Letters Concerning Poetical Translations, and Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c..J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane., 1739 - 83 sidor |
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... proper to explain in what this Difference confifts . The Stile is rapid , when feveral Relatives , each at the head of a feparate Sentence , are governed by one Antecedent , or feveral Verbs by one Nominative Cafe , to the close of the ...
... proper to explain in what this Difference confifts . The Stile is rapid , when feveral Relatives , each at the head of a feparate Sentence , are governed by one Antecedent , or feveral Verbs by one Nominative Cafe , to the close of the ...
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... properly , I will produce an Inftance in rhym'd Verse , as ftrong as that of Milton just mentioned . " Then did the roaring Waves their Rage compofe , " When the great Father of the Flood arofe , Pit's 1ft Eneid . I believe it will not ...
... properly , I will produce an Inftance in rhym'd Verse , as ftrong as that of Milton just mentioned . " Then did the roaring Waves their Rage compofe , " When the great Father of the Flood arofe , Pit's 1ft Eneid . I believe it will not ...
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... properly made ufe of ; and it would be a great lofs to English Poe- try , if it were to be wholly laid afide . In Tran- flations from the Greek and Latin , I believe it wou'd fometimes be impoffible to do juftice to an Author without ...
... properly made ufe of ; and it would be a great lofs to English Poe- try , if it were to be wholly laid afide . In Tran- flations from the Greek and Latin , I believe it wou'd fometimes be impoffible to do juftice to an Author without ...
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... properly here to be omitted . 66 " Solent Carminibus fuæ effe a Numeris Vene- res , & certa quædam Artificia , quæ mirifice or- " nant verfum , quales apud Virgilium , mirum " numeri Poetici Obfervatorem , frequenter occur- " runt , e ...
... properly here to be omitted . 66 " Solent Carminibus fuæ effe a Numeris Vene- res , & certa quædam Artificia , quæ mirifice or- " nant verfum , quales apud Virgilium , mirum " numeri Poetici Obfervatorem , frequenter occur- " runt , e ...
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... proper to add another Inftance or two of the Allufio Verborum . " So talk'd the spirited fly Snake , and Eve " Yet more amaz'd.- Again , When from the Boughs a favoury Odour blown , E 4 Again , Again , " Immediately the Mountains huge ...
... proper to add another Inftance or two of the Allufio Verborum . " So talk'd the spirited fly Snake , and Eve " Yet more amaz'd.- Again , When from the Boughs a favoury Odour blown , E 4 Again , Again , " Immediately the Mountains huge ...
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Sida 44 - O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds...
Sida 40 - OF Man's firft difobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whofe mortal tafte Brought death into the world, and all our woe. With lofs of Eden, till one greater Man Reftore us, and regain the blifsful feat, 5 Sing, heav'nly Mufe, that on the fecret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didft infpire That fhepherd, who firft taught the chofen feed...
Sida 8 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Sida 42 - In loss itself : which on his countenance cast Like doubtful hue. But he, his wonted pride Soon recollecting, with high words, that bore Semblance of worth, not substance, gently raised Their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. Then straight commands, that, at the warlike sound Of trumpets loud and clarions, be upreared His mighty standard. That proud honour claimed Azazel as his right, a Cherub tall...
Sida 70 - The Lord, ye know, is God indeed ; Without our aid he did us make : We are his flock, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take.
Sida 81 - And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
Sida 43 - In jointed armour watch : on smooth the seal And bended dolphins play ; part, huge of bulk, Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean : there Leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretch'd like a promontory, sleeps or swims, And seems a moving land, and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out a sea.
Sida 54 - THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally, he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.
Sida 49 - Manlike, but different fex, fo lovely fair, That what feem'd fair in all the world, feem'd now Mean, or in her fumm'd up, in her contain'd And in her looks...
Sida 44 - Rocks, dens, and caves ! But I in none of these Find place or refuge ; and the more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I feel...