The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, with Notes, Volym 4F. C. and J. Rivington, 1811 |
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... learned antiquarian , which from the levity and fportivenefs of fome of his poems , one would not fufpect . An old French tranf- lator of Ovid , Thomas Vallois , called the Metamorphofes , the Bible of the poets ; his work was printed ...
... learned antiquarian , which from the levity and fportivenefs of fome of his poems , one would not fufpect . An old French tranf- lator of Ovid , Thomas Vallois , called the Metamorphofes , the Bible of the poets ; his work was printed ...
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... learned and beautiful parts of the Metamorphofes . A KING is fought to guide the growing state , One able to fupport the public weight , And fill the throne where Romulus had fate . It is a fingular circumftance , that neither Lucretius ...
... learned and beautiful parts of the Metamorphofes . A KING is fought to guide the growing state , One able to fupport the public weight , And fill the throne where Romulus had fate . It is a fingular circumftance , that neither Lucretius ...
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... learned letter oft has made a breach . In a familiar ftile your thoughts convey , And write fuch things as prefent you would fay ; Such words as from the heart may feem to move : ' Tis wit enough to make her think you love . 535 If feal ...
... learned letter oft has made a breach . In a familiar ftile your thoughts convey , And write fuch things as prefent you would fay ; Such words as from the heart may feem to move : ' Tis wit enough to make her think you love . 535 If feal ...
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... learned Cafaubon , Heinfius , Rigaltius , Dacier , and the Dauphin's Juvenal ; to which I fhall add fome obfervations of my own . There has been a long difpute among the modern critics , whether the Romans derived their fatire from the ...
... learned Cafaubon , Heinfius , Rigaltius , Dacier , and the Dauphin's Juvenal ; to which I fhall add fome obfervations of my own . There has been a long difpute among the modern critics , whether the Romans derived their fatire from the ...
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... nations , was devotion . But , what is yet more wonderful , that most learned critic takes no- tice alfo , in his illuftrations on the First Epistle of the Second Book , that as the poetry of the Romans A DISCOURSE ON SATIRE . 205.
... nations , was devotion . But , what is yet more wonderful , that most learned critic takes no- tice alfo , in his illuftrations on the First Epistle of the Second Book , that as the poetry of the Romans A DISCOURSE ON SATIRE . 205.
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing Original Poems ..., Volym 4 John Dryden Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1811 |
The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing Original Poems ..., Volym 4 John Dryden Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1811 |
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Æneid againſt Ajax alfo amongſt becauſe befides beft beſt betwixt Cæfar Cafaubon caufe cauſe crime defign defire eaſe Engliſh Ennius Ev'n ev'ry expreffion eyes fafely faid fame fate fatire fear feas fecond fecret fecure feems fenfe fent fhall fhould fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain flave fome fometimes foul ftill fubject fuch fure fword give gods Grecian himſelf Horace huſband inftructed Jove juft juſt Juvenal king laft leaſt lefs Livius Andronicus loft lord Lucilius mafter moft moſt mufe muft muſt myſelf numbers o'er obferved occafion Ovid Pacuvius paffions Perfius perfons pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry praiſe prefent Quintilian reafon reft rife Roman Rome Satire SATIRE OF JUVENAL Sejanus ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtage ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflation uſed verfe verſe vices Virgil WARTON whofe wife words write
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Sida 257 - Neither is it true, that this fineness of raillery is offensive. A witty man is tickled while he is hurt in this manner, and a fool feels it not.
Sida 275 - Queen ;" and there I met with that which I had been looking for so long in vain. Spenser had studied Virgil to as much advantage as Milton had done Homer ; and amongst the rest of his excellencies had copied that.
Sida 323 - Scarce can our Fields, such Crowds at Tyburn die, With Hemp the Gallows and the Fleet supply. Propose your Schemes, ye Senatorian Band, Whose Ways and Means support the sinking Land; Lest Ropes be wanting in the tempting Spring, To rig another Convoy for the K[in]g.
Sida 380 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Sida 256 - How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms!
Sida 372 - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand : To him the church, the realm, their pow'rs consign. Through him the rays of regal bounty shine, Turn'd by his nod the stream of honour flows, His smile alone security bestows...
Sida 31 - But swiftness is the vice I only fear. Yet, if you knew me well, you would not...
Sida 265 - Satire is a kind of poetry, without a series of action, invented for the purging of our minds ; in which human vices, ignorance, and errors, and all things besides, which are produced from them in every man, are severely reprehended...
Sida 380 - Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain, " Think nothing gain'd," he cries, " till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.
Sida 83 - To state it fairly; imitation of an author is the most advantageous way for a translator to show himself, but the greatest wrong which can be done to the memory and reputation of the dead.