The Port FolioEditor and Asbury Dickens, 1808 |
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57. oldal
... Lucretius , though a determined Epicurean , was sensible of this , and therefore , in order to make his poem pleasing and natural , was obliged to digress , into the popular belief , contrary to the principles he wanted to establish ...
... Lucretius , though a determined Epicurean , was sensible of this , and therefore , in order to make his poem pleasing and natural , was obliged to digress , into the popular belief , contrary to the principles he wanted to establish ...
104. oldal
... Lucretius was not in this way . Ennius , as appears by his fragments , still extant , was out of the question , and we have no remains of Varius , or Valgius , by which we can juge of their merit . Bavius and Mævius seem to have been ...
... Lucretius was not in this way . Ennius , as appears by his fragments , still extant , was out of the question , and we have no remains of Varius , or Valgius , by which we can juge of their merit . Bavius and Mævius seem to have been ...
262. oldal
... Lucretius is ac- cordingly very harsh for the most part . As of gods , to avoid the indignation of the pub- Epicurus , his hero , admitted the existence lick , Lucretius retains them for ornaments to his poetry . The Epicureans held a ...
... Lucretius is ac- cordingly very harsh for the most part . As of gods , to avoid the indignation of the pub- Epicurus , his hero , admitted the existence lick , Lucretius retains them for ornaments to his poetry . The Epicureans held a ...
263. oldal
... Lucretius , and adopt ed his unhappy principles , ended his life in the same manner , soon after he had finish- ed his translation . Virgil has borrowed many lines from Lucretius . Sallust was a noble Roman , and posses- sed a splendid ...
... Lucretius , and adopt ed his unhappy principles , ended his life in the same manner , soon after he had finish- ed his translation . Virgil has borrowed many lines from Lucretius . Sallust was a noble Roman , and posses- sed a splendid ...
279. oldal
... Lucretius , in the original , which is much esteemed ; and a translation of the same poet into English , which obtained him great credit in the learned world . He made versions also of several other Greek and Ro man authours ; as Horace ...
... Lucretius , in the original , which is much esteemed ; and a translation of the same poet into English , which obtained him great credit in the learned world . He made versions also of several other Greek and Ro man authours ; as Horace ...
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71. oldal - Churchyard" abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo. The four stanzas, beginning "Yet even these bones," are to me original; I have never seen the notions in any other place, yet he that reads them here persuades himself that he has always felt them. Had Gray written often thus, it had been vain to blame and useless to praise him.
29. oldal - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
237. oldal - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun : But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. 'Great praise the Duke of Marlbro* won And our good Prince Eugene;' 'Why 'twas a very wicked thing !' Said little Wilhelmine; 'Nay . . nay . . my little girl,' quoth he, 'It was a famous victory.
100. oldal - ... glistering with dew, fragrant the fertile earth after soft showers, and sweet the coming on of grateful evening mild, then silent night with this her solemn bird, and this fair moon and these the gems of heaven, her starry train.
41. oldal - The forward violet thus did I chide : Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from my love's breath ? The purple pride Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells In my love's veins thou hast too grossly dyed.
100. oldal - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
237. oldal - Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh, ' 'Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
93. oldal - Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him : every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an ear-ring of gold.
219. oldal - Celestial odours breathe through purpled air; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light...
35. oldal - Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.