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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... mind ! What generous Greek , obedient to thy word , Shall form an ambuth , or fhall lift the fword ? What caufe have I to war at thy decree ? The diftant Trojans never injur'd mẹ : To Phthia's realms no hoftile troops they led , Safe in ...
... mind ! What generous Greek , obedient to thy word , Shall form an ambuth , or fhall lift the fword ? What caufe have I to war at thy decree ? The diftant Trojans never injur'd mẹ : To Phthia's realms no hoftile troops they led , Safe in ...
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... mind : In his black thoughts revenge and flaughter roll , And icenes of blood rife dreadful in his foul . Twelve days were paft , and now the dawning light The Gods had fummon'd to th ' Olympian height : Jove firft afcending from the ...
... mind : In his black thoughts revenge and flaughter roll , And icenes of blood rife dreadful in his foul . Twelve days were paft , and now the dawning light The Gods had fummon'd to th ' Olympian height : Jove firft afcending from the ...
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... mind , No God can govern , and no justice bind . Say , mighty father ! fhall we fcourge his pride , And drive from fight th ' impetuous homicide ? To whom affenting thus the Thunderer said : Go ! and the great Minerva be thy aid . To ...
... mind , No God can govern , and no justice bind . Say , mighty father ! fhall we fcourge his pride , And drive from fight th ' impetuous homicide ? To whom affenting thus the Thunderer said : Go ! and the great Minerva be thy aid . To ...
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... mind ! Shall thefe , fhall thefe Atrides ' mercy find ! Well haft thou known proud Troy's perfidious land , And well her natives merit at thy hand ! Not one of all the race , nor fex , nor age , Shall fave a Trojan from our boundless ...
... mind ! Shall thefe , fhall thefe Atrides ' mercy find ! Well haft thou known proud Troy's perfidious land , And well her natives merit at thy hand ! Not one of all the race , nor fex , nor age , Shall fave a Trojan from our boundless ...
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... mind ; Or go , and Paris fhall not lag behind . He faid , nor anfwer'd Priam's warlike fon ; When Helen thus with lowly grace begun : Oh generous brother ! if the guilty dame , That caus'd thefe woes , deferves a fifter's name ! Would ...
... mind ; Or go , and Paris fhall not lag behind . He faid , nor anfwer'd Priam's warlike fon ; When Helen thus with lowly grace begun : Oh generous brother ! if the guilty dame , That caus'd thefe woes , deferves a fifter's name ! Would ...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Band 12 Robert Anderson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1795 |
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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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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...