Miscellaneous Writings of the Late Dr. Maginn, Band 4Redfield, 1856 |
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Miscellaneous Writings of the Late Dr. Maginn William Maginn,R. Shelton 1809-1880 MacKenzie Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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Seite 86 - an unconscious paraphrase of the word : — "A frame of adamant, a soul of fire — No dangers fright him, and no labors tire." — WM * As here to Minerva, N. 256 — to
Seite 86 - Know, then, I came From sacred Crete, and from a sire of fame." land of liars. " One of themselves," says St. Paul to Titus, i. 12, " even a prophet (a poet) of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Seite 98 - is fuller of recognitions even than the Odyssey, Southey introduces a dog: " While thus Florinda spake, the dog who lay Before Rusilla's feet, eying him long And wistfully, had recognised at length, Changed as he was and in those sordid weeds, His royal master. And he rose and licked His withered hand, and earnestly looked up
Seite 203 - wine; With goat's milk cheese and flav'rous taste bestows, And last with flour the smiling surface strews. This for the wounded prince the dame prepares, The cordial beverage reverend NESTOR shares; Salubrious draughts the warrior's thirst allay, And plea-sing conference beguiles the day. Meantime PATROCLUS, by ACHILLES sent, Unheard approached, and stood before the tent."* To
Seite 60 - with awe the venerable man, Who thus with mild benevolence began : ' What shame, what wo/ " &c. All the words intruded here give a false idea. What wisdom the rules of Nestor, or what happiness his sway afforded the Pylians— his merits in
Seite 61 - consoles his companion with the hope of better fortune on another occasion, and ridicules him for apprehending disgrace or taunt for yielding on the present. As usual in Pope, Diomed addresses him with the clerical epithet : — " O reverend prince, Tydides thus replies, Thy years are awful, and thy words are wise ;" which is a rather liberal expansion of
Seite 109 - But where the rising whirlwind clouds the plains, Sunk in soft dust the mighty chief remains, And, stretched in death, forgets the guiding reins." XIV. " All day we fought, and no one thought Of holding of the hand ; Till a storm to an end the contest brought, Sent by high
Seite 136 - with equal propriety, receives the man in difficulties without a word. On their arrival in Ithaca, the prince proposes to go to the farm in the country, while his sailors make for the town ; on which, according to Pope, " Then Theoclymenus : But who shall lend, Meantime, protection to thy stranger friend ? Straight to the queen
Seite 201 - Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe." Voltaire, and all the school of
Seite 177 - rose. When thus the king with hospitable port: — ' Accept this welcome to the Spartan court; The waste of nature let the feast repair, Then your high lineage and your names declare; Say from what sceptred ancestry ye claim, Recorded eminent in