The Works of the British Poets, Band 12John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh., 1795 - 1157 Seiten |
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... chief inven- tion ; and as long as this ( which is indeed the cha- racteristic of poetry itfelf ) remains unequalled by his followers , he ftill continues fuperior to theni . A cooler judgment may commit fewer faults , and be more ...
... chief inven- tion ; and as long as this ( which is indeed the cha- racteristic of poetry itfelf ) remains unequalled by his followers , he ftill continues fuperior to theni . A cooler judgment may commit fewer faults , and be more ...
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... chief by whom our hofts are led , The king of kings , fhall touch that facred head . Encourag'd thus , the blameless man replies ; Nor vows unpaid , nor flighted facrifice , But he , our chief , provok'd the raging pest , Apollo's ...
... chief by whom our hofts are led , The king of kings , fhall touch that facred head . Encourag'd thus , the blameless man replies ; Nor vows unpaid , nor flighted facrifice , But he , our chief , provok'd the raging pest , Apollo's ...
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... chief to match Pirithous ' fame , Dryas the bold , or Ceneus ' deathless name ; Thefeus , endued with more than mortal might , Or Polyphemus , like the Gods in fight ? With thefe of old to toils of battle bred , In early youth my hardy ...
... chief to match Pirithous ' fame , Dryas the bold , or Ceneus ' deathless name ; Thefeus , endued with more than mortal might , Or Polyphemus , like the Gods in fight ? With thefe of old to toils of battle bred , In early youth my hardy ...
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... chief who mighty nations guides , Directs in council , and in war prefides , To whom its fafety a whole people owes , To wafte long nights in indolent repofe . Monarch , awake . ' tis Jove's commands I bear ; Thou , and thy glory ...
... chief who mighty nations guides , Directs in council , and in war prefides , To whom its fafety a whole people owes , To wafte long nights in indolent repofe . Monarch , awake . ' tis Jove's commands I bear ; Thou , and thy glory ...
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... chief in arms approv'd , He fir'd with praite , or with perfuafion mov'd . Warriors , like you , with strength and wildom By brave examples fhould confirm the reft . [ bleit , The monarch's wili not yet reveal'd appears ; He tries our ...
... chief in arms approv'd , He fir'd with praite , or with perfuafion mov'd . Warriors , like you , with strength and wildom By brave examples fhould confirm the reft . [ bleit , The monarch's wili not yet reveal'd appears ; He tries our ...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Band 12 Robert Anderson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1795 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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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Seite 115 - 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.
Seite 419 - 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...
Seite iv - 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...
Seite x - 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...
Seite 37 - 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.
Seite vi - 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...
Seite 231 - 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.
Seite 126 - 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?
Seite 389 - 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...