The Poetical Works of John MiltonPhillips, Samson,, 1854 - 748 pages |
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Page xvii
... Ovid was a poet of a more whimsical and undignified kind , of whom it was strange that he should have been fond , but whom his Latin verses almost everywhere show to have been a great favourite with him . When we see to what holy ...
... Ovid was a poet of a more whimsical and undignified kind , of whom it was strange that he should have been fond , but whom his Latin verses almost everywhere show to have been a great favourite with him . When we see to what holy ...
Page xxii
... Ovid for his model . I agree with Warton that it would have been more probable that he would have taken Lucretius ... Ovidian graces . I prefer the solemn tones of his grander imagery ; his picturesque descriptions of the scenery of ...
... Ovid for his model . I agree with Warton that it would have been more probable that he would have taken Lucretius ... Ovidian graces . I prefer the solemn tones of his grander imagery ; his picturesque descriptions of the scenery of ...
Page 137
... Ovid in his thought , Met . xi . 419 : - Ter conata loqui , ter fletibus ora rigavit . - BENTLEY . The turn of the words bears a near resemblance to Spenser , Faer . Qu . I. XI . 41 : - Thrice he assaid it from his foote to draw , And ...
... Ovid in his thought , Met . xi . 419 : - Ter conata loqui , ter fletibus ora rigavit . - BENTLEY . The turn of the words bears a near resemblance to Spenser , Faer . Qu . I. XI . 41 : - Thrice he assaid it from his foote to draw , And ...
Page 167
... Ovid . Met . i . 19 : - d For hot , cold , & c . Frigida pugnabant calidis , humentia siccis , Mollia cum duris ... Ovid's , and he will easily see how the Roman poet has lessened the grandeur of his by puerile conceits and quaint ...
... Ovid . Met . i . 19 : - d For hot , cold , & c . Frigida pugnabant calidis , humentia siccis , Mollia cum duris ... Ovid's , and he will easily see how the Roman poet has lessened the grandeur of his by puerile conceits and quaint ...
Page 200
... Ovid , Met . i . 107. That the Graces were taken for the beautiful Seasons , in which all things seem to dance and smile with an universal joy , is plain from Horace , Od . iv . vii . 1. , & c . And Homer joins both the Graces and Hours ...
... Ovid , Met . i . 107. That the Graces were taken for the beautiful Seasons , in which all things seem to dance and smile with an universal joy , is plain from Horace , Od . iv . vii . 1. , & c . And Homer joins both the Graces and Hours ...
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