The Works of Petronius Arbiter: Tr. by Several Hands. With a Key, by a Person of Honour, and Also His Life and CharacterS. Briscoe, and sold, 1714 - 360 páginas |
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... better turn'd , or more gallant , than the Conversation and Address of that Lady , both in her Difappointment and Joy ? And where can we find a Confidant more accom- plifh'd than Chrifis ? She may be an Exam- ple to all her Profeffion ...
... better turn'd , or more gallant , than the Conversation and Address of that Lady , both in her Difappointment and Joy ? And where can we find a Confidant more accom- plifh'd than Chrifis ? She may be an Exam- ple to all her Profeffion ...
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... better fort of the People of Rome : He pais'd away his time agreeably with thofe that vifited him , and with others was celebrated for Intrigues . Petronius alfo procur'd himself a Reputation by an agreeable Employment , and in a method ...
... better fort of the People of Rome : He pais'd away his time agreeably with thofe that vifited him , and with others was celebrated for Intrigues . Petronius alfo procur'd himself a Reputation by an agreeable Employment , and in a method ...
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... better than himself . Another End was , to give himself the liberty of reprefenting Nero under different Characters , all ridiculous , and under different Names , the prin- cipal whereof were Trimalchio . Eumolpus , and Po- lyanus ...
... better than himself . Another End was , to give himself the liberty of reprefenting Nero under different Characters , all ridiculous , and under different Names , the prin- cipal whereof were Trimalchio . Eumolpus , and Po- lyanus ...
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... better humour , and to talk of our Af- . fairs with a little more fedateness . But a sense of the late Injury still sticking in my Stomach , Afcyltos , faid I , I find we shall never agree together , therefore let's di- vide the common ...
... better humour , and to talk of our Af- . fairs with a little more fedateness . But a sense of the late Injury still sticking in my Stomach , Afcyltos , faid I , I find we shall never agree together , therefore let's di- vide the common ...
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... better luck in the Country ; let's vifit our Friends . Neceflity made me approve his Advice , as well as conceal the smart of the Lash ; fo loading Gito with our Baggage , we left the City , and went to the House of one Ly . curgus , a ...
... better luck in the Country ; let's vifit our Friends . Neceflity made me approve his Advice , as well as conceal the smart of the Lash ; fo loading Gito with our Baggage , we left the City , and went to the House of one Ly . curgus , a ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Afcyltos againſt alfo Arms becauſe began Bofom Breaft Catullus Caufe Cauſe Charms Chryfis concern'd cou'd Courſe cry'd Death deferve defign defire Enothea Epicurus Eumolpus ev'ry Eyes facred fafe faid fhe falute fame Fate fear feem feem'd felf fell felves fhall fhort fhould fince Fire firft firſt flain foft fome foon Fortune Friend ftill fuch fudden Gito Gods Gold Grief Hands Heaven herſelf himſelf Houſe Humour juft Kiffes Kifs laft laſt lefs Lesbia Lofs loft Love Lover Lycas Mafter Maid Miftrefs Miſtreſs moft moſt Mufe muft muſt Night o'er Paffion Perfon Petronius Petronius Arbiter pleafe pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure prefent Priapus Propertius Puniſhment Rage rais'd Reaſon receiv'd reft Riches rife Rome Satyr Senfe ſhe ſtill Tears thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro Tibullus Trimalchio Tryphana turn'd twas us'd Veffel wanton whofe Wine Woman wou'd
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Página 354 - tis a bold pretence To judgment, breeding, wit, and -eloquence : Nay more ; for they must look within, to find Those secret turns of nature in the mind : Without this part, in vain would be the whole, And but a body all, Without a soul.
Página 353 - Are, tho' but little praflis'd, too well known To be taught here, where we pretend alone From nicer faults to purge the prefent age, " Lefs obvious errors of the Englifh ftage.
Página 353 - Extremely fhort, and fpoke in paffion too. Our lovers talking to themfelves, for want Of others, make the pit their confidant; Nor is the matter mended yet, if thus They truft a friend, only to tell it us : Th' occafion mould as naturally fall, As when Bellario confefles all.
Página 290 - Acme, enflam'd with what he said, Rear'd her gently-bending head, And her purple mouth with joy, Stretching to the delicious Boy, Twice (and twice could...
Página 346 - Are necessary, yet but vulgar arts ; And all in vain these superficial parts Contribute to the structure of the whole ; Without a genius, too, for that's the soul: A spirit which inspires the work throughout, As that of nature moves the world about ; A flame that glows amidst conceptions fit, Even something of divine, and more than wit ; Itself unseen, yet all things by it shown, Describing all men, but describ'd by none.
Página 350 - Cooper's Hill. A higher flight, and of a happier force, Are Odes: the Mufes' moft unruly horfe, That bounds fo fierce, the rider has no reft, Here foams at mouth, and moves like one poflefs'd.
Página 359 - A work of fuch ineftimable worth, There are but two the world has yet brought forth ! Homer and Virgil ! with what facred awe, Do thofe...
Página 360 - Who through this Labyrinth has lent the Clue ! But what, alas ! avails it poor Mankind, To fee this promis'd Land, yet ftay behind ? The Way is...
Página 345 - F all thofe arts in which the wife excel, Nature's chief mafter-piece is writing well : No writing lifts exalted man fo high, As facred and foul-moving poefy : No kind o£ work requires fo nice a touch, And, if well finifh'd, nothing mines fo much.
Página 347 - The beft of mafters, and examples too ! Echoes at beft, all we can fay is vain ; Dull the defign, and fruitlefs were the pain. 'Tis true, the ancients we may rob with eafe ; But who with that mean fhift himfelf can pleafe, \Vithout an adtor's pride ? A player's art Is above his, who writes a borrow'd part.