The Works of the British Poets, Volumen12John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh., 1795 - 1157 páginas |
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... stood , Nor drew his fable vetfels to the flood . And is it thus , divine Laërtes ' fon ! Thus fly the Greeks ( the martial maid begun ) Thus to their country bear their own difgrace , And fame eternal leave to Priam's race ? Shall ...
... stood , Nor drew his fable vetfels to the flood . And is it thus , divine Laërtes ' fon ! Thus fly the Greeks ( the martial maid begun ) Thus to their country bear their own difgrace , And fame eternal leave to Priam's race ? Shall ...
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... stood ; From Ripe , Stratie , Tegea's bordering towns , The Phenean fields , and Orchomenian downs , Where the fat herds in plenteous pasture rove ; And Stymphelus with her furrounding grove , Parrhalia , on her fnowy cliffs reclin'd ...
... stood ; From Ripe , Stratie , Tegea's bordering towns , The Phenean fields , and Orchomenian downs , Where the fat herds in plenteous pasture rove ; And Stymphelus with her furrounding grove , Parrhalia , on her fnowy cliffs reclin'd ...
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... stood : the Spartan chief reply'd : Me too , ye warriors , hear , whofe fatal right A world engages in the toils of fight . To me the labour of the field refign ; Me Paris injur'd ; all the war be mine . Fall that he muft , beneath his ...
... stood : the Spartan chief reply'd : Me too , ye warriors , hear , whofe fatal right A world engages in the toils of fight . To me the labour of the field refign ; Me Paris injur'd ; all the war be mine . Fall that he muft , beneath his ...
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... stood : Till from the dying chief , approaching near , Th ' Ætolian warrior tugg'd his weighty spear : Then fudden wav'd his flaming faulchion round , And gafh'd his belly with a ghaitly wound , The corpfe now breathlefs on the bloody ...
... stood : Till from the dying chief , approaching near , Th ' Ætolian warrior tugg'd his weighty spear : Then fudden wav'd his flaming faulchion round , And gafh'd his belly with a ghaitly wound , The corpfe now breathlefs on the bloody ...
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... stood , and vigorous from his wound : Inquiries none they made ; the dreadful day No paufe of words admits , no dull delay ; Fierce difcord ftorms , Apollo loud exclaims , Fame calls , Mars thunders , and the field's in flames . Stern ...
... stood , and vigorous from his wound : Inquiries none they made ; the dreadful day No paufe of words admits , no dull delay ; Fierce difcord ftorms , Apollo loud exclaims , Fame calls , Mars thunders , and the field's in flames . Stern ...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volumen12 Robert Anderson Sin vista previa disponible - 1795 |
Términos y frases comunes
Achilles Æneas Ajax Alcinous ANTISTROPHE arms Atrides beneath blood bold brave breaft caft chief coaft courfers crown'd death defcends divine dreadful Eurymachus Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fate feaft fear feas fecret feems fhade fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fince fire firft fkies flain flame flies foft fome forrows foul fpear ftand ftill ftrength fuch fury fword Georgic Goddeſs Gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks ground hafte hand Heaven Hector hero himſelf hoft honours Idomeneus Iliad Ilion Jove king labours laft lefs loft mighty mortal muft Neptune night numbers o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus Pindar plain poet prefent Priam prince queen race rage reft rife ſhall ſhore ſkies ſpread ſtand ſtate Telemachus thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Ulyffes vafe veffel Virgil whofe woes wound youth
Pasajes populares
Página 115 - Here sacred pomp and genial feast delight, And solemn dance, and hymeneal rite ; Along the street the new-made brides are led, With torches flaming, to the nuptial bed : The youthful dancers in a circle bound To the soft flute, and cittern's silver sound : Through the fair streets, the matrons in a row Stand in their porches, and enjoy the show.
Página 419 - All were attentive to the godlike man, When from his lofty couch he thus began: 'Great queen, what you command me to relate, Renews the sad remembrance of our fate: An empire from its old foundations rent, And...
Página iv - This is a field in which no succeeding poets could dispute with Homer; and whatever commendations have been allowed them on this head, are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle, but for their judgment in having contracted it. For when the mode of learning changed in...
Página x - That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me ; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example...
Página 37 - Behold the mighty Hector's wife! Some haughty Greek, who lives thy tears to see, Embitters all thy woes by naming me. The thoughts of glory past, and present shame A thousand griefs shall waken at the name. May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Press'd with a load of monumental clay! Thy Hector, wrapt in everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear thee sigh, nor see thee weep.
Página vi - We ought to have a certain knowledge of the principal character and distinguishing excellence of each: it is in that we are to consider him, and in proportion to his degree in that we are to admire him. No author or man...
Página 231 - Now wasting years my former strength confound, And added woes have bow'd me to the ground: Yet by the stubble you may guess the grain, And mark the ruins of no vulgar man.
Página 126 - Talk not of life, or ransom (he replies): Patroclus dead, whoever meets me, dies: In vain a single Trojan sues for grace; But least, the sons of Priam's hateful race. Die then, my friend! what boots it to deplore? The great, the good Patroclus is no more! He, far thy better, was foredoom'd to die, And thou, dost thou bewail mortality?
Página 389 - By this it is probable that Homer lived when the Median monarchy was grown formidable to the Grecians, and that the joint endeavours of his countrymen were little enough to preserve their common freedom from an encroaching enemy. Such was his moral, which all...