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... particularly Mr. Dryden , for whose name and writings I have the fincereft veneration and love . But I muft at the farne time beg leave to observe , with truth , and I hope with modefty , that in his version of the Eclogues and Georgics ...
... particularly Mr. Dryden , for whose name and writings I have the fincereft veneration and love . But I muft at the farne time beg leave to observe , with truth , and I hope with modefty , that in his version of the Eclogues and Georgics ...
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... most celebrated Writers . He had a most delicate Tafte for the fine Arts , particularly Archi- tecture and Sculpture : Pliny tells us , that fome of of the capital Pieces of the most exquifite Gre- cian The LIFE of VIRGIL . 15.
... most celebrated Writers . He had a most delicate Tafte for the fine Arts , particularly Archi- tecture and Sculpture : Pliny tells us , that fome of of the capital Pieces of the most exquifite Gre- cian The LIFE of VIRGIL . 15.
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... particularly , a Silenus , a Neptune , an Apollo , and fome Bac- chanalian Nymphs , all by Praxiteles ; which are particularly mentioned in the fifth Chapter of the thirty - fixth Book of his Natural Hiftory . It was none of the ...
... particularly , a Silenus , a Neptune , an Apollo , and fome Bac- chanalian Nymphs , all by Praxiteles ; which are particularly mentioned in the fifth Chapter of the thirty - fixth Book of his Natural Hiftory . It was none of the ...
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... particularly majestic ; * Et viridi in campo templum de marmore ponam Propter aquam In medio mihi Cæfar erit , templumque tenebit . Illi victor ego , & Tyrio confpectus in oftro , Centum quadrijugos agitabo ad flumina eurrus ------- In ...
... particularly majestic ; * Et viridi in campo templum de marmore ponam Propter aquam In medio mihi Cæfar erit , templumque tenebit . Illi victor ego , & Tyrio confpectus in oftro , Centum quadrijugos agitabo ad flumina eurrus ------- In ...
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... particularly neat . These Pictures , if you will allow of their Authority , ( and I know of no other that can pretend to near fo good an one ) may ferve perhaps to give us the true Senfe of an Expref- fion in Statius , and to fave a ...
... particularly neat . These Pictures , if you will allow of their Authority , ( and I know of no other that can pretend to near fo good an one ) may ferve perhaps to give us the true Senfe of an Expref- fion in Statius , and to fave a ...
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Aeneid ancient Aratus Auguftus Bacchus beaſts beautiful becauſe bees beft beneath Caefar Ceres Columella Corydon DAMOETAS Daphnis defcribes defcription didactic ECLOGUE Eurydice Ev'n expreffion facred faid fame fays feed feems feveral fhade fhall fhepherd fhew fhore fhould figns fing firft firſt flocks foil folemn fome foreft fpeaks fpring ftill ftrains ftreams fubject fublime fuch fwains fweet Georgics groves hath heav'n himſelf HOLDSWORTH inftance Italy juft laft laſt likewife Lucretius LYCIDAS Maecenas Mantua Martyn MENALCAS moft MOPSUS moſt muft muſt nature nymphs o'er obferves occafion Oppian paffage paffion Paftoral perfon plains pleaſure plough poem poet poetical poetry Pollio praiſe prefent rage reafon reft rife Roman Rome Scorpius ſeems Servius ſhall ſhare ſhe ſkies ſky ſpeak SPENCE ſpread ſwains ſweet Taygete thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Tityrus toil tranflation trees uſed Varro verfe vines Virgil whofe whoſe wild
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Seite 78 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Seite 35 - ... disposes all about him, and conquers with tranquillity. And when we look upon their machines, Homer seems like his own Jupiter in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, and firing the Heavens ; Virgil, like the same power in his benevolence, counselling with the Gods, laying plans for empires, and regularly ordering his whole creation.
Seite 32 - But ah! Maecenas is yclad in clay, And great Augustus long ago is dead, And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead...
Seite 319 - But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays! Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head. Then Sculpture and her sister-arts revive; Stones leap'd to form, and rocks began to live; With sweeter notes each rising Temple rung; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung.
Seite 302 - Thus does the old gentleman give himself up to a loose kind of tattle, rather than endeavour after a just poetical description.
Seite 236 - And through his airy hall the loud misrule Of driving tempest is for ever heard: Here the grim tyrant meditates his wrath; Here arms his winds with all-subduing frost; Moulds his fierce hail, and treasures up his snows. With which he now oppresses half the globe.
Seite 328 - Po In angry waves ; Euphrates hence devolves A mighty flood to water half the east ; And there in gothic solitude reclin'd, The cheerless Tanais pours his hoary. urn.
Seite 5 - A work t' outlast immortal Rome design'd, Perhaps he seem'd above the Critic's law, And but from Nature's fountains scorn'd to draw : But when t' examine every part he came, —Nature and Homer were, he found, the same.
Seite 331 - What need words To paint its power? For this the daring youth Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove...