The Works of Virgil, Volume 1James Swan, Angel Street, Newgate Street, 1803 - Agriculture |
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Page viii
... search of nature was as free to him as to Lucretius , who at his age explained it according to the principles of Epicurus . In his eighth Eclogue , he has in- novated nothing ; the former part of it being the OF THE PASTORALS .
... search of nature was as free to him as to Lucretius , who at his age explained it according to the principles of Epicurus . In his eighth Eclogue , he has in- novated nothing ; the former part of it being the OF THE PASTORALS .
Page xxxi
... Lucretius , and Cicero , which he in- serted into his works . ) But learned men then lived easy and familiarly with the great : Augustus himself would sometimes sit down betwixt Virgil and Horace , and say jestingly , that he sate ...
... Lucretius , and Cicero , which he in- serted into his works . ) But learned men then lived easy and familiarly with the great : Augustus himself would sometimes sit down betwixt Virgil and Horace , and say jestingly , that he sate ...
Page 84
... Lucretius , or rules of practice , as those of Hesiod and Virgil . Among these diffe- rent kinds of subjects , that which the Georgic goes upon , is , I think , the meanest and least improving , but the most pleasing and delightful ...
... Lucretius , or rules of practice , as those of Hesiod and Virgil . Among these diffe- rent kinds of subjects , that which the Georgic goes upon , is , I think , the meanest and least improving , but the most pleasing and delightful ...
Page 93
... hard to out - do Lucretius in the description of his plague : and , if the reader would see what success he had , he may find it at large in Scaliger . - " But Virgil seems no - where so well pleased , ON THE GEORGICS . 93.
... hard to out - do Lucretius in the description of his plague : and , if the reader would see what success he had , he may find it at large in Scaliger . - " But Virgil seems no - where so well pleased , ON THE GEORGICS . 93.
Page 95
... Lucretius ( which the reader may see al- ready done in the preface to the second volume of Miscellany Poems ) , but shall conclude this poem to be the most complete , elaborate , and finished piece of all antiquity . The Eneïs indeed is ...
... Lucretius ( which the reader may see al- ready done in the preface to the second volume of Miscellany Poems ) , but shall conclude this poem to be the most complete , elaborate , and finished piece of all antiquity . The Eneïs indeed is ...
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Page 162 - Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round; His chine is double; starting, with a bound He turns the turf, and shakes the solid ground. Fire from his eyes, clouds from his nostrils flow: He bears his rider headlong on the foe.
Page 220 - So, close in poplar shades, her children gone, The mother nightingale laments alone, Whose nest some prying churl had found, and thence, By stealth, convey'd th' unfeather'd innocence ; But she supplies the night with mournful strains.
Page 152 - Happy the man, who, studying nature's laws, Through known effects can trace the secret cause — His mind possessing in a quiet state, Fearless of Fortune, and resigned to Fate!
Page 152 - My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life — A country cottage near a crystal flood, A winding valley, and a lofty wood. Some god conduct me to the sacred shades, Where Bacchanals are sung by Spartan maids, Or lift me high to Haemus...
Page 100 - E'en in this early dawning of the year, Produce the plough, and yoke the sturdy steer, And goad him till he groans beneath his toil, Till the bright share is buried in the soil.
Page 59 - Here could I live, and love, and die with only you. Now I to fighting fields am...
Page 151 - And rural pleasures crown his happiness. Unvex'd with quarrels, undisturb'd with noise, The country king his peaceful realm enjoys — Cool grots, and living lakes, the flow'ry pride Of meads, and streams that through the valley glide, And shady groves that easy sleep invite, And, after toilsome days, a sweet repose at night.
Page 219 - Th' unwary lover cast his eyes behind, Forgetful of the law, nor master of his mind. Straight all his hopes exhal'd in empty smoke, 710 And his long toils were forfeit for a look.
Page 108 - Fate's decree, degen'rate still to worse. So the boat's brawny crew the current stem, And, slow advancing, struggle with the stream: But, if they slack their hands, or cease to strive, Then down the flood with headlong haste they drive.
Page 114 - And rocks the bellowing voice of boiling seas rebound. The father of the gods his glory shrouds, Involved in tempests, and a night of clouds; And, from the middle darkness flashing out, By fits he deals his fiery bolts about.