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... original plan , and still less some essential deviations from it ; but with respect to other modifications of it which have been adopted , we have no doubt that they had in view the very same principles which the Professor has so ably ...
... original plan , and still less some essential deviations from it ; but with respect to other modifications of it which have been adopted , we have no doubt that they had in view the very same principles which the Professor has so ably ...
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... original cause of the enmity of the Persians towards the Greeks . Xerxes is said to have ascended the citadel of Priam and sacrificed to the Trojan Minerva ; and Alexander , if we judge by his con- duct , was satisfied of the former ...
... original cause of the enmity of the Persians towards the Greeks . Xerxes is said to have ascended the citadel of Priam and sacrificed to the Trojan Minerva ; and Alexander , if we judge by his con- duct , was satisfied of the former ...
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... original is ex- tremely indecent , and that Dr. Busby's translation is yet more obscene , we must give up all claim to philosophy , and be con- tent to bear the charge of being invidious objectors . Perhaps some of our readers may be ...
... original is ex- tremely indecent , and that Dr. Busby's translation is yet more obscene , we must give up all claim to philosophy , and be con- tent to bear the charge of being invidious objectors . Perhaps some of our readers may be ...
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... contributed to pro- mote the interest of his work . The life of Lucretius follows ; but we cannot discover , nor have we indeed a right to expect any thing new or original ; and is succeeded by a 02 Busby's Lucretius .
... contributed to pro- mote the interest of his work . The life of Lucretius follows ; but we cannot discover , nor have we indeed a right to expect any thing new or original ; and is succeeded by a 02 Busby's Lucretius .
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thing new or original ; and is succeeded by a dissertation on the genius of Lucretius , and the philosophy and morals of his poem- The Nature of Things . We have not room to enlarge upon this ; but the extracts which we have given will ...
thing new or original ; and is succeeded by a dissertation on the genius of Lucretius , and the philosophy and morals of his poem- The Nature of Things . We have not room to enlarge upon this ; but the extracts which we have given will ...
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Página 135 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Página 137 - The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt by fire, In circle narrowing as it glows, The flames around their captive close, Till inly...
Página 151 - I have great love and regard towards you; and desire to win and gain your love and friendship, by a kind, just and peaceable life...
Página 85 - For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. for there are no bands in their death : but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men , neither are they plagued like other men.
Página 151 - God do to us, who hath made us, not to devour and destroy one another, but to live soberly and kindly together in the world.
Página 138 - Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No: gayer insects fluttering by !Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.
Página 136 - As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look, by death revealed ! Such is the aspect of this shore ; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Página 92 - But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have made,) Moderns, beware! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end; Let it be seldom, and compelled by need; And have, at least, their precedent to plead.
Página 136 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed...
Página 465 - The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed ; This more delusive, not the touch, but taste Deceived ; they, fondly thinking to allay Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit Chew'd bitter ashes, which the offended taste With spattering noise rejected : oft they...