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... pursuing his first adventure . Statius , as Bossu has well observ'd , was ambitious of trying his strength with his master Virgil , as Virgil had before tried his with Homer . The Grecian gave the two Romans an example , in the games ...
... pursuing his first adventure . Statius , as Bossu has well observ'd , was ambitious of trying his strength with his master Virgil , as Virgil had before tried his with Homer . The Grecian gave the two Romans an example , in the games ...
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... pursue his first adventure ? To which Segrais answers , that the obsequies of his father , according to the rites of the Greeks and Romans , would de- tain him for many days ; that a longer time must be taken up in the refitting of his ...
... pursue his first adventure ? To which Segrais answers , that the obsequies of his father , according to the rites of the Greeks and Romans , would de- tain him for many days ; that a longer time must be taken up in the refitting of his ...
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... pursue the excellence and forsake the brevity . For there he is like ambergris , a rich perfume , but of so close and glutinous a body that it must be open'd with inferior scents of musk or " civet , or the sweetness will not be drawn ...
... pursue the excellence and forsake the brevity . For there he is like ambergris , a rich perfume , but of so close and glutinous a body that it must be open'd with inferior scents of musk or " civet , or the sweetness will not be drawn ...
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... pursue the allegory with a short prayer after a long sermon : May you live happily and long , for the service of your country , the encouragement of good letters , and the orna- ment of poetry ; which cannot be wish'd more earnestly by ...
... pursue the allegory with a short prayer after a long sermon : May you live happily and long , for the service of your country , the encouragement of good letters , and the orna- ment of poetry ; which cannot be wish'd more earnestly by ...
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... pursue . He summon'd Eurus and the western blast , And first an angry glance on both he cast ; Then thus rebuk'd : " Audacious winds ! from whence This bold attempt , this rebel insolence ? Is it for you to ravage seas and land ...
... pursue . He summon'd Eurus and the western blast , And first an angry glance on both he cast ; Then thus rebuk'd : " Audacious winds ! from whence This bold attempt , this rebel insolence ? Is it for you to ravage seas and land ...
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Æneas Æneid altars Anchises arms Ascanius Ausonian bear behold betwixt blood breast call'd Carthage chief clouds command coursers Creüsa cries crown'd dare dart death descends design'd Dido divine Ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fatal fate father Faunus fear field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies flood foes forc'd force friends fun'ral fury goddess gods Grecian ground hand haste head heav'n hero honor Italy Jove Juno Juturna king land Latian Latium Lausus Messapus Mezentius mighty mind mix'd Mnestheus night o'er Pallas pass'd peace Phrygian pierc'd pious plain pleas'd poem poet pow'r pray'rs Priam prince promis'd queen race rage rais'd resolv'd rest rising rites Rutulian sacred Segrais seiz'd shades shield shining shore sight Simoïs sire skies slain soul sound spear steeds stood sword Tarchon thee thou thrice thro tow'rs town trembling Trojan troops Troy Turnus Tuscan Tyrian unhappy Virgil vows walls wand'ring winds wood wound youth
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Page 110 - And first around the tender boys they wind, Then with their sharpen'd fangs their limbs and bodies grind. The wretched father, running to their aid With pious haste, but vain, they next invade ; Twice round his waist their winding volumes roll'd ; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly choked — their crests divide, And towering o'er his head in triumph ride.
Page 44 - ... ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est seditio, saevitque animis ignobile volgus, iamque faces et saxa volant, furor arma ministrat; 100 tum pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem conspexere, silent arrectisque auribus adstant; ille regit dictis animos, et pectora mulcet...
Page 178 - Oppress'd with numbers in th' unequal field, His men discourag'd, and himself expell'd, Let him for succor sue from place to place, Torn from his subjects, and his son's embrace. First, let him see his friends in battle slain, And their untimely fate lament in vain ; And when, at length, the cruel war shall cease, On hard conditions may he buy his peace: Nor let him then enjoy supreme command; But fall, untimely, by some hostile hand, And lie...
Page 211 - THE SIXTH BOOK OF THE MNEIS THE ARGUMENT. — The Sibyl foretells J£neas the adventures he should meet with in Italy. She attends him to hell ; describing to him the various scenes of that place, and conducting him to his father Anchises, who instructs him in those sublime mysteries of the soul of the world, and the transmigration ; and shews him that glorious race of heroes which was to descend from him, and his posterity.
Page 142 - At length her lord descends upon the plain, In pomp, attended with a num'rous train ; Receives his friends, and to the city leads, And tears of joy amidst his welcome sheds. Proceeding on, another Troy I see, Or, in less compass, Troy's epitome. A...
Page 36 - Love has nothing of his own ; he borrows all from a greater master in his own profession, and, which is worse, improves nothing which he finds. Nature fails him, and being forced to his old shift, he has recourse to witticism. This passes indeed with his soft admirers, and gives him the preference to Virgil in their esteem.
Page 187 - The Centaur and the Dolphin brush the brine With equal oars, advancing in a line : And now the mighty Centaur seems to lead, And now the speedy Dolphin gets ahead : \ Now board to board the rival vessels row ; The billows lave the skies, and ocean groans below. They reach'd the mark. Proud Gyas and his train In triumph rode, the victors of the main : But, steering round, he charg'd his pilot — •" Stand More close to shore, and skim along the sand ! Let others bear to sea.
Page 367 - T is all that he can give, or we demand. Joy is no more; but I would gladly go, To greet my Pallas with such news below.
Page 200 - The crowd withdrawn, an open plain appears. And now the noble youths, of form divine, Advance before their fathers, in a line : The riders grace the steeds ; the steeds with glory shine. Thus marching on in military pride, Shouts of applause resound from side to side.
Page 64 - I have endeavoured to make Virgil speak such English as he would himself have spoken, if he had been born in England, and in this present age.