The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... SOME OME estates are held in England , by paying a fine at the change of every lord : I have enjoyed the patronage of your family , from the time of your excellent grandfather to this present day . I have de- dicated the tranflation of ...
... SOME OME estates are held in England , by paying a fine at the change of every lord : I have enjoyed the patronage of your family , from the time of your excellent grandfather to this present day . I have de- dicated the tranflation of ...
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... some of the noblest Roman families retained a resemblance of their ancestry , not only in their shapes and features , but alfo in their manners , their qualities , and the diftinguishing characters of their minds : some lines were noted ...
... some of the noblest Roman families retained a resemblance of their ancestry , not only in their shapes and features , but alfo in their manners , their qualities , and the diftinguishing characters of their minds : some lines were noted ...
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... some things which I cannot omit , without detracting from your character . You have so formed your own education as enables you to pay the debt you owe your country ; or , more properly speaking , both your countries : be- cause you ...
... some things which I cannot omit , without detracting from your character . You have so formed your own education as enables you to pay the debt you owe your country ; or , more properly speaking , both your countries : be- cause you ...
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... some , yet the tears of all were real : where every man deplored his private part in that calamity , and even those , who had not tasted of your favours , yet built so much on the fame of your beneficence , that they bemoaned the lofs ...
... some , yet the tears of all were real : where every man deplored his private part in that calamity , and even those , who had not tasted of your favours , yet built so much on the fame of your beneficence , that they bemoaned the lofs ...
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... that I enjoined myself the pleasing task of rendering it into English . And now I found , by the number of my verses , that they began to swell into a little volume ; which gave me an occafion of looking backward on some which.
... that I enjoined myself the pleasing task of rendering it into English . And now I found , by the number of my verses , that they began to swell into a little volume ; which gave me an occafion of looking backward on some which.
Términos y frases comunes
Arcite arms becauſe behold beſide beſt betwixt blood breaſt caſt cauſe Chanticleer Chaucer cloſe courſe Cymon dame death defire deſcending deſerve deſign deſign'd earth eaſe Emily Engliſh ev'n eyes faid fair fame fate fear fecret fide fight fince fing fire firſt flain fome foon forc'd forrow foul freſh fuch fuffer grace haſte heart heaven honour houſe iſſuing juſt king knight ladies laſt leſs liv'd lord loſe lov'd maid mind moſt muſt myſelf numbers o'er Ovid Palamon paſs Pirithous plac'd pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet prepar'd preſent purſue reaſon reſt ſaid ſame ſay ſcarce ſeas ſecond ſee ſeem'd ſeeming ſeen ſenſe ſet ſeveral ſex ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhort ſhould ſkies ſky ſome ſpace ſpeak ſpoke ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſteed ſtill ſtood ſtory ſuch ſweet ſword Synalepha Thebes thee theſe Theſeus thoſe thou thought tranflation turn'd uſe verſe Virgil whoſe wife
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Página 43 - I will only say that it was not for this noble Knight that I drew the plan of an epic poem on King Arthur in my preface to the translation of Juvenal. The Guardian Angels of Kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage...
Página 242 - He wander'd on, unknowing where he went Lost in the wood, and all on love intent : The Day already half his race had run, And summon'd him to due repast at noon, But Love could feel no hunger but lu's own.
Página 93 - Twas all it had, for windows there were none. The gate was adamant; eternal frame! Which, hew'd by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came, The labour of a god; and all along Tough iron plates were clench 'd to make it strong.
Página 298 - A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet, and then was Man design'd ; Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast, For empire form'd, and fit to rule the rest...
Página 43 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Página 26 - One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way; but swept like a drag-net great and small.
Página 66 - Till each with mortal hate his rival view'd; Now friends no more, nor walking hand in hand; But when they met, they made a surly stand; And glared like angry lions as they pass'd, And wish'd that every look might be their last.
Página 239 - This noble youth to madness loved a dame Of high degree, Honoria was her name : Fair as the fairest, but of haughty mind, And fiercer than became so soft a kind ; Proud of her birth, (for equal she had none) The rest she scorn'd; but hated him alone.
Página 32 - May I have leave to do myself the justice (since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man), may I have leave, I say...
Página 132 - The attentive, audience, thus his will declared: The Cause and Spring of motion, from above, Hung down on earth the golden chain of Love: Great was the effect, and high was his intent, When peace among the jarring seeds he sent.