Virgil's ÆneidP. F. Collier & Son, 1909 - 432 páginas |
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... gods , who were not those of Latium ; wherein our divine author seems to relate to the after- practice of the Romans , which was to adopt the gods of those they conquer'd , or receiv'd as members of their commonwealth . Yet , withal ...
... gods , who were not those of Latium ; wherein our divine author seems to relate to the after- practice of the Romans , which was to adopt the gods of those they conquer'd , or receiv'd as members of their commonwealth . Yet , withal ...
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... gods and a dutiful affection to his father , love to his relations , care of his people , courage and conduct in the wars , gratitude to those who had oblig'd him , and justice in general to mankind . Piety , as your Lordship sees ...
... gods and a dutiful affection to his father , love to his relations , care of his people , courage and conduct in the wars , gratitude to those who had oblig'd him , and justice in general to mankind . Piety , as your Lordship sees ...
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... gods , towards his country , and towards his relations , he judg'd that this ought to be his first character , whom he would set for a pattern of perfection . In reality , they who believe that the praises which arise from valor are ...
... gods , towards his country , and towards his relations , he judg'd that this ought to be his first character , whom he would set for a pattern of perfection . In reality , they who believe that the praises which arise from valor are ...
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... gods ? -born , as the astrologers will tell us out of Virgil , ( who was well vers'd in the Chaldæan mysteries ... god- smith to forge his arms as had Achilles . It seems he was no warluck , as the Scots commonly call such men , who ...
... gods ? -born , as the astrologers will tell us out of Virgil , ( who was well vers'd in the Chaldæan mysteries ... god- smith to forge his arms as had Achilles . It seems he was no warluck , as the Scots commonly call such men , who ...
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... gods . But how was he assur'd that he had understood their oracles aright ? Helenus might be mistaken ; Phœbus might speak doubtfully ; even his mother might flatter him that he might prosecute his voyage , which if it succeeded happily ...
... gods . But how was he assur'd that he had understood their oracles aright ? Helenus might be mistaken ; Phœbus might speak doubtfully ; even his mother might flatter him that he might prosecute his voyage , which if it succeeded happily ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Æneas Æneid Æneis altars Anchises arms Ascanius Ausonian bear behold betwixt blood breast call'd Carthage chief command coursers Creüsa cries crown'd dare dart death descends design'd Dido 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 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 Segrais 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 walls wand'ring winds wood wound youth
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Página 57 - Hill: Tho' deep, yet clear; tho' gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage; without o'erflowing, full. And there are yet fewer who can find the reason of that sweetness. I have given it to some of my friends in conversation, and they have
Página 82 - ready trident stands, And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands; Then heaves them off the shoals. Where'er he guides His finny coursers and in triumph rides, The waves unruffle and the sea subsides. As, when in tumults rise th' ignoble crowd, Mad are their motions, and their tongues are loud; And stones and brands in
Página 145 - Where proud Pelorus opes a wider way, Tack to the larboard, and stand off to sea: Veer starboard sea and land. Th' Italian shore And fair Sicilia's coast were one, before An earthquake caus'd the flaw: the roaring tides The passage broke that land from land divides; And where the lands retir'd, the rushing ocean rides.
Página 62 - les petits esprits; such things as are our upper-gallery audience in a playhouse, who like nothing but the husk and rind of wit; prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before solid sense and elegant expression; these are mob readers. If Virgil and Martial stood for Parliamentmen, we know already who would carry it. But,
Página 3 - THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER A HEROIC poem, truly such, is undoubtedly the greatest work which the soul of man is capable to perform. The design of ' it is to form the mind to heroic virtue by example. 'Tis
Página 62 - they make the greatest appearance in the field, and cry the loudest, the best on't is, they are but a sort of French Huguenots, or Dutch boors, brought over in herds, but not naturaliz'd; who have not land of two pounds per annum in Parnassus, and therefore are not
Página 151 - ¿Etna join'd. By turns a pitchy cloud she rolls on high; By turns hot embers from her entrails fly, And flakes of mounting flames, that lick the sky. Oft from her bowels massy rocks are thrown, And, shiver'd by the force, come piecemeal down. Oft liquid lakes of burning sulphur flow, Fed from the fiery springs that boil below.
Página 11 - for a godly king and a Gothic conqueror;" and Chapelain would take it ill that his Maid should be refus'da place with Helen and Lavinia. Spenser has a better plea for his Fairy Queen, had his action been finish'd, or had been one; and Milton, if the Devil had not been his hero, instead of Adam; if the
Página 39 - 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. But let them like for themselves, and not prescribe to others; for our author needs not their admiration. The motives that
Página 229 - Tis here, in different paths, the way divides; The right to Pluto's golden palace guides; The left to that unhappy region tends, Which to the depth of Tartarus descends; The seat of night profound, and punish'd fiends." Then thus Dei'phobus: "O sacred maid, Forbear to chide, and be your will