The Poetics of Marcus Hieronymus Vida ... ; with translations from the Latin of dr. Lowth, mr. Gray, and other. By J. Hampson |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 22
Page iii
... design of procuring such a poem on the author of our religion , as should become the dignity of the subject , made choice of Vida as the most proper person to carry it into execution . Merit is generally modeft ; and our poet , though ...
... design of procuring such a poem on the author of our religion , as should become the dignity of the subject , made choice of Vida as the most proper person to carry it into execution . Merit is generally modeft ; and our poet , though ...
Page 8
... design . 130 And now , methinks , propitious gales invite , And all the landscape leffens from the fight . Now were the just occafion to impart The genuine maxims of the tuneful art : But first the studious youth our cares engage , 135 ...
... design . 130 And now , methinks , propitious gales invite , And all the landscape leffens from the fight . Now were the just occafion to impart The genuine maxims of the tuneful art : But first the studious youth our cares engage , 135 ...
Page 19
... can dazzle , and no art can change . E'er the fond parent fix his lovely boy , Let prudent care his wary thoughts employ ; 1 325 330 Him let him chuse , whom nature has design'd Of D2 ( 19 ) While, as impatient for a foreign lord, ...
... can dazzle , and no art can change . E'er the fond parent fix his lovely boy , Let prudent care his wary thoughts employ ; 1 325 330 Him let him chuse , whom nature has design'd Of D2 ( 19 ) While, as impatient for a foreign lord, ...
Page 20
... design'd Of gentlest manners , as of wit refin'd ; 335 Of native sense , improv'd , not spoil'd by art , A prince in letters , with a parent's heart . The tender age a watchful care demands , And needs the kindly aid of foreign hands ...
... design'd Of gentlest manners , as of wit refin'd ; 335 Of native sense , improv'd , not spoil'd by art , A prince in letters , with a parent's heart . The tender age a watchful care demands , And needs the kindly aid of foreign hands ...
Page 37
... design , Oft he revolves ; and now before his eyes A thousand schemes in swift fucceffion rise ; No indolent delay , no rest he knows , With various thought his anxious bosom glows ; With various thought confounded and oppreft , 670 ...
... design , Oft he revolves ; and now before his eyes A thousand schemes in swift fucceffion rise ; No indolent delay , no rest he knows , With various thought his anxious bosom glows ; With various thought confounded and oppreft , 670 ...
Other editions - View all
The Poetics of Marcus Hieronymus Vida ... ; With Translations from the Latin ... No preview available - 2020 |
Common terms and phrases
Æneas Æneid alluſion almoſt ancient bard becauſe beſt charm compoſition courſe delight deſign diſdains diſtant ditto divine Ennius ev'ry expreſſion facred faid fame fate fire firſt flain fome fong foul fuch fuperior genius Georgic grace Homer Iliad inſpire inſtances itſelf juſt labours Latian Latin Latium learned leſs maſter mind moſt Muſe muſt numbers o'er obſerved occafion paſſage Phœbus pleaſe poem poet poet's Poetics poetry pow'r praiſe preſent purpoſe purſue Quintilian rage raiſe reaſon reſpect reſt riſe ſays ſcarcely ſcene ſcience ſecond ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſentiment ſeveral ſhades ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhew ſhewn ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhun ſkies ſkill ſky ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpeech ſpirit ſpoils ſpring ſtand ſtate ſteps ſtern ſtill ſtore ſtorm ſtrain ſtream ſtudious ſtudy ſtyle ſubject ſuch Sunderland ſuppoſed taſk taſte Teverone thee theme theſe thoſe thro toil tranſport Trojan tuneful Ulyffes uſe uſual verſe Vida Virgil whoſe youth
Popular passages
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
Page 234 - Scriptor honoratum fi forte reponis Achillem, Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer, Jura neget fibi nata, nihil non arroget armis; Sit Medea ferox inviftaque, flebilis Ino, Perfidus Ixion, lo vaga, triftis Oreftes. Sometimes • Sometimes frefh names in politics produce, And factions yet unheard of introduce ; And if you dare attempt a thing fo new, Make to itfelf the flying fquadron true.