A Poetical Translation of the Elegies of Tibullus;: And of the Poems of Sulpicia. With the Original Text, and Notes Critical and Explanatory. In Two Volumes, Bind 2A. Millar, in the Strand., 1759 - 253 sider |
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Side 22
... Paffion to the Eye of the Spectator . This pantomimical Entertainment soon , however , fell into Difufe , either through the Death of the Tuscan Performers , or because it poffeffed not the poignant Raillery of the former Pieces ...
... Paffion to the Eye of the Spectator . This pantomimical Entertainment soon , however , fell into Difufe , either through the Death of the Tuscan Performers , or because it poffeffed not the poignant Raillery of the former Pieces ...
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... Paffions themselves must be exalted into Deities . If we ftrip the Description of Tibullus of its poetical Ornaments ... Paffion must be supposed , to become kilful in its Business , to take exact Aim , and neglecting the beftial Throng ...
... Paffions themselves must be exalted into Deities . If we ftrip the Description of Tibullus of its poetical Ornaments ... Paffion must be supposed , to become kilful in its Business , to take exact Aim , and neglecting the beftial Throng ...
Side 28
... Paffions , almost with as much Precision , as the most curious Theorist . B 88. With out firetch'd Arms . ] Ariofto , as Broekhufius re- marks , has happily imitated our Poet , in his Fable of Jo- condo and Aftolphus . Il Greco , fi ...
... Paffions , almost with as much Precision , as the most curious Theorist . B 88. With out firetch'd Arms . ] Ariofto , as Broekhufius re- marks , has happily imitated our Poet , in his Fable of Jo- condo and Aftolphus . Il Greco , fi ...
Side 47
... Paffion obliges me to become a Ploughman . But should not Tibullus have added , that as his Nemefis every way excelled Apollo's Flame ; fo he himself , in acting the Part he did , was more excufeable than the Deity ? This gallant ...
... Paffion obliges me to become a Ploughman . But should not Tibullus have added , that as his Nemefis every way excelled Apollo's Flame ; fo he himself , in acting the Part he did , was more excufeable than the Deity ? This gallant ...
Side 52
... Paffion for Nemefis . The Ro- mans highly esteemed Agriculture . Cicero speaks of it as proxima fapientia ; and Tibullus feems to have been of the fame Opinion . The wife and good Boethius has drawn no contemptible Picture of this ...
... Paffion for Nemefis . The Ro- mans highly esteemed Agriculture . Cicero speaks of it as proxima fapientia ; and Tibullus feems to have been of the fame Opinion . The wife and good Boethius has drawn no contemptible Picture of this ...
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Side 194 - In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show.
Side 192 - That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy: In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal...
Side 85 - I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
Side 241 - While with soft sorrow he renews his lays, Nor heedful of their envy, nor their praise. But, soon as Emma's eyes adorn the plain, His notes he raises to a nobler strain, With dutiful respect and studious fear ; Lest any careless sound offend her ear.
Side 210 - When firft on this delightful land he fpreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and...
Side 193 - But unextinguish'd av'rice still remains, And dreaded losses aggravate his pains; He turns, with anxious heart and crippled hands...
Side 233 - Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and light'nings of his eye.
Side 85 - And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make • the stars thereof dark • I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
Side 253 - Her heart denies it, though her lips obey. She burns, that altar as the flames devour ; She burns, and slights the safety in her power. So may the boy, whose chains you proudly wear...
Side 80 - When th' humble roof Anchises' son explor'd Of good Evander, -wealth-despising king, Amid the thickets ; so revolves the scene ; So time ordains, who rolls the things of pride From dust again to dust. Behold that heap Of...