A Series of Lettersauthor, 1798 - 235 páginas |
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... reason , that Plato ( the poetical philo- fopher ) excluded poets from his common - wealth ; and it was from this paffage , and fome other fuch , that Homer bears the imputation of making his gods men , and his men gods . Read what I ...
... reason , that Plato ( the poetical philo- fopher ) excluded poets from his common - wealth ; and it was from this paffage , and fome other fuch , that Homer bears the imputation of making his gods men , and his men gods . Read what I ...
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... reason for dispatching him so suddenly ; for had the dog lived , he would have followed , and thereby betrayed the old king under the appearance of a beggar . Vide Clarke's Homer . I cannot I cannot help exclaiming - Argus ! happy dog ...
... reason for dispatching him so suddenly ; for had the dog lived , he would have followed , and thereby betrayed the old king under the appearance of a beggar . Vide Clarke's Homer . I cannot I cannot help exclaiming - Argus ! happy dog ...
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... reason why the judicious furgeon re- moved the tunic , and other integuments , to come at the wound : it appears likewise , that the wound must have been very high up in the thigh , from all cir cumstances . I cannot quit this fubject ...
... reason why the judicious furgeon re- moved the tunic , and other integuments , to come at the wound : it appears likewise , that the wound must have been very high up in the thigh , from all cir cumstances . I cannot quit this fubject ...
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... reason , the most correct of any . I know not what the author may have copied from Apollonius Rhodius , having never read his poem ; but fhew me any thing in the comparatively languid Description of Circe or Calypfo , that can anywife ...
... reason , the most correct of any . I know not what the author may have copied from Apollonius Rhodius , having never read his poem ; but fhew me any thing in the comparatively languid Description of Circe or Calypfo , that can anywife ...
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... reason I will affign you hereafter ) and nothing equal , that I recollect , in all the Iliad or Odyssey ; the Virgilian war - horse is most beautiful ; but in animation inferior to the ori- ental steed described by the Man of Uz ...
... reason I will affign you hereafter ) and nothing equal , that I recollect , in all the Iliad or Odyssey ; the Virgilian war - horse is most beautiful ; but in animation inferior to the ori- ental steed described by the Man of Uz ...
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Página 80 - Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits...
Página 82 - In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change in human life, High actions and high passions best describing : Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratic, Shook the' arsenal, and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes
Página 114 - On his right fboulder his thick mane reclin'd, Ruffles at fpeed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round, His chine is double; ftarting with a bound, He turns the turf, and fhakes the folid ground, Fire from his eyes, clouds from his noftrils flow : He bears his rider headlong on the foe.
Página 80 - Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...
Página 97 - Amid the troops, and like the leading god, High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode: A triple pile of plumes his crest adorn'd, On which with belching flames Chimaera burn'd: The more the kindled combat rises high'r, The more with fury burns the blazing fire.
Página 97 - Last, from the Volscians fair Camilla came, And led her warlike troops, a warrior dame; Unbred to spinning, in the loom unskill'd, She chose the nobler Pallas of the field.
Página 67 - Th' imperial enfign, which full high advanc'd Shone like a meteor ftreaming to the wind, With gems and golden luftre rich imblaz'd, Seraphic...
Página 22 - Thro' both the Tendons broke the rugged Stone, And stripp'd the Skin, and crack'd the solid Bone. Sunk on his Knees and stagg'ring with his Pains, His falling Bulk his bended Arm sustains; 380 Lost in a dizzy Mist the Warrior lies; A sudden Cloud comes swimming o'er his Eyes.
Página 66 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy; will not drive us hence; Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, tho' in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.
Página 97 - Outstripp'd the winds in speed upon the plain, Flew o'er the fields, nor hurt the bearded grain: She swept the seas, and, as she skimm'd along, Her flying feet unbath'd on billows hung.