clay! Thy Hector, wrapt in everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear thee sigh, nor see thee weep.
vi ページ - We ought to have a certain knowledge of the principal character and distinguishing excellence of each: it is in that we are to consider him, and in proportion to his degree in that we are to admire him. No author or man...
231 ページ - Now wasting years my former strength confound, And added woes have bow'd me to the ground: Yet by the stubble you may guess the grain, And mark the ruins of no vulgar man.
126 ページ - Talk not of life, or ransom (he replies): Patroclus dead, whoever meets me, dies: In vain a single Trojan sues for grace; But least, the sons of Priam's hateful race. Die then, my friend! what boots it to deplore? The great, the good Patroclus is no more! He, far thy better, was foredoom'd to die, And thou, dost thou bewail mortality?
389 ページ - By this it is probable that Homer lived when the Median monarchy was grown formidable to the Grecians, and that the joint endeavours of his countrymen were little enough to preserve their common freedom from an encroaching enemy. Such was his moral, which all...