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... thought , in dif- ferent words ; yet in his similies that exuberance is avoided . There is in them all a simplicity , and a confinement to the present object ; always a fecundity of fancy , but rarely an intemperance : nor do I remember ...
... thought , in dif- ferent words ; yet in his similies that exuberance is avoided . There is in them all a simplicity , and a confinement to the present object ; always a fecundity of fancy , but rarely an intemperance : nor do I remember ...
Sida 17
... thought fit to have walked on in his own regular and majestic grace , rather than have been hurried forward through broken by - ways by his blind guide . I shall transcribe one of his similies , which is not culled out , but exactly of ...
... thought fit to have walked on in his own regular and majestic grace , rather than have been hurried forward through broken by - ways by his blind guide . I shall transcribe one of his similies , which is not culled out , but exactly of ...
Sida 20
... thoughts of discovering her passion : miserere fatentis amorem . She attempts to write : Incipit et dubitat : scribit , damnatque tabellas , Et notat , et delet : mutat , culputque , probatque . In the end , inclination ( as it does ...
... thoughts of discovering her passion : miserere fatentis amorem . She attempts to write : Incipit et dubitat : scribit , damnatque tabellas , Et notat , et delet : mutat , culputque , probatque . In the end , inclination ( as it does ...
Sida 23
... thoughts and lively images of this poem are numerons . None ever painted more to the life than our author , though several gro- tesque figures are now and then seen in the same group . The most plentiful season that gives birth to the ...
... thoughts and lively images of this poem are numerons . None ever painted more to the life than our author , though several gro- tesque figures are now and then seen in the same group . The most plentiful season that gives birth to the ...
Sida 25
... thought : · Illum absens absentem auditque , videtque . But to return to Ovid ; though I cannot vindi- cate him for his points , I shall endeavour to mollify his critics , when they give him no quarter for his diction , and attack him ...
... thought : · Illum absens absentem auditque , videtque . But to return to Ovid ; though I cannot vindi- cate him for his points , I shall endeavour to mollify his critics , when they give him no quarter for his diction , and attack him ...
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Ovid's Metamorphoses, Tr. by Dr. Garth, and Others Publius Ovidius Naso Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2023 |
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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.