The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volumen 301790 |
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... saw at diftance , or the dazzling light Had flash'd too ftrongly on his aking fight . The God fits 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 ...
... saw at diftance , or the dazzling light Had flash'd too ftrongly on his aking fight . The God fits 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 ...
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... Saw earth and ocean far beneath him spread : His colour chang'd , he startled at the fight , And his eyes darken'd by too great a light . Now could he wifh the fiery fteeds untry'd , His I 2 OVID'S METAMORPHOSES , Book II . 115.
... Saw earth and ocean far beneath him spread : His colour chang'd , he startled at the fight , And his eyes darken'd by too great a light . Now could he wifh the fiery fteeds untry'd , His I 2 OVID'S METAMORPHOSES , Book II . 115.
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... saw the fifter nymphs , suppress'd Her rifing fears , and mingled with the rest . How in the look does confcious guilt appear ! Slowly the mov'd , and loiter'd in the rear ; Nor lightly tripp'd , nor by the goddess ran , As once the us ...
... saw the fifter nymphs , suppress'd Her rifing fears , and mingled with the rest . How in the look does confcious guilt appear ! Slowly the mov'd , and loiter'd in the rear ; Nor lightly tripp'd , nor by the goddess ran , As once the us ...
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English poets. ' Tis faid the nymphs saw all , and guess'd aright : And now the moon had nine times lost her light , When Dian fainting , in the mid - day beams , Found a cool covert , and refreshing streams , That in foft murmurs ...
English poets. ' Tis faid the nymphs saw all , and guess'd aright : And now the moon had nine times lost her light , When Dian fainting , in the mid - day beams , Found a cool covert , and refreshing streams , That in foft murmurs ...
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... saw the rival in her height , Spangled with stars , and circled round with light , She fought old Ocean in his deep abodes , And Tethys ; both rever'd among the gods . They ask what brings her there . " Ne'er afk , " fays fhe , " What ...
... saw the rival in her height , Spangled with stars , and circled round with light , She fought old Ocean in his deep abodes , And Tethys ; both rever'd among the gods . They ask what brings her there . " Ne'er afk , " fays fhe , " What ...
Términos y frases comunes
ÆNEID æther againſt amidſt arms atque behold blood bluſhes breaſt Britiſh Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe death DECIUS deſcribed deſcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fhall fhining fide fight fire firft firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftorms ftreams ftrength fubject fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf Jove JUBA laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet PORTIUS praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife riſe Roman Rome ſcenes ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſuch SYPHAX tears thee theſe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder toils verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue Whilft winds wiſh youth
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Página 232 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 338 - ... 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 236 - 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 232 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Página 337 - 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 284 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Página 259 - And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome" Our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of civil war, And close the scene of blood.
Página 117 - Their stated course, and leave the beaten track. The youth was in a maze, nor did he know Which way to turn the reins, or where to go ; Nor wou'd the horses, had he known, obey.
Página 233 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Página 261 - Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search : Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends.