Of the Nature of Things: In Six Books, Volumen 2G. Sawbridge, 1714 |
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... ftill retaining the Figure of a Man , Æneid . 4 . v . 246. where fpeaking of Mer- cury , he fays , 13 -Jamque volans apicem & latera ardua cernit Atlantis duri , cœlum qui vertice fulcit : Atlantis , cinctum affidue cui nu- bibus atris ...
... ftill retaining the Figure of a Man , Æneid . 4 . v . 246. where fpeaking of Mer- cury , he fays , 13 -Jamque volans apicem & latera ardua cernit Atlantis duri , cœlum qui vertice fulcit : Atlantis , cinctum affidue cui nu- bibus atris ...
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In Six Books Titus Lucretius Carus. 45 . Had they ftill liv'd , what Mischief had they done ? Whom had they torn ? Whom frighted ? Surely none : For now , ev'n now , vaft Troops of MONSTERS fill Each thick , and darksome Wood , and fhady ...
In Six Books Titus Lucretius Carus. 45 . Had they ftill liv'd , what Mischief had they done ? Whom had they torn ? Whom frighted ? Surely none : For now , ev'n now , vaft Troops of MONSTERS fill Each thick , and darksome Wood , and fhady ...
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... ftill fuch MOTIONS , ftill fuch Ways pursue , 215 As may fupply decaying Things by new . For were ignorant how BEINGS rife , How Things begin ; yet Réafons from the Skies , From ev'ry Thing deduc'd , will plainly prove , { This WORLD ne ...
... ftill fuch MOTIONS , ftill fuch Ways pursue , 215 As may fupply decaying Things by new . For were ignorant how BEINGS rife , How Things begin ; yet Réafons from the Skies , From ev'ry Thing deduc'd , will plainly prove , { This WORLD ne ...
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... ftill increase by conftant new Supply , ( show , What need of Proofs ? This STREAMS themselves do And in foft Murmurs bubble as they flow . But left the MASS of WATER prove too great , The SUN drinks fome , to quench his nat'ral Heat ...
... ftill increase by conftant new Supply , ( show , What need of Proofs ? This STREAMS themselves do And in foft Murmurs bubble as they flow . But left the MASS of WATER prove too great , The SUN drinks fome , to quench his nat'ral Heat ...
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... ftill tremble in the lower Sky : No Space is free , but a continu'd RAY Still keeps a conftant , tho ' a feeble , DAY ; So faft , ev'n HYDRA - like , the fruitful Fires Beget a new Beam , as the old expires . 345 So SUN and Moon , with ...
... ftill tremble in the lower Sky : No Space is free , but a continu'd RAY Still keeps a conftant , tho ' a feeble , DAY ; So faft , ev'n HYDRA - like , the fruitful Fires Beget a new Beam , as the old expires . 345 So SUN and Moon , with ...
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Æneid afferts againſt Antients Ariftotle Athenians Athens Authour Averni Beafts becauſe Befides believ'd Body bury'd call'd Caufe Cauſe Cicero Clouds cold conftant Countrey dead defcribes Difeafe Difputation Diodorus Siculus Diſeaſe Diſtance Earth Epicurus ev'ry faid fame fays feems feen felf feveral fhould fieze fince Fire firft firſt firy flain Flame fome fometimes fpeaking ftill ftrike ftrong fubtile fuch Funeral Gods Greeks Heat Heaven himſelf Hippocrates increaſe itſelf Jupiter laft laftly lefs Light likewife Lucretius Macrobius moft Moon moſt Motion muft muſt Nature nevertheleſs Noife NOTES Number o'er obferv'd obferve Opinion Ovid Paffage Perfon Philofophers plac'd Place Plague Plague of Athens Plin Pliny Plutarch Poet Pow'r quæ quod Rain reafon rife ſays Seeds ſpread Stars thefe themſelves ther theſe Things thofe thoſe thouſand thro Thucydides Thunder Tranflatour us'd vaft Verfes Water whence whofe Wind World τὸ
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Página 583 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Página 543 - Nor drum was heard, nor trumpet's angry sound; Nor swords were forged ; but void of care and crime. The soft creation slept away their time. The teeming earth, yet guiltless of the plough, And unprovoked, did fruitful stores allow : Content with food which nature freely bred, On wildings and on strawberries they fed; Cornels and bramble-berries gave the rest, And falling acorns furnished out a feast The flowers, unsown, in fields and meadows reigned ; And western winds immortal spring maintained.
Página 651 - On their eternal anvils here he found The brethren beating, and the blows go round; A load of pointless thunder now there lies Before their hands to ripen for the skies. These darts for angry Jove they daily cast...
Página 498 - Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
Página 439 - Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year /,» Seafons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the fweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or fight of vernal bloom, or fummer's rofe, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine : But cloud inftead, and ever-during dark 4£ " Surrounds me ! from the chearful ways of men Cut off...
Página 528 - Scylla, bathing in the sea that parts Calabria from the hoarse Trinacrian shore : Nor uglier follow the night-hag, when call'd In secret riding through the air she comes, Lured with the smell of infant blood, to dance With Lapland witches, while the labouring moon Eclipses at their charms.
Página 533 - As from his lair, the wild beast, where he wons In forest wild, in thicket, brake, or den ; Among the trees in pairs they rose, they...
Página 549 - Could thro' the ranks of ruin go, With storms above, and rocks below ! In vain did Nature's wise command Divide the waters from the land, If daring ships and men prophane Invade th' inviolable main ; Th' eternal fences over-leap, And pass at will the boundless deep.
Página 471 - Fell through the mighty void, and, in their fall, Were blindly gather'd in this goodly ball. The tender soil then, stiff'ning by degrees, Shut from the bounded earth the bounding seas. Then earth and ocean various forms disclose; And a new sun to the new world arose; And mists, condens'd to clouds, obscure the sky; And clouds, dissolv'd, the thirsty ground supply.
Página 471 - He sung the secret seeds of Nature's frame; How seas, and earth, and air, and active flame, Fell through the mighty void, and, in their fall, Were blindly gather'd in this goodly ball.