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... nature for the phi- losopher ; fluency of numbers , and most expres- sive figures for the poet ; morals for the serious , and pleasantries for admirers of points of wit . It is certain a poet is more to be suspected for saying too much ...
... nature for the phi- losopher ; fluency of numbers , and most expres- sive figures for the poet ; morals for the serious , and pleasantries for admirers of points of wit . It is certain a poet is more to be suspected for saying too much ...
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... , be true , yet it is found from the natural inquiries made since , ( and especially from the learned Dr. Halley's Discourse on the Barometer ) that if , on the surface of the earth , an inch of quicksilver in the tube be PREFACE .
... , be true , yet it is found from the natural inquiries made since , ( and especially from the learned Dr. Halley's Discourse on the Barometer ) that if , on the surface of the earth , an inch of quicksilver in the tube be PREFACE .
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... sign is to have these two great poets seen toge- ther , where the subject happens to be almost the same , though the nature of the poems be very dif- ferent : Cervus erat forma præstanti , et cornibus ingens , Tyrrheida PREFACE . 11.
... sign is to have these two great poets seen toge- ther , where the subject happens to be almost the same , though the nature of the poems be very dif- ferent : Cervus erat forma præstanti , et cornibus ingens , Tyrrheida PREFACE . 11.
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... nature , and majestic modulation of words , are only inferior to those already transcribed , as they are shorter ; which makes the objection , that his dic- tion is commonly loitering into prose , a great deal too severe . The ...
... nature , and majestic modulation of words , are only inferior to those already transcribed , as they are shorter ; which makes the objection , that his dic- tion is commonly loitering into prose , a great deal too severe . The ...
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... natural his transitions generally are . With how much ease does he slide into some new circum- stance , without any violation of the unity of the story ! The texture is so artful , that it may be com- pared to the work of his own ...
... natural his transitions generally are . With how much ease does he slide into some new circum- stance , without any violation of the unity of the story ! The texture is so artful , that it may be com- pared to the work of his own ...
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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.