The Argonautics, tr. into Engl. verse with notes by W. Preston, Volumen3 |
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... danger they must incur , in passing . the Symplegades . - These were rocks , of very great size , and unfixed in the sea , which being agitated by the winds , clashed together , and , encountering each other , impeded the passage ...
... danger they must incur , in passing . the Symplegades . - These were rocks , of very great size , and unfixed in the sea , which being agitated by the winds , clashed together , and , encountering each other , impeded the passage ...
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... danger being past , the Argonauts reached the country of the Mariandyni ; and were hospitably re ceived by Lycus , the king of that region . In this place , Idmon the augur died ; being wounded by a wild boar . Tiphys , the pilot of the ...
... danger being past , the Argonauts reached the country of the Mariandyni ; and were hospitably re ceived by Lycus , the king of that region . In this place , Idmon the augur died ; being wounded by a wild boar . Tiphys , the pilot of the ...
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... danger , she advised him , as soon as he should see a number of them crouded together , to throw a stone , from a distance among them ; and when he should perceive them fighting with each other , on this account , to attack them without ...
... danger , she advised him , as soon as he should see a number of them crouded together , to throw a stone , from a distance among them ; and when he should perceive them fighting with each other , on this account , to attack them without ...
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... danger , by a strain of melody , in opposition to their songs . Butes alone of the number leaped over- board ; and began ... dangers ; from Scylla and Charybdis ; and the wandering rocks , from whence a prodigious body of flame and smoke ...
... danger , by a strain of melody , in opposition to their songs . Butes alone of the number leaped over- board ; and began ... dangers ; from Scylla and Charybdis ; and the wandering rocks , from whence a prodigious body of flame and smoke ...
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... danger from the family . When , behold Fason returned , in triumph , with the golden fleece . He presented this precious acquisition to Pelias ; and waited for a proper opportunity , of re- venging the injuries he and his family had ...
... danger from the family . When , behold Fason returned , in triumph , with the golden fleece . He presented this precious acquisition to Pelias ; and waited for a proper opportunity , of re- venging the injuries he and his family had ...
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Página 205 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice
Página 231 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 133 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Página 205 - Ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae ubera, nee magnos metuent armenta leones ; ipsa tibi blandos fundent cunabula flores. Occidet et serpens, et fallax herba veneni occidet ; Assyrium vulgo nascetur amomum.
Página 276 - And they came unto the brook of Eshcol and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates and of the figs.
Página 193 - Nox erat, et terras animalia fessa per omnes Alituum pecudumque genus sopor altus habebat: Cum pater in ripa gelidique sub aetheris axe Aeneas, tristi turbatus pectora bello, Procubuit, seramque dedit per membra quietem.
Página 219 - ... evidently, affect us not in proportion to those of Homer. His characters of valour are much alike : even that of Turnus...
Página 192 - Tempus erat, quo prima quies mortalibus aegris incipit et dono divum gratissima serpit.
Página 120 - ... and generosity of private persons afforded. The same spirit of enterprise which had prompted so many gentlemen to take arms in defence of the oppressed pilgrims in Palestine, incited others to declare themselves the patrons and avengers of injured innocence at home. When the final reduction of the Holy Land under the dominion of Infidels put an end to these foreign expeditions, the latter was the only employment left for the activity and courage of adventurers. To check the insolence of overgrown...
Página 197 - Alma parens, confessa deam, qualisque videri Caelicolis et quanta solet ; dextraque prehensum Continuit, roseoque haec insuper addidit ore: 'Nate, quis indomitas tantus dolor excitat iras?