The Works of Virgil in English Verse, Nide 1R.J. Dodsley, 1763 |
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... . with inexpreffible astonishment and awe . While reading the Aeneid is like behold- ing the Capitoline hill at Rome , on which stood . ftood many edifices of exquisite architecture , and whofe top vi PREFATORY DEDICATION .
... . with inexpreffible astonishment and awe . While reading the Aeneid is like behold- ing the Capitoline hill at Rome , on which stood . ftood many edifices of exquisite architecture , and whofe top vi PREFATORY DEDICATION .
Sivu vii
... Rome , not to cenfure the poet as an abject flatterer ; unless you will allow the validity of the ufual ex- cufe for his conduct , viz . that as the com- monwealth maxims were no longer practi- cable , and a change in the government was ...
... Rome , not to cenfure the poet as an abject flatterer ; unless you will allow the validity of the ufual ex- cufe for his conduct , viz . that as the com- monwealth maxims were no longer practi- cable , and a change in the government was ...
Sivu viii
... great a ftroke of art the poet has exhibited , in affigning this origin of the inveterate en- mity betwixt the rival powers of Rome and Carthage ; Carthage ; who were fo often engaged in thofe important Vill PREFATORY DEDICATION .
... great a ftroke of art the poet has exhibited , in affigning this origin of the inveterate en- mity betwixt the rival powers of Rome and Carthage ; Carthage ; who were fo often engaged in thofe important Vill PREFATORY DEDICATION .
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... Rome 684 , in the Confulfhip of Pompey and Crassus , at a Vil- lage called Andes , now Petula , not far from Man- tua . His Father's Name was Virgil , according to the Opinion of Servius and Probus ; for if he had been called Maro , as ...
... Rome 684 , in the Confulfhip of Pompey and Crassus , at a Vil- lage called Andes , now Petula , not far from Man- tua . His Father's Name was Virgil , according to the Opinion of Servius and Probus ; for if he had been called Maro , as ...
Sivu 3
... Rome ; that by his extraordinary Skill in the Dif- eases incident to Cattle of all Kinds , he recom → mended himself to Auguftus's Mafter of the Horse , who procured Appointments for him in the Royal Stables ; that Auguftus having a ...
... Rome ; that by his extraordinary Skill in the Dif- eases incident to Cattle of all Kinds , he recom → mended himself to Auguftus's Mafter of the Horse , who procured Appointments for him in the Royal Stables ; that Auguftus having a ...
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Aeneid ancient Aratus Auguftus Bacchus beaſts beautiful becauſe bees beft beneath Caefar Ceres Columella Corydon DAMOETAS Daphnis defcribes defcription didactic ECLOGUE Eurydice Ev'n expreffion facred faid fame fays feed feems feveral fhade fhall fhepherd fhew fhore fhould figns fing firft firſt flocks foil folemn fome foreft fpeaks fpring ftill ftrains ftreams fubject fublime fuch fwains fweet Georgics groves hath heav'n himſelf HOLDSWORTH inftance Italy juft laft laſt likewife Lucretius LYCIDAS Maecenas Mantua Martyn MENALCAS moft MOPSUS moſt muft muſt nature nymphs o'er obferves occafion Oppian paffage paffion Paftoral perfon plains pleaſure plough poem poet poetical poetry Pollio praiſe prefent rage reafon reft rife Roman Rome Scorpius ſeems Servius ſhall ſhare ſhe ſkies ſky ſpeak SPENCE ſpread ſwains ſweet Taygete thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Tityrus toil tranflation trees uſed Varro verfe vines Virgil whofe whoſe wild
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Sivu 78 - 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 falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Sivu 35 - ... disposes all about him, and conquers with tranquillity. And when we look upon their machines, Homer seems like his own Jupiter in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, and firing the Heavens ; Virgil, like the same power in his benevolence, counselling with the Gods, laying plans for empires, and regularly ordering his whole creation.
Sivu 32 - But ah! Maecenas is yclad in clay, And great Augustus long ago is dead, And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead...
Sivu 319 - But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays! Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head. Then Sculpture and her sister-arts revive; Stones leap'd to form, and rocks began to live; With sweeter notes each rising Temple rung; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung.
Sivu 302 - Thus does the old gentleman give himself up to a loose kind of tattle, rather than endeavour after a just poetical description.
Sivu 236 - And through his airy hall the loud misrule Of driving tempest is for ever heard: Here the grim tyrant meditates his wrath; Here arms his winds with all-subduing frost; Moulds his fierce hail, and treasures up his snows. With which he now oppresses half the globe.
Sivu 328 - Po In angry waves ; Euphrates hence devolves A mighty flood to water half the east ; And there in gothic solitude reclin'd, The cheerless Tanais pours his hoary. urn.
Sivu 5 - A work t' outlast immortal Rome design'd, Perhaps he seem'd above the Critic's law, And but from Nature's fountains scorn'd to draw : But when t' examine every part he came, —Nature and Homer were, he found, the same.
Sivu 331 - What need words To paint its power? For this the daring youth Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove...