Lives of the Roman Poets: Containing a Critical and Historical Account of Them and Their Writings, with Large Quotations of Their Most Celebrated Passages... To which is Added a Chronological Table Fitted to the Years Before and After Christ, Shewing the Times when They Flourished and Published Their Works... Together with an Introduction Concerning the Origin and Progress of Poetry in General, and an Essay on Dramatic Poetry in Particular, Volume 2W. Innys and R. Manby, 1753 |
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... moft horrid his old age await , Let him not fall by arms in Honour's field , Or by my Son , but to black treason yield His hated life , his corps deny'd a grave ; Such vengeance may our race on Pelias have , 1 Dido's Imprecation in the ...
... moft horrid his old age await , Let him not fall by arms in Honour's field , Or by my Son , but to black treason yield His hated life , his corps deny'd a grave ; Such vengeance may our race on Pelias have , 1 Dido's Imprecation in the ...
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... moft the Queen admires , Which way his courfe , what King his foe inquires ; Their fhip what art contriv'd , would gladly hear The Heroe tell , whofe converfe grows her care . Love's fubtle poison steals into her breast : By that ...
... moft the Queen admires , Which way his courfe , what King his foe inquires ; Their fhip what art contriv'd , would gladly hear The Heroe tell , whofe converfe grows her care . Love's fubtle poison steals into her breast : By that ...
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... moft that we know of SILIUS , fays , That it was reported , that he had at first laid out for Nero's favour , which he acquired to a great degree ,, by accufing fome great perfons : a vile abufe of el quence ! but too frequent in those ...
... moft that we know of SILIUS , fays , That it was reported , that he had at first laid out for Nero's favour , which he acquired to a great degree ,, by accufing fome great perfons : a vile abufe of el quence ! but too frequent in those ...
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... moft comely in a plain dress , so a fine thougt fhines moft in its ge- nuine fimplicity , without any additional ornaments from the Poet's fancy . To begin with examining fome of MARTIAL'S Epigrams by the rules aforefaid , I fhall ...
... moft comely in a plain dress , so a fine thougt fhines moft in its ge- nuine fimplicity , without any additional ornaments from the Poet's fancy . To begin with examining fome of MARTIAL'S Epigrams by the rules aforefaid , I fhall ...
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... moft parts of the Roman Empire : This he is allowed to declare him- felf by an indulgence peculiarly allowed to Poets of praifing themselves . Hic eft quem legis , ille quem requiris , Toto notus in orbe Martialis , Argutis Epigrammatón ...
... moft parts of the Roman Empire : This he is allowed to declare him- felf by an indulgence peculiarly allowed to Poets of praifing themselves . Hic eft quem legis , ille quem requiris , Toto notus in orbe Martialis , Argutis Epigrammatón ...
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actors Æmilius againſt Antients Argonauts atque Auguftus AUSONIUS becauſe beft Cæcilius Cæfar Catullus Character Chorus Cicero CLAUDIAN Comedy Comic Poet compofed Cornelius Creon death defcribed defign defire diſcover Emperor Epigram faid fame fatirical fays fecond feems felf fent feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt Flaccus flouriſhed fome fometimes foon fpeaks ftage ftile ftill fubject fucceed fuch fuppofed genius Gratian Greek himſelf honour Horace ibid imitation Jafon juft JUVENAL laft Licinius Livius Andronicus Martial meaſure Medea Menander moft moſt mufic muft muſt numbers obferve occafion Ovid Pacuvius paffage paffion Pelias perfons Philofopher Plautus Plautus's Plays pleaſure Poem Poet Poetry praiſe prefent Prologue publiſhed purpoſe quæ Quintilian quod racter reaſon Roman Rome Satire ſcene Scipio ſeems SENECA ſhall SILIUS Silius Italicus ſpeak ſtage Statius Suetonius Terence Terence's thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tibi Tragedy tranflated uſed Varro verfe verſes Virgil whofe Writer
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Página 91 - Intrust thy fortune to the powers above. Leave them to manage for thee, and to grant What their unerring wisdom sees. thee want : In goodness, as in greatness, they excel ; Ah, that we lov'd ourselves but half so well!
Página 91 - To health of body, and content of mind ; A soul, that can securely death defy, And count it nature's privilege to die ; Serene and manly, harden'd to...
Página 21 - Tis here, in different paths, the way divides; The right to Pluto's golden palace guides; The left to that unhappy region tends, Which to the depth of Tartarus descends ; The seat of night profound, and punish'd fiends.
Página 24 - Libyan cities goes. Fame, the great ill, from small beginnings grows — Swift from the first ; and every moment brings New vigour to her flights, new pinions to her wings.
Página 19 - Oppressed with numbers in th' unequal field, His men discouraged, and himself expell'd, Let him for succour 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 unburied on the barren sand.
Página 45 - Of martial tow'rs the founder shall become, The people Romans call, the city Rome. To them no bounds of empire I assign, Nor term of years to their immortal line.
Página 121 - And fill the assembly with a shining train. A way there is in heaven's expanded plain, Which, when the skies are clear, is seen below, And mortals by the name of milky know.
Página 121 - Lyes open to the Thunderer's abode: The Gods of greater nations dwell around, And, on the right and left, the palace bound; The commons where they can: the nobler sort With winding-doors wide open, front the court.
Página 24 - And round with list'ning ears the flying plague is hung. She fills the peaceful universe with cries; No slumbers ever close her wakeful eyes; By day, from lofty tow'rs her head she shews, And spreads thro...
Página 145 - Sweet negligence ! by artful study wrought, A graceful error, and a lovely fault. The judgment of the glass is here unknown ; Here mirrors are supplied by ev'ry stone.