Works: In English Verse, כרך 11763 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 17
עמוד xi
... prefent readers of Virgil judge of it in a manner different from the Romans to whom he wrote ; who probably looked on Turnus as justly punished for having broke the folemn truce agreed to in the twelfth book , and for fighting against ...
... prefent readers of Virgil judge of it in a manner different from the Romans to whom he wrote ; who probably looked on Turnus as justly punished for having broke the folemn truce agreed to in the twelfth book , and for fighting against ...
עמוד 23
... not hinder him much in this for he was a particular Lover of their old Language ; and no doubt inferted many more antiquated Words in his Poem than we can can discover at prefent . Judgment is his diftin- guishing The LIFE of VIRGIL . 23.
... not hinder him much in this for he was a particular Lover of their old Language ; and no doubt inferted many more antiquated Words in his Poem than we can can discover at prefent . Judgment is his diftin- guishing The LIFE of VIRGIL . 23.
עמוד 24
In English Verse Virgil. can discover at prefent . Judgment is his diftin- guishing Character ; and his great Excellence con- fifted in chufing and ranging Things aright . Whatever he borrowed he had the Skill of ma- king his own ; by ...
In English Verse Virgil. can discover at prefent . Judgment is his diftin- guishing Character ; and his great Excellence con- fifted in chufing and ranging Things aright . Whatever he borrowed he had the Skill of ma- king his own ; by ...
עמוד 27
... Prefent of ten Sefterces for every Line , which amounted in the whole to above two hun- dred thousand Pounds Sterling , A Reward equal to Octavia's Generofity , and not above Virgil's Merit ! The Eneid being brought to Conclufion , but ...
... Prefent of ten Sefterces for every Line , which amounted in the whole to above two hun- dred thousand Pounds Sterling , A Reward equal to Octavia's Generofity , and not above Virgil's Merit ! The Eneid being brought to Conclufion , but ...
עמוד 71
... prefent has defign'd . I mark'd the bough where two fond turtles coo'd , And her's fhall be the nest , and feathery brood . MENALCAS . Amid the woodland wilds a tree I found , It's plenteous boughs with golden apples crown'd ; Ten , all ...
... prefent has defign'd . I mark'd the bough where two fond turtles coo'd , And her's fhall be the nest , and feathery brood . MENALCAS . Amid the woodland wilds a tree I found , It's plenteous boughs with golden apples crown'd ; Ten , all ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Aeneid ancient Aratus Auguftus Bacchus beafts beautiful becauſe bees beft beneath Caefar Ceres Columella Corydon DAMOETAS Daphnis defcribed defcription didactic ECLOGUE Eurydice Ev'n expreffion facred faid fame fays feed feems feveral fhade fhall fhepherd fhew fhore fhould figns fing firft firſt flocks foil folemn fome forefts fpeaks fpring ftill ftrains ftreams fubject fublime fuch fwains fweet fwelling Gallus Georgics groves hath heav'n himſelf HOLDSWORTH inftance Italy juft laft laſt Lucretius LYCIDAS Maecenas Mantua Martyn MENALCAS moft MOPSUS moſt Mufes muſt nature nymphs o'er obferves occafion Oppian paffage paffion Paftoral perfon plains pleaſure plough poem poet poetical poetry Pollio praiſe prefent rage raiſe reafon reft reprefented rife Roman Rome ſays Scorpius ſeems Servius ſhade ſhall ſkies ſpeak SPENCE ſwains Taygete thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou Thrace thro Tityrus toil tranflation trees uſed verfe vines Virgil whofe whoſe wild
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 78 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the failing together ; and a little child shall lead them.
עמוד 32 - But ah! Maecenas is yclad in clay, And great Augustus long ago is dead, And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead...
עמוד 35 - ... the midst of the action ; disposes all about him, and conquers with tranquillity. And when we look upon their machines, Homer seems like his own Jupiter in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, and firing the heavens ; Virgil, like the same power in his benevolence, counselling with the Gods, laying plans for empires, and regularly ordering his whole creation.
עמוד 331 - The mazes of some wild and wondrous tale, From morn to eve ; unmindful of her form, Unmindful of the happy dress that stole The wishes of the youth, when every maid With envy pin'd. Hence, finally, by night...
עמוד 331 - Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove : the pensive sage, Heedless of sleep, or midnight's harmful...
עמוד 328 - Po In angry waves ; Euphrates hence devolves A mighty flood to water half the east ; And there in gothic solitude reclin'd, The cheerless Tanais pours his hoary. urn.
עמוד 137 - Persians were masters of Asia, they permitted those who conveyed a spring to any place which had not been watered before to enjoy the benefit for five generations; and as a number of rivulets flowed from Mount Taurus, they spared no expense in directing the course of their streams. At this day, without knowing how they came thither, they are found in the fields and gardens.
עמוד 330 - Nor yet arrives in sight of mortal things. Ev'n on the barriers of the world untir'd She meditates th' eternal depth below; Till, half recoiling, down the headlong steep She plunges; soon o'erwhelm'd and swallow'd up 210 In that immense of being.
עמוד 20 - Roman people, as promifmg them the empire of the whole world. He weaves this in with the moft probable account of their origin ; that of their being defcended from the Trojans. To be a little more particular; Virgil in his JEne'id fhews^ that ./Eneas was called into their country by the exprefs order of the gods.
עמוד 78 - Still more particularly it foreshows a period, " when the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid ; and the calf, and the young lion, and the failing together ; and a little child shall lead them.