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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... fate The ftern Achilles , ftedfaft in his hate ; Nor mix'd in combat , nor in council join'd ; But waiting cares lay heavy on his mind : In his black thoughts revenge and flaughter roll , And icenes of blood rife dreadful in his foul ...
... fate The ftern Achilles , ftedfaft in his hate ; Nor mix'd in combat , nor in council join'd ; But waiting cares lay heavy on his mind : In his black thoughts revenge and flaughter roll , And icenes of blood rife dreadful in his foul ...
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... fate , Burns with defire . Sarpedon's ftrength to prove ; Alcides ' offspring meets the fon of Jove . Sheath'd in bright arms each adverfe chief came on , Jove's great defcendant , and his greater fon . Prepar'd for combat ere the lance ...
... fate , Burns with defire . Sarpedon's ftrength to prove ; Alcides ' offspring meets the fon of Jove . Sheath'd in bright arms each adverfe chief came on , Jove's great defcendant , and his greater fon . Prepar'd for combat ere the lance ...
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... fate of war be try'd , And whose the conqueft , mighty Jove decide ! The monarch spoke ! the warriors spoke with Each at his poft in arms ) a fhort repast . [ hafte Soon as the rofy morn had wak'd the day , To the black fhips Idæus bent ...
... fate of war be try'd , And whose the conqueft , mighty Jove decide ! The monarch spoke ! the warriors spoke with Each at his poft in arms ) a fhort repast . [ hafte Soon as the rofy morn had wak'd the day , To the black fhips Idæus bent ...
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... fate . Their courfers crush'd beneath the wireel fhall lie , Their car in fragments scatter'd o'er the sky ; My lightning thefe rebellious fhall confound , And hurl them flaming , headlong to the ground . Condemn'd for ten revolving ...
... fate . Their courfers crush'd beneath the wireel fhall lie , Their car in fragments scatter'd o'er the sky ; My lightning thefe rebellious fhall confound , And hurl them flaming , headlong to the ground . Condemn'd for ten revolving ...
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... fate , and liften'd long , In filence waiting till he ceas'd the fong . Unfeen the Grecian embally proceeds To his high tent ; the great Ulyffes leads . Achilles , ftarting , as the chiefs he spy'd , Leap'd from his feat , and laid the ...
... fate , and liften'd long , In filence waiting till he ceas'd the fong . Unfeen the Grecian embally proceeds To his high tent ; the great Ulyffes leads . Achilles , ftarting , as the chiefs he spy'd , Leap'd from his feat , and laid the ...
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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
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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...