Original Poems and Translations, Volumen2J. and R. Tonson, 1743 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 35
Página 9
... bring thofe Words into a narrow compafs , which a Tranflator cannot render without Circumlocutions . In fhort , they , who have call'd him the Torture of Grammarians , might also have call'd him the Plague B 5 of PREFACE . 9.
... bring thofe Words into a narrow compafs , which a Tranflator cannot render without Circumlocutions . In fhort , they , who have call'd him the Torture of Grammarians , might also have call'd him the Plague B 5 of PREFACE . 9.
Página 21
... bring it to Perfection . In the mean time , Fungar vice cotis , acutum Reddere qua ferrum valet , exfors ipfa fecandi . To conclude , I am fenfible that I have written this too haftily and too loofly : I fear I have been te- dious , and ...
... bring it to Perfection . In the mean time , Fungar vice cotis , acutum Reddere qua ferrum valet , exfors ipfa fecandi . To conclude , I am fenfible that I have written this too haftily and too loofly : I fear I have been te- dious , and ...
Página 27
... bring it back . While , groaning under this laborious Life , They infolently call thee Hector's Wife ; Upbraid thy Bondage with thy Husband's name ; And from my Glory propagate thy Shame . This when they , fay , thy Sorrows will ...
... bring it back . While , groaning under this laborious Life , They infolently call thee Hector's Wife ; Upbraid thy Bondage with thy Husband's name ; And from my Glory propagate thy Shame . This when they , fay , thy Sorrows will ...
Página 28
... bring his Trojans Peace and Triumph home , Some aged Man , who lives this act to fee , And who in former times remember'd me , May fay , the Son in Fortitude and Fame Out - goes the Mark , and drowns his Father's Name : That at thefe ...
... bring his Trojans Peace and Triumph home , Some aged Man , who lives this act to fee , And who in former times remember'd me , May fay , the Son in Fortitude and Fame Out - goes the Mark , and drowns his Father's Name : That at thefe ...
Página 50
... bring the darkfome Soul to day . The latter Part of the Third Book of LUCRETIUS ; against the Fear of Death . WHAT has this Bugbear Death to frighten Men , If Souls can die , as well as Bodies can ? For , as before our Birth we felt no ...
... bring the darkfome Soul to day . The latter Part of the Third Book of LUCRETIUS ; against the Fear of Death . WHAT has this Bugbear Death to frighten Men , If Souls can die , as well as Bodies can ? For , as before our Birth we felt no ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
againſt bear Beauty becauſe befide beft beſt Breaft caft call'd Caufe CHLORIS cloſe cou'd COUNTESS of ABINGDON DAPHNIS Death Defire e'en Earth eaſe ev'ry Expreffion Eyes Face fafe faid fair fame Fate Father fear fecure feems feen felf fhall fhou'd fhun fince fing Fire firft firſt flain fome foon Friend ftill fuch fure fweet Gods Grace Hand Heart Heav'n himſelf Houſe Iphis Jove Joys juft Kifs laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs live loft lov'd Love Lover Lucretius Maid Mind moft moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt Numbers Nymph o'er Ovid Paffion Pain paſs Pindar pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure Poet Pow'r Praiſe prefent purſue raiſe Reafon reft rife ſee ſeen ſelf Senfe ſhall ſhe Soul ſtand ſtay ſtill thee thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thought Tranflation underſtand Verfe Virgil Whig Whofe Wife Wiſh Words wou'd Youth
Pasajes populares
Página 223 - So much the sweetness of your manners move, We cannot envy you, because we love. Fabius might joy in Scipio, when he saw A beardless consul made against the law, And join his suffrage to the votes of Rome, Though he with Hannibal was overcome.
Página 95 - When we are come thus far, it is time to look into ourselves ; to conform our genius to his, to give his thought either the same turn, if our tongue will bear it, or if not, to vary but the dress, not to alter or destroy the substance.
Página 327 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead. Then cold and hot and moist and dry In order to their stations leap, And Music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of...
Página 314 - Meantime, her warlike brother on the seas His waving streamers to the winds displays, And vows for his return with vain devotion pays. Ah, generous youth ! that wish forbear, The winds too soon will waft thee here ! Slack all thy sails, and fear to come ; Alas ! thou knowst not, thou art wrecked at home.
Página 74 - tis grateful to the rich to try A short vicissitude, and fit of poverty : A savoury dish, a homely treat, Where all is plain, where all is neat, Without the stately spacious room, The Persian carpet, or the Tyrian loom, Clear up the cloudy foreheads of the great v.
Página 95 - ... poesie is of so subtle a spirit, that in pouring out of one language into another, it will all evaporate; and if a new spirit" be not added in the transfusion, there will remain nothing but a caput mortuum...
Página 76 - 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 8 - ... that verse commonly which they call golden, or two substantives and two adjectives, with a verb betwixt them to keep the peace.
Página 6 - Thus difficult it is to understand the purity of English, and critically to discern not only good writers from bad, and a proper style from a corrupt, but also to distinguish that which is pure in a good author from that which is vicious and corrupt in him.
Página 336 - She cast not back a pitying eye: But left her lover in despair To sigh, to languish, and to die: Ah ! how can those fair eyes endure To give the wounds they will not cure ? Great God of Love, why hast thou made A face that can all hearts command, That all religions can invade, And change the laws of every land?