The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volumen 211807 |
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... Virgil sing a nobler strain . How much in him may rising Ireland boast ! How much in gaining him has Britain lost ! Their island , in revenge , has our's reclaim'd ; The more instructed we , the more we still are sham'd . " ' Tis well ...
... Virgil sing a nobler strain . How much in him may rising Ireland boast ! How much in gaining him has Britain lost ! Their island , in revenge , has our's reclaim'd ; The more instructed we , the more we still are sham'd . " ' Tis well ...
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... Now let the few belov'd by Jove - and they Whom infus'd Titan form'd of better clay- On equal terms , with ancient wit engage ; Nor mighty Homer fear , nor sacred Virgil's page : Our English palace opens wide , in state , And 116 EPISTLES .
... Now let the few belov'd by Jove - and they Whom infus'd Titan form'd of better clay- On equal terms , with ancient wit engage ; Nor mighty Homer fear , nor sacred Virgil's page : Our English palace opens wide , in state , And 116 EPISTLES .
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... Virgil's art . Thy genius gives thee both ; -where true design , Postures unforc'd , and lively colours join ; →→ Likeness is ever there - but , still , the best ; Like proper thoughts in lofty language drest : Where light , to shades ...
... Virgil's art . Thy genius gives thee both ; -where true design , Postures unforc'd , and lively colours join ; →→ Likeness is ever there - but , still , the best ; Like proper thoughts in lofty language drest : Where light , to shades ...
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... Virgil's work would be , Such is a single piece to History . 140 But we , who life bestow , ourselves must live ;. Kings cannot reign , unless their subjects give ; And they who pay the taxes bear the rule : Thus thou , sometimes , art ...
... Virgil's work would be , Such is a single piece to History . 140 But we , who life bestow , ourselves must live ;. Kings cannot reign , unless their subjects give ; And they who pay the taxes bear the rule : Thus thou , sometimes , art ...
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... Virgil owe ; Whose age enjoys but what his youth deserv❜d , To rule those Muses whom before he serv'd . His learning and untainted manners too , We find , Athenians ! are deriv'd to you : Such ancient hospitality there rests In yours ...
... Virgil owe ; Whose age enjoys but what his youth deserv❜d , To rule those Muses whom before he serv'd . His learning and untainted manners too , We find , Athenians ! are deriv'd to you : Such ancient hospitality there rests In yours ...
Términos y frases comunes
Amyntas Arcite arms beauty began behold betwixt blood breast call'd Canterbury tales charms Chaucer court crime crowd damn'd dare death design'd DRYDEN DUCHESS of YORK Duke of Guise e'en Emily EPILOGUE ev'ry eyes face fair fame fate fear fight foes fools forc'd give grace happy hast heart Heav'n heav'nly honor JOHN DRYDEN kind king knight ladies laws learn'd liv'd live look'd lord lov'd mighty mind mortal Muse ne'er never noble numbers o'er once Ovid pain Palamon peace Pirithous plac'd play pleas'd pleasure poets pow'r praise prince PROLOGUE queen race rais'd reign rest rhyme sacred satire scarce sigh sight Silent Woman soul sov'reign stage sure sweet Thebes thee Theseus thine thou thought thro true turn'd Twas UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD verse Virgil virtue whate'er Whigs wise write young youth
Pasajes populares
Página 70 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly god in triumph comes; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums...
Página 6 - Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well. What' passion cannot Music raise and quell ? The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms, With shrill notes of anger, And mortal alarms.
Página 51 - Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years: Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
Página 72 - He chose a mournful Muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen...
Página 78 - He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and, therefore, speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off ; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace.
Página 38 - She gave but glimpses of her glorious mind : And multitudes of virtues pass'd along ; Each pressing foremost in the mighty throng, Ambitious to be seen, and then make room For greater multitudes that were to come.
Página 96 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly ; and 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. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have so often drawn it for a good one.
Página 69 - TWAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Página 134 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend ; God never made his work for man to mend.
Página 75 - Tale, The Cock and the Fox, which I have translated, and some others, I may justly give our countryman the precedence in that part, since I can remember nothing of Ovid which was wholly his. Both of them understood the manners; under which name I comprehend the passions and, in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons and their very habits.