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... author he under- takes : I am sure one is no more obliged to do so , than a painter is to make every face , that sits to him , handsome . It is enough if he sets the VOL . I. B best features he finds in their full and most ad PREFACE Page.
... author he under- takes : I am sure one is no more obliged to do so , than a painter is to make every face , that sits to him , handsome . It is enough if he sets the VOL . I. B best features he finds in their full and most ad PREFACE Page.
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... face in the stream , combs his rueful locks with a rake , grows more exact and studious of his dress , and discovers the first sign of being in love , by endeavouring at a more than usual care to please . The fable of Cephalus and ...
... face in the stream , combs his rueful locks with a rake , grows more exact and studious of his dress , and discovers the first sign of being in love , by endeavouring at a more than usual care to please . The fable of Cephalus and ...
Sida 43
... face of nature ; if a face ; Rather a rude and indigested mass : A lifeless lump , unfashion'd and unfram'd , Of jarring seeds , and justly Chaos nam'd . No sun was lighted up , the world to view ; No moon did yet her blunted horns ...
... face of nature ; if a face ; Rather a rude and indigested mass : A lifeless lump , unfashion'd and unfram'd , Of jarring seeds , and justly Chaos nam'd . No sun was lighted up , the world to view ; No moon did yet her blunted horns ...
Sida 53
... face he bears ; His arms descend , his shoulders sink away To multiply his legs for chase of prey . He grows a wolf , his hoariness remains , And the same rage in other members reigns . His eyes still sparkle in a narrower space ; His ...
... face he bears ; His arms descend , his shoulders sink away To multiply his legs for chase of prey . He grows a wolf , his hoariness remains , And the same rage in other members reigns . His eyes still sparkle in a narrower space ; His ...
Sida 57
... face . Already Triton , at his call , appears Above the waves ; a Tyrian robe he wears ; And in his hand a crooked trumpet bears . The sovereign bids him peaceful sounds inspire , And give the waves the signal to retire . His writhen ...
... face . Already Triton , at his call , appears Above the waves ; a Tyrian robe he wears ; And in his hand a crooked trumpet bears . The sovereign bids him peaceful sounds inspire , And give the waves the signal to retire . His writhen ...
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Ovid's Metamorphoses, Tr. by Dr. Garth, and Others Publius Ovidius Naso Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2023 |
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Achelous Ajax altar arms bear behold bless'd blood breast breath Byblis call'd Caunus Ceres Ceyx chang'd charms Cinyras confess'd cries crime crown'd dart daughter death drew earth Ev'n eyes face fair fame fatal fate father fear fierce fire fix'd flame fled flew flies fury Galanthis goddess gods grief ground hair hand head heart heaven heavenly Hippomenes honour impious Iphis join'd Jove king Latian light limbs lov'd maid mortal mourn Myrrha Naiads night nymph o'er once Ovid pass'd Peleus Pentheus Perseus Phaëton Phineus Phocus Phoebus Pirithous plain pleas'd possess'd pow'r pray'r press'd Procris purple pursue race rage rais'd rise Scylla seas seem'd seiz'd shade shore show'd sight sire skies slain soft soul spoke spring stood STORY streams strove tears Tereus thee Theseus thou Thracian tongue transform'd trembling turn'd Twas Vertumnus view'd virgin waves winds wings wood wound wretched youth
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Sida 54 - The mountain nymphs and Themis they adore, And from her oracles relief implore. The most upright of mortal men was he; The most sincere and holy woman, she. When Jupiter, surveying Earth from high, Beheld it in a lake of water lie...
Sida 86 - The breathless Phaeton, with flaming hair, Shot from the chariot like a falling star, That in a summer's evening from the top Of heaven drops down, or seems at least to drop; Till on the Po his blasted corpse was hurl'd, Far from his country, in the western world.
Sida 67 - Tracbin court, The wreck of wretched Ceyx to report : Before his queen bid the pale spectre stand, Who begs a vain relief at Juno's hand.
Sida 122 - It happen'd once, within a shady wood, Two twisted snakes he in conjunction view'd ; When with his staff their slimy folds he broke. And lost his manhood at the fatal stroke. But, after seven revolving years he view'd The self-same serpents in the self-same wood ;
Sida 94 - The shaggy bear, though now herself was one ! How from the sight of rugged wolves retire, Although the grim Lycaon was her sire ! But now her son had fifteen summers told, Fierce at the chase, and in the forest bold ; When, as he beat the woods in quest of prey, He...
Sida 62 - Mine is the invention of the charming lyre ; Sweet notes, and heavenly numbers, I inspire. Sure is my bow, unerring is my dart ; But ah ! more deadly his, who pierced my heart.
Sida 71 - I see the right, and I approve it too ; Condemn the wrong, and yet the wrong pursue.
Sida 44 - The golden age was" first ; when man, yet new, No rule but uncorrupted reason knew ; And, with a native bent, did good pursue.
Sida 81 - Had turn'd it to the bird that bears his name. A truce succeeds the labours of this day, And arms suspended with a long delay. While Trojan walls are kept with watch and ward; The Greeks before their trenches mount the guard ; The feast...
Sida 82 - That, deck'd with stars, lie scatter'd o'er the skies. There is a place above, where Scorpio bent In tail and arms surrounds a vast extent ; In a wide circuit of the heavens he shines, And fills the space of two celestial signs.