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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... respect , 780 Nor vex , prefumptuous , whom the Gods protect ; Who , born fuperior to all meaner things , The spoils of kingdoms , and the pride of kings , Spurn the low cares that leffer minds employ , Their idle terrors and tumultuous ...
... respect , 780 Nor vex , prefumptuous , whom the Gods protect ; Who , born fuperior to all meaner things , The spoils of kingdoms , and the pride of kings , Spurn the low cares that leffer minds employ , Their idle terrors and tumultuous ...
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... not equally fuit the exordium of a poem on the return of Diomed . The author of the Eneid follows the example , and conceals the name of his hero . Arma virumque cano . - The rule to which this note refers has respect only ( 210 )
... not equally fuit the exordium of a poem on the return of Diomed . The author of the Eneid follows the example , and conceals the name of his hero . Arma virumque cano . - The rule to which this note refers has respect only ( 210 )
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... respect only to the intro duction , in which the poet ought to mention no name , but to speak of his hero in general terms . But as Homer in the Iliad has observed a contrary method , adding to his hero's name the patronymic Pelides ...
... respect only to the intro duction , in which the poet ought to mention no name , but to speak of his hero in general terms . But as Homer in the Iliad has observed a contrary method , adding to his hero's name the patronymic Pelides ...
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... respect to the human foul as we are with regard to that of the brutes . The Doctors of the Sorbonne have not yet determined whether it be feated in the pineal gland , or , as an old man in Lincolnshire rather supposed , in the back bone ...
... respect to the human foul as we are with regard to that of the brutes . The Doctors of the Sorbonne have not yet determined whether it be feated in the pineal gland , or , as an old man in Lincolnshire rather supposed , in the back bone ...
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... respect to the ambition of rash and ungovernable men , who by aiming too high , frequently meet with as profound a fall . This is perhaps the best use that can be made of it . The king here alluded to is Cyniras , king of the Ligurians ...
... respect to the ambition of rash and ungovernable men , who by aiming too high , frequently meet with as profound a fall . This is perhaps the best use that can be made of it . The king here alluded to is Cyniras , king of the Ligurians ...
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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.
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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.
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