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... plain and direct instructions to the read- er ; whether they be moral duties , as those of Theognis and Pythagoras , or philosophical specula- tions , as those of Aratus and Lucretius , or rules of practice , as those of Hesiod and ...
... plain and direct instructions to the read- er ; whether they be moral duties , as those of Theognis and Pythagoras , or philosophical specula- tions , as those of Aratus and Lucretius , or rules of practice , as those of Hesiod and ...
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... different ways Virgil has taken to express the same thing , and how much pleasanter every man- ner of expression is , than the plain and direct men- VOL . XIV . B tion of it would have been . It is in THE GEORGICS . 17.
... different ways Virgil has taken to express the same thing , and how much pleasanter every man- ner of expression is , than the plain and direct men- VOL . XIV . B tion of it would have been . It is in THE GEORGICS . 17.
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... plains protect , Who rule the seasons , and the year direct , Bacchus and fostering Ceres , powers divine , Who gave us corn for mast , for water , wine— Ye Fauns , propitious to the rural swains , Ye Nymphs , that haunt the mountains ...
... plains protect , Who rule the seasons , and the year direct , Bacchus and fostering Ceres , powers divine , Who gave us corn for mast , for water , wine— Ye Fauns , propitious to the rural swains , Ye Nymphs , that haunt the mountains ...
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... plain ; And drains the standing waters , when they yield Too large a beverage to the drunken field : But most in autumn , and the showery spring , When dubious months uncertain weather bring ; When fountains open , when impetuous rain ...
... plain ; And drains the standing waters , when they yield Too large a beverage to the drunken field : But most in autumn , and the showery spring , When dubious months uncertain weather bring ; When fountains open , when impetuous rain ...
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... plain , And heaven invoked with vows for fruitful rain- On others ' * crops you may with envy look , And shake for food the long - abandoned oak . Nor must we pass untold what arms they wield , Who labour tillage and the furrowed field ...
... plain , And heaven invoked with vows for fruitful rain- On others ' * crops you may with envy look , And shake for food the long - abandoned oak . Nor must we pass untold what arms they wield , Who labour tillage and the furrowed field ...
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The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes: Vol. 14 John Dryden Vista previa limitada - 2023 |
The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes: Vol. 14 John Dryden Vista previa limitada - 2023 |
Términos y frases comunes
abode Æneas Æneid altars Anchises appear arms Ascanius Ausonian bear behold betwixt billows blood breast Cæsar Carthage clouds coast command coursers Creüsa cries crowned dare death descends Dido dire divine earth Eneas Eneïs epic poetry eyes fame fatal fate father fear fields fire flames flood foes force friends fury Georgic ghost goddess gods golden Grecian ground hands haste heaven Helenus hero Homer honour Italy Jove Julius Cæsar Juno Jupiter king labours land Latian Latium leave length light limbs lofty lordship mighty mind Mnestheus night o'er pain peace plain poem poet poetry Priam prince queen race rage reign renew rest rising rites rocks sacred sails Ségrais Sergestus shades shore sight Simoïs sire skies soul sound stood storms sword tempest temple thee thou toils town trees trembling Trojan Troy Turnus Tyrian unhappy verse vines Virgil vows watery winds wood words youth
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Página 421 - Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh a marble face; Plead better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise: But, Rome! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, « To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way; To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free: These are imperial arts, and worthy thee.
Página 69 - Happy the man, who, studying nature's laws, Through known effects can trace the secret cause — His mind possessing in a quiet state, Fearless of Fortune, and resigned to Fate!
Página 170 - But when she had made all these advances, it was still in his power to have refused them. After the intrigue of the cave, call it marriage, or enjoyment only, he was no longer free to take or leave ; he had accepted the favour, and was obliged to be constant, if he would be grateful.
Página 77 - Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round ; His chine is double ; starting with a bound He turns the turf, and shakes the solid ground. Fire from his eyes, clouds from his nostrils flow; He bears his rider headlong on the foe.
Página 107 - That bees have portions of ethereal thought — Endued with particles of heavenly fires ; For God the whole created mass inspires. Through heaven, and earth, and ocean's depth, he throws His influence round, and kindles as he goes. Hence flocks, and herds, and men, and beasts, and fowls, With breath are...
Página 399 - 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' iron beds; and Strife, that shakes Her hissing tresses, and unfolds her snakes.
Página 41 - The father of the gods his glory shrouds, Involved in tempests, and a night of clouds; And, from the middle darkness flashing out, By fits he deals his fiery bolts about.
Página 24 - After this particular account of the beauties in the Georgics, I should, in the next place, endeavour to point out its imperfections, if it has any. But, though I think there are some few parts in it that are not so beautiful as the rest, I shall not presume to name them, as rather suspecting my own judgement, than I can believe a fault to be in that poem, which lay so long under Virgil's correction, and had his last hand put to it.
Página 137 - I submit my opinion to your judgment, who are better qualified than any man I know to decide this controversy. You come, my lord, instructed in the cause, and needed not that I should open it. Your "Essay of Poetry...
Página 351 - tis doubly to be dead! Yet ev'n this death with pleasure I receive: On any terms, 'tis better than to live. These flames, from far, may the false Trojan view; These boding omens his base flight pursue!