The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volumen231790 |
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... youth to make his own defence , And freely tell us what he was , and whence : What news he could impart , we long to know , And what to credit from a captive foe . His fear at length difmifs'd , he faid , whate'er My fate ordains , my ...
... youth to make his own defence , And freely tell us what he was , and whence : What news he could impart , we long to know , And what to credit from a captive foe . His fear at length difmifs'd , he faid , whate'er My fate ordains , my ...
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... youth , the crested snake , Who flept the winter in a thorny brake : 1 And , cafting off his flough , when spring returns , Now looks aloft , and with new glory burns : Reftor'd with poisonous herbs , his ardent fides Reflect the fun ...
... youth , the crested snake , Who flept the winter in a thorny brake : 1 And , cafting off his flough , when spring returns , Now looks aloft , and with new glory burns : Reftor'd with poisonous herbs , his ardent fides Reflect the fun ...
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... youth transfix'd , with lamentable cries , Expires , before his wretched parents ' eyes . Whom , gasping at his feet , when Priam faw , The fear of death gave place to nature's law . And , fhaking more with anger than with age , The ...
... youth transfix'd , with lamentable cries , Expires , before his wretched parents ' eyes . Whom , gasping at his feet , when Priam faw , The fear of death gave place to nature's law . And , fhaking more with anger than with age , The ...
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... youths , with pinion'd hands , And captive matrons in long order stands . Then , with ungovern'd madness , I proclaim , Through all the filent streets , Creüsa's name . Creüfa ftill I call : at length fhe hears ; And , fudden , through ...
... youths , with pinion'd hands , And captive matrons in long order stands . Then , with ungovern'd madness , I proclaim , Through all the filent streets , Creüsa's name . Creüfa ftill I call : at length fhe hears ; And , fudden , through ...
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... youth . O facred hunger of pernicious gold , 80 85 What bands of faith can impious lucre hold ! Now , when my foul had fhaken off her fears , I call my father , and the Trojan peers : Relate the prodigies of heaven , require What he ...
... youth . O facred hunger of pernicious gold , 80 85 What bands of faith can impious lucre hold ! Now , when my foul had fhaken off her fears , I call my father , and the Trojan peers : Relate the prodigies of heaven , require What he ...
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...