The Poetics of Marcus Hieronymus Vida ... ; with translations from the Latin of dr. Lowth, mr. Gray, and other. By J. Hampson |
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... sometimes nods , the fame may be faid of his successor ; and that if the for- mer was on fome occafions unseasonably minute in his descriptions , the latter seems , in some places , to have funk beneath the weight of his fubject ; has ...
... sometimes nods , the fame may be faid of his successor ; and that if the for- mer was on fome occafions unseasonably minute in his descriptions , the latter seems , in some places , to have funk beneath the weight of his fubject ; has ...
Page xxi
... con- vince those who want genius , how many things are necessary to constitute a poet ; and prove sometimes effectual to deter the disciples of Bavius from the haunts of the Muses . ARGUMENT to Book I. ; INVOCATION - Address to the [ xxi ]
... con- vince those who want genius , how many things are necessary to constitute a poet ; and prove sometimes effectual to deter the disciples of Bavius from the haunts of the Muses . ARGUMENT to Book I. ; INVOCATION - Address to the [ xxi ]
Page xxiv
... Sometimes use words derived from the Greek , and even such as are barbarous and obsolete Of Periphrafis , and com- pound words - This liberty less frequent among the Latins than the Greeks - Of the figure Timesis and Syncope - Rugged ...
... Sometimes use words derived from the Greek , and even such as are barbarous and obsolete Of Periphrafis , and com- pound words - This liberty less frequent among the Latins than the Greeks - Of the figure Timesis and Syncope - Rugged ...
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... Sometimes unlook'd for , thoughts spontaneous rife , Then hapless he on memory who relies : When once the meteor , flashing on the mind , Melts into shades , it leaves no trace behind ; 116 Loft is this child of fancy , and in vain ( 7 )
... Sometimes unlook'd for , thoughts spontaneous rife , Then hapless he on memory who relies : When once the meteor , flashing on the mind , Melts into shades , it leaves no trace behind ; 116 Loft is this child of fancy , and in vain ( 7 )
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... sometimes we fee the woods , And from their banks retire the less'ning floods ; Not always full the gushing fountains flow , 610 Nor ceaseless springs eternal verdure shew . Hence does the bard like turns with nature find , 615 His ...
... sometimes we fee the woods , And from their banks retire the less'ning floods ; Not always full the gushing fountains flow , 610 Nor ceaseless springs eternal verdure shew . Hence does the bard like turns with nature find , 615 His ...
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Page 253 - With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground.
Page 233 - A work t' outlast immortal Rome design'd, Perhaps he seem'd above the Critic's law, And but from Nature's fountains scorn'd to draw: But when t' examine ev'ry part he came, Nature and Homer were, he found, the same.
Page 225 - T' invade the corn, and to their cells convey The plunder'd forage of their yellow prey. The sable troops, along the narrow tracks, Scarce bear the weighty...
Page 251 - The hoarfe, rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar : When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow ; Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th...
Page 231 - By turns a pitchy cloud she rolls on high; By turns hot embers from her entrails fly, And flakes of mounting flames, that lick the sky. Oft from her bowels massy rocks are thrown, And, shiver'd by the force, come piecemeal down.
Page 188 - Et gemina auratus taurino cornua vultu Eridanus : quo non alius per pinguia culta In mare purpureum violentior effluit amnis.
Page 237 - And seek the homely cots, or mountain's hollow side. The rapid rains, descending from the hills, To rolling torrents raise the creeping rills. The queen and prince, as Love or Fortune guides, One common cavern in her bosom hides.
Page 207 - Fierce tigers couch'd around, and loll'd their fawning tongues. " 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
Page 207 - Fierce tigers couen'd around, and loll'd their fawning tongues. So, clofe in poplar fhades, her children gone, The mother nightingale laments alone : Whofe neft fome prying churl had found, and thence, By ftealth, convey'd th
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