The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Band 301790 |
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... enter'd , where at reft Aglauros lay , with gentle fleep oppreft . To execute Minerva's dire command , She ftrok'd the virgin with her canker'd hand , Then prickly thorns into her breast convey'd , That ftung to madness the devoted maid ...
... enter'd , where at reft Aglauros lay , with gentle fleep oppreft . To execute Minerva's dire command , She ftrok'd the virgin with her canker'd hand , Then prickly thorns into her breast convey'd , That ftung to madness the devoted maid ...
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... And taken vengeance of the ftubborn maid , From where the bright Athenian turrets rise He mounts aloft , and re - afcends the skies . Jove faw him enter the sublime abodes , And , OVID's METAMORPHOSES , Book II . 143 Europa's Rape.
... And taken vengeance of the ftubborn maid , From where the bright Athenian turrets rise He mounts aloft , and re - afcends the skies . Jove faw him enter the sublime abodes , And , OVID's METAMORPHOSES , Book II . 143 Europa's Rape.
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English poets. Jove faw him enter the sublime abodes , And , as he mix'd among the croud of Gods , Beckon'd him out , and drew him from the reft , And in foft whispers thus his will expreft : " My trusty Hermes , by whofe ready aid " Thy ...
English poets. Jove faw him enter the sublime abodes , And , as he mix'd among the croud of Gods , Beckon'd him out , and drew him from the reft , And in foft whispers thus his will expreft : " My trusty Hermes , by whofe ready aid " Thy ...
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... enter'd , he may rise again Oh Supple , unfinew'd , and but half a man ! The heavenly parents anfwer'd , from on high , Their two - fhap'd fon , the double votary ; Then gave a secret virtue to the flood , And ting'd its fource to make ...
... enter'd , he may rise again Oh Supple , unfinew'd , and but half a man ! The heavenly parents anfwer'd , from on high , Their two - fhap'd fon , the double votary ; Then gave a secret virtue to the flood , And ting'd its fource to make ...
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... enter in , my Mufe ; the Stage furvey , And all its pomp and pageantry display ; Trap - doors and pit - falls , from th ' unfaithful ground , And magic walls encompass it around : On either fide maim'd Temples fill our eyes , And ...
... enter in , my Mufe ; the Stage furvey , And all its pomp and pageantry display ; Trap - doors and pit - falls , from th ' unfaithful ground , And magic walls encompass it around : On either fide maim'd Temples fill our eyes , And ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 232 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 232 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Seite 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.
Seite 284 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.