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... Elegy . 2 A stanza that four equal lines , Framed of five feet , distinctly joins , With rhymes alternate , pleases most . Critics that would its fitness boast For other strains , through the repute Of bards ' relinquish'd their dispute ...
... Elegy . 2 A stanza that four equal lines , Framed of five feet , distinctly joins , With rhymes alternate , pleases most . Critics that would its fitness boast For other strains , through the repute Of bards ' relinquish'd their dispute ...
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... Elegy , a very different opinion is expressed by Dr. Johnson , where he treats of the metre * proper for it ; and ob- serves , that " the quatrain of ten syllables " has not an elegiac character , and that it was thought by Dryden to be ...
... Elegy , a very different opinion is expressed by Dr. Johnson , where he treats of the metre * proper for it ; and ob- serves , that " the quatrain of ten syllables " has not an elegiac character , and that it was thought by Dryden to be ...
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John Penn. that , at least , no such elegy as the Country Church- yard existed to manifest it ; and also , that the elegy may have some mixture of magnificence . But that , in any measure , pauses may be so contrived as to alter the ...
John Penn. that , at least , no such elegy as the Country Church- yard existed to manifest it ; and also , that the elegy may have some mixture of magnificence . But that , in any measure , pauses may be so contrived as to alter the ...
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... elegy ; that of Tibullus , or the tender ; that of Propertius , or the impassioned ; and that of Ovid , or the graceful and elegant ( gracieux ) . The elegy of Gray is marked with calmness , but not with the qualities that Johnson ...
... elegy ; that of Tibullus , or the tender ; that of Propertius , or the impassioned ; and that of Ovid , or the graceful and elegant ( gracieux ) . The elegy of Gray is marked with calmness , but not with the qualities that Johnson ...
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... elegy . We might not , for instance , rank as such the beautiful poem of Tibullus on Sulpicia . At least , any thing of its light and sportive character hardly seems to us to be elegiac , unless we superadd some cause of grief , though ...
... elegy . We might not , for instance , rank as such the beautiful poem of Tibullus on Sulpicia . At least , any thing of its light and sportive character hardly seems to us to be elegiac , unless we superadd some cause of grief , though ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
action ancient appear bard beauteous beauty Bishop of Worcester blank verse bless'd boast Canace character charms chorus comedy composition critic drama effect elegy Elfrida Empedocles epic poetry equal etiam expression eyes facundia fair fame fancy favour former genius give grace Gray grief hæc Heaven history painting honour idea imitation king labour Laura less Lord Love lyric lyric poetry manners means merit Metastasio metre mihi mind mirth nature ne'er o'er object observed opinion painting passions Pastoral poetry peculiar perhaps Petrarch pity play poems poetical poets Pope possess'd praise Procne produce quæ quid quod racter rhyme Rome rule satire Satyros scenes seem'd seems sentiments Shakspeare shew shewn song SONNET sort speak spirit stage stanza style sublime supposed taste theatre thee thing thou thought tibi Tibullus tragedy truth twas Vaucluse Voltaire woods words
Passagens conhecidas
Página 87 - Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus, Pes citus ; unde etiam trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen iambeis, quum senos redderet ictus Primus ad extremum similis sibi. Non ita pridem, Tardior ut paulo graviorque veniret ad aures, 255 Spondees stabiles in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens, non ut de sede secunda Cederet aut quarta socialiter.
Página 71 - Publica materies privati juris erit, si Non circa vilem patulumque moraberis orbem : Nee verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus Interpres ; nee desilies imitator in arctum, Unde pedem proferre pudor vetet, aut operis lex. The commentary thus illustrates it : " But the formation of quite new characters is a work of great difficulty and hazard.
Página 91 - Successit vetus his comoedia, non sine multa Laude ; sed in vitium libertas excidit et vim Dignam lege regi ; lex est accepta chorusque Turpiter obticuit sublato jure nocendi.
Página 5 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, no Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass. And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Página 62 - Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus, Quem penes arbitrium est et jus et norma loquendi.
Página 73 - Non fumum ex fulgore sed ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat, ut speciosa dehinc miracula promat, Antiphaten Scyllamque et cum Cyclope Chary bdin. 145 Nec reditum Diomedis ab interitu Meleagri, Nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo ; Semper ad eventum festinat et in medias res Non secus ac notas auditorem rapit, et quae...
Página 75 - ... tandem custode remoto, gaudet equis canibusque et aprici gramine campi, cereus in vitium flecti, monitoribus asper, utilium tardus provisor, prodigus aeris, sublimis cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix.
Página 59 - In verbis etiam tenuis cautusque serendis, Dixeris egregie notum si callida verbum Reddiderit junctura novum. Si forte...
Página 83 - Ne quicunque deus, quicunque adhibebitur heros, Regali conspectus in auro nuper et ostro, Migret in obscuras humili sermone tabernas, Aut dum vitat humum nubes et inania captet.
Página 74 - Imberbus iuvenis, tandem custode remoto, gaudet equis canibusque et aprici gramine campi, cereus in vitium flecti, monitoribus asper, utilium tardus provisor, prodigus aeris...