The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volumen231790 |
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... seek , And ' tis t ' appear a foe , t ' appear a Greek ; Already you my name and country know , } 130 Affuage your thirft of blood , and ftrike the blow : 140 My death will both the kingly brothers please , And fet infatiate Ithacus at ...
... seek , And ' tis t ' appear a foe , t ' appear a Greek ; Already you my name and country know , } 130 Affuage your thirft of blood , and ftrike the blow : 140 My death will both the kingly brothers please , And fet infatiate Ithacus at ...
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... seek th ' abandon'd field . I went ; but fad Creüfa ftopp'd my way , And , crofs the threshold , in my paffage lay ; Embrac❜d and when I would have gone , Shew'd me my feeble fire , and tender fon . my knees ; If death be your defign ...
... seek th ' abandon'd field . I went ; but fad Creüfa ftopp'd my way , And , crofs the threshold , in my paffage lay ; Embrac❜d and when I would have gone , Shew'd me my feeble fire , and tender fon . my knees ; If death be your defign ...
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... seek the Gnoffian shore . If Jove affift the paffage of our fleet , The third propitious dawn discovers Crete . Thus having faid , the facrifices laid On finoaking altars , to the gods he paid . A bull to Neptune , an oblation due ...
... seek the Gnoffian shore . If Jove affift the paffage of our fleet , The third propitious dawn discovers Crete . Thus having faid , the facrifices laid On finoaking altars , to the gods he paid . A bull to Neptune , an oblation due ...
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... seek shelter in a foreign place ? As often as the night obfcures the skies With humid fhades , or twinkling stars arise , Anchifes ' angry ghost in dreams appears , Chides my delay , and fills my foul with fears ; And young Afcanius ...
... seek shelter in a foreign place ? As often as the night obfcures the skies With humid fhades , or twinkling stars arise , Anchifes ' angry ghost in dreams appears , Chides my delay , and fills my foul with fears ; And young Afcanius ...
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... seek her fubjects , and to feek in vain . Like Pentheus , when , distracted with his fear , He saw two funs , and double Thebes appear : Or mad Oreftes , when his mother's ghost Full in his face infernal torches tofs'd ; And shook her ...
... seek her fubjects , and to feek in vain . Like Pentheus , when , distracted with his fear , He saw two funs , and double Thebes appear : Or mad Oreftes , when his mother's ghost Full in his face infernal torches tofs'd ; And shook her ...
Términos y frases comunes
Æneas Afcanius againſt altars Anchifes arms bear behold blood breaſt caft coaft command courſe crown'd darts death defcends Dido dire Euryalus eyes facred fafe faid fame fatal fate father fear fecret fecure feek fent fhade fhall fhining fhips fhore fide fields fight fire firft firſt fix'd flain flames fleep flew flood foes fome fought foul friends ftands ftood ftreams fuch fury fword ghoft gods Grecian hafte hands head heaven Helenus himſelf houſe Jove Juno king labour laft land laſt Latian Latium limbs Mezentius mix'd night o'er paffage Pallas Phrygian pierc'd plain poffefs'd Priam prince promis'd purſue queen race rage rais'd refolv'd reft reſt rifing Rutulian ſaid ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhe ſhield ſhips ſhore ſhould ſkies ſky ſpace ſpear ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtood ſuſtain thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou Tiber trembling Trojan troops Troy Turnus Tyrian whofe winds wound youth
Pasajes populares
Página 105 - Oppress'd with numbers in th' unequal field, His men discourag'd, and himself expell'd, Let him for succour sue from place to place, Torn from his subjects, and his son's embrace.
Página 164 - Just in the gate, and in the jaws of hell, Revengeful Cares and sullen Sorrows dwell, And pale Diseases, and repining Age, Want, Fear, and Famine's unresisted rage; Here Toils, and Death, and Death's half-brother, Sleep, (Forms terrible to view) their sentry keep; With anxious Pleasures of a guilty mind, Deep Frauds before, and open Force behind; The Furies...
Página 313 - Why do you then these needless arms prepare, And thus provoke a people prone to war? Did I with fire the Trojan town deface, Or hinder from return your exil'd race? Was I the cause of mischief, or the man Whose lawless lust the fatal war began? Think on whose faith th' adult'rous youth relied; Who promis'd, who procur'd, the Spartan bride? When all th...
Página 188 - High as the Mother of the Gods in place, And proud, like her, of an immortal race. Then, when in pomp she makes the Phrygian round, With golden turrets on her temples crown'd; A hundred gods her sweeping train supply; Her offspring all, and all command the sky.
Página 148 - And, lighting on thy prow, the form of Phorbas wears. Then thus the traitor god began his tale: "The winds, my friend, inspire a pleasing gale; The ships, without thy care, securely sail. Now steal an hour of sweet repose; and I Will take the rudder and thy room supply.
Página 226 - For strong Alcides, after he had slain The triple Geryon, drove from conquer'd Spain His captive herds ; and, thence in triumph led, On Tuscan Tiber's flow'ry banks they fed.
Página 343 - Then, as a hungry lion, who beholds A gamesome goat who frisks about the folds, Or beamy stag that grazes on the plain — He runs, he roars, he shakes his rising mane; • He grins, and opens wide his greedy jaws : The prey lies panting underneath his paws : He fills his famish'd maw ; his mouth runs o'er With unchew'd morsels, while he churns the gore...
Página 300 - Phoebus' name, To keep from fight the youth too fond of fame. Undaunted, they themselves no danger shun: From wall to wall the shouts and...
Página 298 - Th' inverted lance makes furrows in the plain. E'en time, that changes all, yet changes us in vain — The body, not the mind — nor can control Th' immortal vigor, or abate the soul.
Página 69 - For, gorg'd with flesh, and drunk with human wine While fast asleep the giant lay supine, Snoring aloud, and belching from his maw His indigested foam, and morsels raw; We pray; we cast the lots, and then surround...