The idyllia, epigrams, and fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus, with the elegies of Tyrtæus, tr. into Engl. verse, to which are added, dissertations and notes, by R. Polwhele, Bind 2 |
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Side 6
... writer , he found every advantage in the delicious climate and luxuriant landfcapes of Sicily . No country could have presented him with a more beautiful affemblage of rural images . The pictorefque scenery of the hills and the vallies ...
... writer , he found every advantage in the delicious climate and luxuriant landfcapes of Sicily . No country could have presented him with a more beautiful affemblage of rural images . The pictorefque scenery of the hills and the vallies ...
Side 8
... writers of Greece might have drawn fentiments and imagery from fcripture . There is often discoverable in PINDAR a fpirit of oriental grandeur ; and we trace , in many paffages of HOMER , refemblances apparently imitative of thefe ...
... writers of Greece might have drawn fentiments and imagery from fcripture . There is often discoverable in PINDAR a fpirit of oriental grandeur ; and we trace , in many paffages of HOMER , refemblances apparently imitative of thefe ...
Side 12
... writer hath traced it from the times of ORPHEUS , LINUS , or EUMOLPUS , another hath made it coeval with the world itself ; and a third might as well , if the humour led him , go back eleven thousand years , and place his pastoral poet ...
... writer hath traced it from the times of ORPHEUS , LINUS , or EUMOLPUS , another hath made it coeval with the world itself ; and a third might as well , if the humour led him , go back eleven thousand years , and place his pastoral poet ...
Side 14
... writer , in this line of compofition , at her most refined periods , we may reasonably fix the date of Grecian paftoral with THEOCRITUS . * Its nature does not agree with the ruder æras . It hath been the opinion of some re- spectable ...
... writer , in this line of compofition , at her most refined periods , we may reasonably fix the date of Grecian paftoral with THEOCRITUS . * Its nature does not agree with the ruder æras . It hath been the opinion of some re- spectable ...
Side 23
... writer . The Fishermen is a fingular per- formance . Critics are agreed in allowing the pifcatory eclogues of SANNAZARIUS + a confiderable degree of merit , as original pieces . The hint was not improbably fuggefted to the Italian ...
... writer . The Fishermen is a fingular per- formance . Critics are agreed in allowing the pifcatory eclogues of SANNAZARIUS + a confiderable degree of merit , as original pieces . The hint was not improbably fuggefted to the Italian ...
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ADONIS ALCMENA alfo amidſt AMYCUS ANACREON ancient antiquity APOLLONIUS RHODIUS beautiful BION bofom BRASIDAS CATULLUS character Cicada circumſtances cloſe compofition cuſtom DAPHNIS death defcribed defcription diſcover eclogue elegant ELEGY epigram EURIPIDES expreffion exprefs facred faid fame faſhion fays fecond feems fentiment feven fhade fhall fhepherds fhould fimilar fimplicity fince fing firft firſt flouriſhed flowers foldier fome fong fpecies ftill fubject fuch fweet genius Grecian Greece Greek hath HEINSIUS HERCULES himſelf HOMER HORACE HYLAS Idyllia Idyllium IDYLLIUM IDYLLIUM Iliad illuftrated imitated inftances interefting LINE manner moft MOSCHUS moſt mufe mufical muſt nature NONNUS obferved occafion original ORPHEUS OVID paffage paffion paftoral perfon pieces PINDAR pleaſure poem poet preſent Prytaneum racter refpect repreſented reſemblance ruftic ſcene ſeems ſhall ſhe Sicily ſome ſpeaking SUIDAS Sybaris thefe themſelves THEOCRITUS theſe thofe thoſe thou tranflator TYRTÆUS uſed VENUS verfe verſe VIRGIL WARTON whofe whoſe δε
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Side 73 - 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 fading together ; and a little child shall lead them.
Side 205 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Side 165 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm : for love is strong as death ; jealousy is cruel as the grave : the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame...
Side 63 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Side 143 - That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store ; that our sheep may bring forth thousands, and ten thousands in our streets ; 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour ; that there be no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets.
Side 197 - I will rise now, and go about the city In the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me : To whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Side 162 - And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
Side 151 - Here sacred pomp and genial feast delight, And solemn dance and hymeneal rite ; Along the street the new-made brides are led, With torches flaming, to the nuptial bed ; The youthful dancers in a circle bound To the soft flute and cithern's silver sound ; Through the fair streets the matrons in a row Stand in their porches and enjoy the show.
Side 141 - Can the Ethiopian change his fkin, or the " leopard his fpots ? then may ye alfo do good, that
Side 137 - That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises.