Virgil's ÆneidP. F. Collier & Son, 1909 - 432 páginas |
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... stood unseen behind your own Venus , and receiv'd the praises of the passing multitude ; the work was commended , not the author ; and I doubt not this was one of the most pleasing adventures of your life . I have detain'd your Lordship ...
... stood unseen behind your own Venus , and receiv'd the praises of the passing multitude ; the work was commended , not the author ; and I doubt not this was one of the most pleasing adventures of your life . I have detain'd your Lordship ...
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... stood , and the two champions of either faction each destroy'd the foundations of the other side ; so the fabric , of consequence , must fall betwixt them , and tyranny must be built upon their ruins . This comes of altering fundamental ...
... stood , and the two champions of either faction each destroy'd the foundations of the other side ; so the fabric , of consequence , must fall betwixt them , and tyranny must be built upon their ruins . This comes of altering fundamental ...
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... stood fronting each other before the altar , Turnus look'd dejected , and his color faded in his face , as if he desponded of the victory before the fight ; and not only he , but all his party , when the strength of the two champions ...
... stood fronting each other before the altar , Turnus look'd dejected , and his color faded in his face , as if he desponded of the victory before the fight ; and not only he , but all his party , when the strength of the two champions ...
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... stood for Parliament- men , we know already who would carry it . But , tho ' they make the greatest appearance in the field , and cry the loudest , the best on't is , they are but a sort of French Hugue- nots , or Dutch boors , brought ...
... stood for Parliament- men , we know already who would carry it . But , tho ' they make the greatest appearance in the field , and cry the loudest , the best on't is , they are but a sort of French Hugue- nots , or Dutch boors , brought ...
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... stood her chariot; here, if Heav'n were kind, The seat of awful empire she design'd. Yet she had heard an ancient rumor fly, (Long cited by the people of the sky,) That times to come should see the Trojan race Her Carthage ruin, and her ...
... stood her chariot; here, if Heav'n were kind, The seat of awful empire she design'd. Yet she had heard an ancient rumor fly, (Long cited by the people of the sky,) That times to come should see the Trojan race Her Carthage ruin, and her ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Æneas Æneid Æneis altars Anchises arms Ascanius Ausonian bear behold betwixt blood breast call'd Carthage clouds command coursers Creüsa cries crown'd dare dart death descends design'd Dido Eneas Ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fatal fate father Faunus fear field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies flood foes forc'd force friends fun'ral fury goddess gods Grecian ground hand haste head heav'n hero holy honor Italy Jove Juno Jupiter Juturna king land Latian Latium Lausus Messapus Mezentius mighty mind mix'd Mnestheus night o'er Pallas pass'd peace Phrygian pierc'd pious plain pleas'd poem poet pow'r pray'rs Priam prince promis'd queen race rage rais'd resolv'd rest rising rites Rutulian sacred seiz'd shades shield shining shore sight Simoïs sire skies slain soul sound spear steeds stood sword Tarchon thee thou thrice thro tow'rs town trembling Trojan troops Troy Turnus Tuscan Tyrian unhappy Virgil vows wand'ring winds wood wound youth
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Página 55 - I have long had by me the materials of an English Prosodia, containing all the mechanical rules of versification, wherein I have treated, with some exactness, of the feet, the quantities, and the pauses.
Página 111 - ... a flood of fire by wind is borne, Crackling it rolls, and mows the standing corn ; Or deluges, descending on the plains, Sweep o'er the yellow year, destroy the pains Of...
Página 36 - Love has nothing of his own ; he borrows all from a greater master in his own profession, and, which is worse, improves nothing which he finds. Nature fails him, and being forced to his old shift, he has recourse to witticism. This passes indeed with his soft admirers, and gives him the preference to Virgil in their esteem.
Página 108 - When (dreadful to behold) from sea we spied Two serpents, ranked abreast, the seas divide, And smoothly sweep along the swelling tide. Their flaming crests above the waves they show; Their bellies seem to burn the seas below; Their speckled tails advance to steer their course, And on the sounding shore the flying billows force.
Página 365 - T is all that he can give, or we demand. Joy is no more; but I would gladly go, To greet my Pallas with such news below.
Página 239 - His son, or one of his illustrious name? How like the former, and almost the same! Observe the crowds that compass him around; All gaze, and all admire, and raise a shouting sound: But hov'ring mists around his brows are spread, And night, with sable shades, involves his head.
Página 218 - Obscure they went thro' dreary shades, that led Along the waste dominions of the dead. Thus wander travelers in woods by night, By the moon's doubtful and malignant light, When Jove in dusky clouds involves the skies, And the faint crescent shoots by fits before their eyes.
Página 64 - I have endeavoured to make Virgil speak such English as he would himself have spoken, if he had been born in England, and in this present age.
Página 79 - Within a long recess there lies a bay: An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride: Broke by the jutting land, on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide...
Página 249 - Despite not then, that in our hands we bear These holy boughs, and sue with words of pray'r. Fate and the gods, by their supreme command, Have doom'd our ships to seek the Latian land. To these abodes our fleet Apollo sends; Here Dardanus was born, and hither tends; Where Tuscan Tiber rolls with rapid force, And where Numicus opes his holy source.