The Works of the English Poets: AddisonH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... verse reveals His great designs , to you in council tells His inmoft thoughts , determining the doom Of towns unstorm'd , and battles yet to come . And well could you , in your immortal ftrains , Defcribe his conduct , and reward his ...
... verse reveals His great designs , to you in council tells His inmoft thoughts , determining the doom Of towns unstorm'd , and battles yet to come . And well could you , in your immortal ftrains , Defcribe his conduct , and reward his ...
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... , and fear'd in wars , Inur'd to noon - day fweats , and mid - night cares ! But ftill the God - like man , by fome hard fate , Receives the glory of his toils too late ; Too Too late the verse the mighty act succeeds , One [ 9 ]
... , and fear'd in wars , Inur'd to noon - day fweats , and mid - night cares ! But ftill the God - like man , by fome hard fate , Receives the glory of his toils too late ; Too Too late the verse the mighty act succeeds , One [ 9 ]
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Samuel Johnson. Too late the verse the mighty act succeeds , One age the hero , one the poet breeds . A thousand years in full fucceffion ran , Ere Virgil rais'd his voice , and fung the man Who , driven by stress of fate , such dangers ...
Samuel Johnson. Too late the verse the mighty act succeeds , One age the hero , one the poet breeds . A thousand years in full fucceffion ran , Ere Virgil rais'd his voice , and fung the man Who , driven by stress of fate , such dangers ...
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... verse ; High on the deck should the great leader stand , Wrath in his look , and lightning in his hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his fire Amidt a thousand ships , and made all Greece retire . But But who can run the British ...
... verse ; High on the deck should the great leader stand , Wrath in his look , and lightning in his hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his fire Amidt a thousand ships , and made all Greece retire . But But who can run the British ...
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... verse with blame ; Thy fault is only wit in its excefs : : But wit like thine in any shape will please . What Mufe but thine can equal hints infpire , And fit the deep - mouth'd Pindar to thy lyre Pindar , whom others in a labour'd ...
... verse with blame ; Thy fault is only wit in its excefs : : But wit like thine in any shape will please . What Mufe but thine can equal hints infpire , And fit the deep - mouth'd Pindar to thy lyre Pindar , whom others in a labour'd ...
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Æneid æther Afide arms atque behold beſt bleft bluſhes breaſt Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's caufe charms courſe CYCNUS death DECIUS defcribe defcription Ev'n eyes fafe faid fame fate father fays fecret fhade fhall fhining fide fight fire firſt fome forrows foul fpring friends ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fure fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf itſelf Jove JUBA laft laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid Marcia Marcus mighty moſt muſt myſelf numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet Portius praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife rifu riſe Roman Rome ſay ſcenes ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtory ſtreams Syphax tears thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder verfe view'd Virgil virgin virtue Whilft youth САТО
Pasajes populares
Página 329 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Página 229 - Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around...
Página 330 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Página 44 - On foreign mountains may the Sun refine The grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine, With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : We envy not the warmer clime, that lies...
Página 107 - The god sits high, exalted on a throne Of blazing gems, with purple garments on ; The hours, in order rang'd on either hand, And days, and months, and years, and ages stand. Here spring appears with...
Página 253 - Put forth thy utmost strength, work every nerve, And call up all thy father in thy soul : To quell the tyrant Love, and guard thy heart On this weak side, where most our nature fails, Would be a conquest worthy Cato's son.
Página 248 - Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they wept. Our author shuns...
Página 223 - To all my weak Complaints and Cries Thy Mercy lent an Ear, Ere yet my feeble Thoughts had learnt To form themselves in Pray'r. Unnumber'd Comforts to my Soul Thy tender Care bestow'd, Before my Infant Heart conceiv'd From whom those Comforts flow'd. When in the slipp'ry Paths of Youth With heedless Steps I ran, Thine Arm unseen convey'd me safe And led me up to Man...
Página 35 - Through pathless fields, and unfrequented floods, To dens of dragons and enchanted woods. But now the mystic tale, that pleased of yore, Can charm an understanding age no more; The long-spun allegories fulsome grow, While the dull moral lies too plain below.
Página 281 - This sober conduct is a mighty virtue In lukewarm patriots. Cato. Come! no more, Sempronius, All here are friends to Rome, and to each other. Let us not weaken still the weaker side By our divisions. Sem. Cato, my resentments Are sacrificed to Rome — I stand reproved.