T. Lucretius Carus,: Of the Nature of Things, in Six Books, Translated Into English Verse;J. Matthews, 1714 - 402 páginas |
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... Caufe ; the fatal Calamities under which his Countrey then labour'd : And indeed it is certain , that , a few Years before his Death , Lucretius was an Eye- Witness of the wild Administration of Affairs in the Days of Clodius and ...
... Caufe ; the fatal Calamities under which his Countrey then labour'd : And indeed it is certain , that , a few Years before his Death , Lucretius was an Eye- Witness of the wild Administration of Affairs in the Days of Clodius and ...
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... Caufe , but Chance , and unthinking Fortune . After his Death , as I hinted before , Cicero , as Eufebius witneffes , revis'd and corrected his Wri- tings . Lambinus contradicts this ; but the Argu ments he brings again the Affertion of ...
... Caufe , but Chance , and unthinking Fortune . After his Death , as I hinted before , Cicero , as Eufebius witneffes , revis'd and corrected his Wri- tings . Lambinus contradicts this ; but the Argu ments he brings again the Affertion of ...
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... Caufe , that he is beforehand with his Antagonists ; urging for them whatever he imagin'd they could fay ; and leaving them , as he fuppofes , without an Objection for the future . All this too with so much Scorn and Indig- nation , as ...
... Caufe , that he is beforehand with his Antagonists ; urging for them whatever he imagin'd they could fay ; and leaving them , as he fuppofes , without an Objection for the future . All this too with so much Scorn and Indig- nation , as ...
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... Caufe , Proclaim their Right , and to maintain their Laws Make the dead Antients fpeak the British Tongue ; That fo each chatt'ring Daw who aims at Song , In his own Mother - Tongue may humbly read What Engines yet are wanting in his ...
... Caufe , Proclaim their Right , and to maintain their Laws Make the dead Antients fpeak the British Tongue ; That fo each chatt'ring Daw who aims at Song , In his own Mother - Tongue may humbly read What Engines yet are wanting in his ...
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... Caufe efpouse , And was above the Thanks of the mad Senate - Houfe . Strephon the Great , whom laft you fent abroad , Who writ , and lov'd , and look'd like any God . For whom the Mufes mourn , the Love - fick Maids Are languishing in ...
... Caufe efpouse , And was above the Thanks of the mad Senate - Houfe . Strephon the Great , whom laft you fent abroad , Who writ , and lov'd , and look'd like any God . For whom the Mufes mourn , the Love - fick Maids Are languishing in ...
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Página 302 - Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far off from these, a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls...
Página 302 - Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain.
Página 283 - ... with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Página 200 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Página 98 - The institution has, indeed, continued to our own time ; the garret is still the usual receptacle of the philosopher and poet ; but this, like many ancient customs, is perpetuated only by an accidental imitation, without knowledge of the original reason for which it was established.
Página 11 - He is everywhere confident of his own reason, and assuming an absolute command, not only over his vulgar reader, but even his patron Memmius. For he is always bidding him attend as if he had the rod over him, and using a magisterial authority while he instructs him.
Página 138 - High as the Mother of the Gods in place, And proud, like her, of an immortal race. Then, when in pomp she makes the Phrygian round, With golden turrets on her temples crown'd; A hundred gods her sweeping train supply; Her offspring all, and all command the sky.
Página 206 - The next, in place and punishment, are they Who prodigally throw their souls away; Fools, who, repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, suborn'd their fate. With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live; Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the light of heav'n, and breathe the vital air: But fate forbids; the Stygian floods oppose, And with nine circling streams the captive souls inclose.
Página 100 - And craves no more than undisturb'd delight: Which minds unmix'd with cares, and fears, obtain; A Soul serene, a body void of pain. So little this corporeal frame requires; So bounded are our natural desires, That wanting all, and setting pain aside, With bare privation sence is satisfied.
Página 73 - tis fweet to vifit firft Untouch'd and virgin (beams, and quench! my third. I joy to crop frefli flowers, and get a crown For new and rare inventions of my own...