The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Том 301790 |
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... PENTHEUS . THIS fad event gave blind Tirefias fame , Through Greece establish'd in a prophet's name . Th ' unhallow'd Pentheus only durft deride The cheated people , and their eyeless guide . To whom the prophet in his fury faid ...
... PENTHEUS . THIS fad event gave blind Tirefias fame , Through Greece establish'd in a prophet's name . Th ' unhallow'd Pentheus only durft deride The cheated people , and their eyeless guide . To whom the prophet in his fury faid ...
Сторінка 169
... his godhead , and confefs the cheat . " Acrifius from the Grecian walls repell'd " This boasted power ; why then should Pentheus yield ? " Go quickly , drag th ' audacious boy to OVID's METAMORPHOSES , Book III . 169.
... his godhead , and confefs the cheat . " Acrifius from the Grecian walls repell'd " This boasted power ; why then should Pentheus yield ? " Go quickly , drag th ' audacious boy to OVID's METAMORPHOSES , Book III . 169.
Сторінка 170
... Pentheus view'd with fury in his look , And scarce withheld his hands , while thus he spoke : " Vile flave , whom speedy vengeance shall pursue , " And terrify thy base feditious crew : " Thy country , and thy parentage reveal , " And ...
... Pentheus view'd with fury in his look , And scarce withheld his hands , while thus he spoke : " Vile flave , whom speedy vengeance shall pursue , " And terrify thy base feditious crew : " Thy country , and thy parentage reveal , " And ...
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... PENTHEUS . BUT Pentheus , grown more furious than before , Refolv'd to fend his meffengers no more , But went himself to the distracted throng , Where high Citharon echo'd with their song . And as the fiery war - horse paws the ground ...
... PENTHEUS . BUT Pentheus , grown more furious than before , Refolv'd to fend his meffengers no more , But went himself to the distracted throng , Where high Citharon echo'd with their song . And as the fiery war - horse paws the ground ...
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... Pentheus aftonish'd heard the dismal found , And fees the yelling matrons gathering round ; He fees , and weeps at his approaching fate , And begs for mercy , and repents too late . 66 Help , help ! my aunt Autonöe , " he cry'd ...
... Pentheus aftonish'd heard the dismal found , And fees the yelling matrons gathering round ; He fees , and weeps at his approaching fate , And begs for mercy , and repents too late . 66 Help , help ! my aunt Autonöe , " he cry'd ...
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ÆNEID æther againſt amidſt arms atque behold blood bluſhes breaſt Britiſh Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe death DECIUS deſcribed deſcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fhall fhining fide fight fire firft firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftorms ftreams ftrength fubject fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf Jove JUBA laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet PORTIUS praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife riſe Roman Rome ſcenes ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſuch SYPHAX tears thee theſe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder toils verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue Whilft winds wiſh youth
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Сторінка 232 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Сторінка 338 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Сторінка 236 - Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around...
Сторінка 232 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Сторінка 337 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Сторінка 284 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Сторінка 259 - And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome" Our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of civil war, And close the scene of blood.
Сторінка 117 - Their stated course, and leave the beaten track. The youth was in a maze, nor did he know Which way to turn the reins, or where to go ; Nor wou'd the horses, had he known, obey.
Сторінка 233 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Сторінка 261 - Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search : Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends.