A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Cook's Hesiod. Fawke's Theocritus. Anacreon. Bion. Moschus. Sappho. Musaeus & Apollonius Rhodius. The Rape of Helen. Creech's Lucretius and Grainger's Tibullus |
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Sivu 4
... author of this genealogy would net have furled such au honourable descent,
unless it was generally believed he was of a great family ; nor would he have
placed him so long before Homer, lad it not been die prevailing opinion he was
first.
... author of this genealogy would net have furled such au honourable descent,
unless it was generally believed he was of a great family ; nor would he have
placed him so long before Homer, lad it not been die prevailing opinion he was
first.
Sivu 333
I wist not presume to give my opinion, cither in praise or dispraise, of die
following translation u general ; the many testimonies, given in hehalf of it, by the
translator's learned and ingenious friends, in tjieir commendatory verses, which,
as they ...
I wist not presume to give my opinion, cither in praise or dispraise, of die
following translation u general ; the many testimonies, given in hehalf of it, by the
translator's learned and ingenious friends, in tjieir commendatory verses, which,
as they ...
Sivu 381
Ver. 841. Having refuted the opinion j of Hera- diniJ, Empedoclea, and other
philosophers, concerting the principles of things, he now, in 86 rerfes, attacks
Anaiagoras, who held the matter of which all things are produced, to be infinite,
and that ...
Ver. 841. Having refuted the opinion j of Hera- diniJ, Empedoclea, and other
philosophers, concerting the principles of things, he now, in 86 rerfes, attacks
Anaiagoras, who held the matter of which all things are produced, to be infinite,
and that ...
Sivu 497
In these two verses, Lucretius conclude!, that images alone are the cause of light
: this too was the opinion of Epicurus, who held, fiat vision is caused by images
that perpetually How from things, and strike our eyes ; and that tkis was his ...
In these two verses, Lucretius conclude!, that images alone are the cause of light
: this too was the opinion of Epicurus, who held, fiat vision is caused by images
that perpetually How from things, and strike our eyes ; and that tkis was his ...
Sivu 572
The opinion of Anaxagoras deserves to be mentioned, for no other reason, than
because it is extravagantly ridiculous; for he affirmed, that the ambient ether,
being of a fiery nature, does, by the impetuous swiftness of its motion, whisk up ...
The opinion of Anaxagoras deserves to be mentioned, for no other reason, than
because it is extravagantly ridiculous; for he affirmed, that the ambient ether,
being of a fiery nature, does, by the impetuous swiftness of its motion, whisk up ...
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Æneid Amycus Anacreon ancient animals Argo argument Aristotle arms atoms beauty body breast called Chalciope charms chief Cicero Colchian colour death delight divine dread earth Epicurean Epicurus EPIGRAM ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fays fear feeds fense fire flame foul give goddess gods golden grace Greek hand heart heaven Hercules heroes Hesiod Homer honour IDYLLIUM Iliad images immortal Jason join'd Jove Jupiter king labour likewise limbs live Lucretius maid manner Medea mighty mind mortal motion move muses nature night nymphs o'er observes opinion Ovid pain passage Phrixus plain Plutarch poem poet pow'r prove Ptolemy quod reason rife round sacred Sappho seeds shore sire sleep song soul spring streams strike swain sweet thee Theocritus things thou Thrace Tiphys translation Venus verses Virgil voice void whence wind wine words