Of the Nature of Things: In Six Books, Volumen 2G. Sawbridge, 1714 |
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... fuch Prodigies of Nature , neither at the Beginning of the World , nor at any time fince to this Day ; and alfo , That no fuch Things can be produc'd hereafter . XI . From v . 978. to v . 1156. the Poet defcribes the Strength of the ...
... fuch Prodigies of Nature , neither at the Beginning of the World , nor at any time fince to this Day ; and alfo , That no fuch Things can be produc'd hereafter . XI . From v . 978. to v . 1156. the Poet defcribes the Strength of the ...
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... fuch incredible Strength , that he could draw an Ox about at his Pleasure , and 42. OEta's Flame ] Lucretius who , as well as Diomedes of fays nothing of the Death of Thrace , fed his Horfes with hu- Hercules nor of his rifing a God man ...
... fuch incredible Strength , that he could draw an Ox about at his Pleasure , and 42. OEta's Flame ] Lucretius who , as well as Diomedes of fays nothing of the Death of Thrace , fed his Horfes with hu- Hercules nor of his rifing a God man ...
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... fuch a Motion of the Heavens , and prove it to be meerly natural , he owns he shall not be able to take away all Be- lief of Providence : For , as he obferves in the first Book , v . 84 . 57. He divinely fhow'd , & c . ] Faber fays ...
... fuch a Motion of the Heavens , and prove it to be meerly natural , he owns he shall not be able to take away all Be- lief of Providence : For , as he obferves in the first Book , v . 84 . 57. He divinely fhow'd , & c . ] Faber fays ...
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... fuch Perfons , v . 281. See likewife the Note on as in thofe Days were Reftorers Book I. v . 243. To which I add , of Piety ; and that the Affem- that Phlegra was fo call'd blies of Giants , were Colledges eye , to burn , perhaps , be ...
... fuch Perfons , v . 281. See likewife the Note on as in thofe Days were Reftorers Book I. v . 243. To which I add , of Piety ; and that the Affem- that Phlegra was fo call'd blies of Giants , were Colledges eye , to burn , perhaps , be ...
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... fuch thick Bodies as the Heavens ; and therefore we must not believe them to be the Manfions of the Gods . Nay , fays he , no Part of the Univerfe is , or can be their Abodes : For whatever has an Abode , or is in any Place , both ...
... fuch thick Bodies as the Heavens ; and therefore we must not believe them to be the Manfions of the Gods . Nay , fays he , no Part of the Univerfe is , or can be their Abodes : For whatever has an Abode , or is in any Place , both ...
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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.