Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... 62 A 41 MISCELLANEOUS WORK S , 6.280 IN VERSE and PROSE , Of the Right Honourable JOSEPH ADDISON , Efq ; VOLUME the FIRST . LONDON : Printed for J. and R. TONSON . M DCC LXV . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ABTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN THE 824.
... 62 A 41 MISCELLANEOUS WORK S , 6.280 IN VERSE and PROSE , Of the Right Honourable JOSEPH ADDISON , Efq ; VOLUME the FIRST . LONDON : Printed for J. and R. TONSON . M DCC LXV . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ABTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN THE 824.
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... first years in the study of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whofe language and manner he caught at that time of life , as ftrongly as other young people gain a French accent , or a genteel air . An early acquaintance with the claffics ...
... first years in the study of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whofe language and manner he caught at that time of life , as ftrongly as other young people gain a French accent , or a genteel air . An early acquaintance with the claffics ...
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... be a great demand for correctnefs , we may justly attribute it to his being first fashioned by the ancient models , and familiarifed to propriety of thought , and and chastity of ftyle . Our country owes it to The PREFACE . xi.
... be a great demand for correctnefs , we may justly attribute it to his being first fashioned by the ancient models , and familiarifed to propriety of thought , and and chastity of ftyle . Our country owes it to The PREFACE . xi.
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... first English performance made public by him , is a fhort copy of verfes to Mr. Dryden , with a view particularly to his tranflations . This was foon followed by a version of the fourth Georgic of Virgil , of which Mr. Dryden makes very ...
... first English performance made public by him , is a fhort copy of verfes to Mr. Dryden , with a view particularly to his tranflations . This was foon followed by a version of the fourth Georgic of Virgil , of which Mr. Dryden makes very ...
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... first but indifferently relished by the bulk of readers ; who expected an account , in a common way , of the customs and policies of the feveral governments in Italy , re- flexions upon the genius of the peo- ple , a map of their ...
... first but indifferently relished by the bulk of readers ; who expected an account , in a common way , of the customs and policies of the feveral governments in Italy , re- flexions upon the genius of the peo- ple , a map of their ...
Términos y frases comunes
Æneid Aëre æther amidſt arms atque BAROMETRI bleft bluſhes breaſt bright Cadmus caft courfe courſe Cycnus defcription diftant eaſe ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fecret feven fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt fkies flain fome fong foul fpring ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fuci Gaul Georgic goddeſs Gods Gulfton heav'n herſelf himſelf itſelf Jove laft laſt loft maid mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt neighb'ring Nimbis numbers Nunc nymph o'er omne Ovid Ovid's paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure poem poet purſue Quæ rage raiſe reft rife rifu riſe round ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſmoke ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſteeds ſtill ſtood ſtory ſtreams thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thunder transform'd turba verfe verſe view'd Virgil Whilft whofe winds woods wou'd youth
Pasajes populares
Página xxx - Proud names, who once the reins of empire held ; In arms who triumph'd, or in arts excell'd ; Chiefs, grac'd with scars, and prodigal of blood; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints who taught, and led, the way to Heaven...
Página xxxii - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Página 65 - Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours pray'r.
Página 87 - While to exalt thy doom, th' aspiring Gaul Shares thy destruction, and adorns thy fall. Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Temp'ring each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete. Long did he strive th...
Página 87 - That proudly set thee on a fancy'd throne, And made imaginary realms thy own ! Thy troops, that now behind the Danube join, .Shall...
Página 304 - ... to a bee than to an inanimate plant. He who reads over the...
Página 67 - I've already troubled you too long, Nor dare attempt a more advent'rous song. My humble verse demands a softer theme, A painted mea,dow, or a purling stream ; Unfit for heroes; whom immortal lays, And lines like Virgil's, or like yours, should praise.
Página 63 - On foreign mountains may the Sun refine The grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine, With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : We envy not the warmer clime, that lies...
Página 55 - I look for streams immortaliz'd in song. That lost in silence and oblivion lie, (Dumb are their fountains and their channels dry), Yet run for ever by the muse's skill, And in the smooth description murmur still.
Página xl - How thy own laurel firft began to grow ; How wild Lycaon, chang'd by angry Gods, And frighted at himfelf, ran howling thro