The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... prefent aid afford ; That I may reach the beaft . The God allow'd His prayer , and , fmiling , gave him what he could : He reach'd the favage , but no blood he drew , Dian unarm'd the javelin as it flew . This chaf'd the boar , his ...
... prefent aid afford ; That I may reach the beaft . The God allow'd His prayer , and , fmiling , gave him what he could : He reach'd the favage , but no blood he drew , Dian unarm'd the javelin as it flew . This chaf'd the boar , his ...
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... grant ; Make this fair ftatue mine , he would have said , But chang'd his words for fhame , and only pray'd , Give me the likeness of my ivory maid . : } The The golden Goddefs , prefent at the prayer , Well 34 TRANSLATIONS.
... grant ; Make this fair ftatue mine , he would have said , But chang'd his words for fhame , and only pray'd , Give me the likeness of my ivory maid . : } The The golden Goddefs , prefent at the prayer , Well 34 TRANSLATIONS.
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Samuel Johnson. The golden Goddefs , prefent at the prayer , Well knew he meant th ' inanimated fair , And gave the fign ... prefent at the match fhe made , So blefs'd the bed , fuch fruitfulness convey'd , D 2 That That ere ten moons had ...
Samuel Johnson. The golden Goddefs , prefent at the prayer , Well knew he meant th ' inanimated fair , And gave the fign ... prefent at the match fhe made , So blefs'd the bed , fuch fruitfulness convey'd , D 2 That That ere ten moons had ...
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... prefent fuffer what I only fear : Then o'er the bounding billows fhall we fly , Secure to live together , or to die . These reasons mov'd her ftarlike husband's heart , But ftill he held his purpose to depart : For , as he lov'd her ...
... prefent fuffer what I only fear : Then o'er the bounding billows fhall we fly , Secure to live together , or to die . These reasons mov'd her ftarlike husband's heart , But ftill he held his purpose to depart : For , as he lov'd her ...
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... prefent , To make her certain of the fad event . Indued with robes of various hue the flies , And flying draws an arch ( a segment of the skies ) : Then leaves her bending bow , and from the steep Descends to search the silent house of ...
... prefent , To make her certain of the fad event . Indued with robes of various hue the flies , And flying draws an arch ( a segment of the skies ) : Then leaves her bending bow , and from the steep Descends to search the silent house of ...
Términos y frases comunes
Achilles Æneid againſt Ajax arms Atrides bear becauſe beſt Betwixt blood boaſt breaft caft Calchas caufe cauſe Ceyx Cinyras command cry'd death defire Eurytion Ev'n expreffions eyes facred fafely faid fair fame fate fear feas fecret fecure feems fenfe fent fhall fhore fhould fide fight fill'd fince fire firft firſt flain flame fleep fome foon foul ftill ftreams fubject fuch fuit fword Goddeſs Gods Grecian hand heart heaven Hector himſelf huſband's Iphis Jove king laft laſt leaſt lefs loft Lucretius maid moſt muſt Myrrha myſelf numbers nymph o'er Ovid paffion pain Pindar Pirithous pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Poet prayer prefent Priam purſue rage rais'd reafon reft reſt rife ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflation Trojan Troy verfe Virgil Whofe whoſe wife winds words wound
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Página 329 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Página 329 - And always in extreme. Now with a noiseless gentle course It keeps within the middle bed.; . Anon it lifts aloft the head, And bears down all before it with impetuous force : And trunks of trees come rolling down...
Página 330 - What is't to me, Who never sail in her unfaithful sea, If storms arise and clouds grow black, If the mast split, and threaten wreck ? Then let the greedy merchant fear For his ill-gotten gain ; And pray to gods that will not hear, While the debating winds and billows bear His wealth into the main.
Página 22 - Philemon thus prefers their joint request. We crave to serve before your sacred shrine, And offer at your altars rites divine...
Página 317 - Tis pleasant, safely to behold from shore The rolling ship, and hear the tempest roar; Not that another's pain is our delight, But pains unfelt produce the pleasing sight. Tis pleasant also to behold from far The moving legions mingled in the war; But much more sweet thy labouring steps to guide To virtue's heights, with wisdom well supplied, And all the magazines of learning fortified...
Página 18 - High o'er the hearth a chine of bacon hung; Good old Philemon seized it with a prong, And from the sooty rafter drew it down, Then cut a slice, but scarce enough for one; Yet a large portion of a little Store, Which for their sakes alone he wish'd were more.
Página 174 - But since every language is so full of its own proprieties, that what is beautiful in one, is often barbarous, nay sometimes nonsense in another, it would be unreasonable to limit a translator to the narrow compass of his author's words: it is enough if he choose out some expression which does not vitiate the sense.
Página 279 - The proprieties and delicacies of the English are known to few : it is impossible even for a good wit to understand and practise them without the help of a liberal education, long reading, and digesting of those few good authors we have amongst us, the knowledge of men and manners, the freedom of habitudes and conversation with the best company of both sexes; and in short, without wearing off the rust which he contracted, while he was laying in a stock of learning.
Página 57 - The sails are drunk with show'rs, and drop with rain, Sweet waters mingle with the briny main. No star appears to lend his friendly light; Darkness, and...
Página 129 - Oh raise, fair nymph, your beauteous face above The waves ; nor scorn my presents, and my love. Come, Galatea, come, and view my face; I late beheld it in the watery glass, And found it lovelier than I feared it was.