The Tatler. The Guardian. The Freeholder. The Whig-examiner. The lover. Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals. Remarks on several parts of Italy, etc. The present state of the war. The late trial and conviction of Count Tariff. The evidences of the Christian religion. Essay on Virgil's Georgics. Poems on several occasions. Translations from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Notes on some of the foregoing stories in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Poemata. Rosamond. Cato. The drummerHarper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-Street., 1837 |
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... poet was at the head of them , who observing Homer and Virgil at the ta- ble , was going to sit down himself , had not the latter whispered him , " That whatever pretence he might otherwise have had , he forfeited his claim to it , by ...
... poet was at the head of them , who observing Homer and Virgil at the ta- ble , was going to sit down himself , had not the latter whispered him , " That whatever pretence he might otherwise have had , he forfeited his claim to it , by ...
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... poet could invent to show friendship in per- tinction . It is said of Virgil , when he en- fection . One of them had forfeited his life tered a Roman theatre , where there were by an action which he had committed ; and many thousands of ...
... poet could invent to show friendship in per- tinction . It is said of Virgil , when he en- fection . One of them had forfeited his life tered a Roman theatre , where there were by an action which he had committed ; and many thousands of ...
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... poet , doubtless , imitates this silence of Ajax in that of Dido ; though I do not know that any of his commenta- tors have taken notice of it . Æneas finding among the shades of despairing lovers , the ghost of her who had lately died ...
... poet , doubtless , imitates this silence of Ajax in that of Dido ; though I do not know that any of his commenta- tors have taken notice of it . Æneas finding among the shades of despairing lovers , the ghost of her who had lately died ...
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... poet famities like harsh fruits , cultivated in a good whom I mentioned in my last paper , soil , and enriched by proper grafts and inoc - whom it is very difficult to lay aside when and one is engaged in the reading of him and passages ...
... poet famities like harsh fruits , cultivated in a good whom I mentioned in my last paper , soil , and enriched by proper grafts and inoc - whom it is very difficult to lay aside when and one is engaged in the reading of him and passages ...
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... poet describes at length , and which the goddess chose out as the most proper to set off her person to the best advantage . In the next place she made a visit to Venus , the deity who presides over love , and begged of her , as a ...
... poet describes at length , and which the goddess chose out as the most proper to set off her person to the best advantage . In the next place she made a visit to Venus , the deity who presides over love , and begged of her , as a ...
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Сторінка 497 - IT must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well ! — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Сторінка 411 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Сторінка 250 - And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, " For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Сторінка 125 - And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee...
Сторінка 480 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Сторінка 125 - And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
Сторінка 27 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Сторінка 24 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad, The nights .are wholesome, then no planets strike, No fairy takes nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Сторінка 125 - And now, O Lord, my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Сторінка 27 - With thee conversing, I forget all time ; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...