The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... word , which I would fain bring back to its orignal fignification of virtue , I mean Good - nature , are of daily use : they are the bread of mankind , and staff of life : neither fighs , nor tears , nor groans , nor curses of the ...
... word , which I would fain bring back to its orignal fignification of virtue , I mean Good - nature , are of daily use : they are the bread of mankind , and staff of life : neither fighs , nor tears , nor groans , nor curses of the ...
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... words : Homer was rapid in his thoughts , and took all the liberties , both of num- bers and of expressions , which his language , and the age in which he lived , allowed him : Homer's inven- tion was more copious , Virgil's more ...
... words : Homer was rapid in his thoughts , and took all the liberties , both of num- bers and of expressions , which his language , and the age in which he lived , allowed him : Homer's inven- tion was more copious , Virgil's more ...
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... words , and harmony of numbers : now , the words are the colouring of the work , which in the order of nature is last to be con- fidered . The design , the disposition , the manners , and the thoughts , are all before it : where any of ...
... words , and harmony of numbers : now , the words are the colouring of the work , which in the order of nature is last to be con- fidered . The design , the disposition , the manners , and the thoughts , are all before it : where any of ...
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... words remain to be confidered in the comparison of the two poets ; and I have saved myself one half of that labour , by owning that Ovid lived when the Roman tongue was in its meridian ; Chaucer , in the dawning of our language ...
... words remain to be confidered in the comparison of the two poets ; and I have saved myself one half of that labour , by owning that Ovid lived when the Roman tongue was in its meridian ; Chaucer , in the dawning of our language ...
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... . They , who think otherwise , would by the same reason prefer Lucan and Ovid to Homer and Virgil , and Martial to all four of them . As for the turn of words , in which Ovid particularly excels all. mon . turn turn PREFACE . 25.
... . They , who think otherwise , would by the same reason prefer Lucan and Ovid to Homer and Virgil , and Martial to all four of them . As for the turn of words , in which Ovid particularly excels all. mon . turn turn PREFACE . 25.
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
Pasajes populares
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.