The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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56. oldal
... Virgil , not questioning but that among such a variety of colours she shall have a charm for heart . every My friend Will , who very much values himself upon his great insight into gallantry , tells me , that he can already guess at the ...
... Virgil , not questioning but that among such a variety of colours she shall have a charm for heart . every My friend Will , who very much values himself upon his great insight into gallantry , tells me , that he can already guess at the ...
63. oldal
... rea- der to know what had happened to him in the taking of Troy , and in the preceding parts of his voyage , Virgil makes his hero relate it by way of episode in the second and third books of the Æneid . The No 267 . 63 SPECTATOR .
... rea- der to know what had happened to him in the taking of Troy , and in the preceding parts of his voyage , Virgil makes his hero relate it by way of episode in the second and third books of the Æneid . The No 267 . 63 SPECTATOR .
64. oldal
... Virgil , in the poem which was designed to celebrate the original of the Roman empire , has described the birth of its great rival , the Carthaginian commonwealth ; Milton , with * The clause in Italics is not in the original paper in ...
... Virgil , in the poem which was designed to celebrate the original of the Roman empire , has described the birth of its great rival , the Carthaginian commonwealth ; Milton , with * The clause in Italics is not in the original paper in ...
66. oldal
... Virgil's simile of the top , and many other of the same kind in the Iliad , as liable to any censure in this parti- cular ; but I think we may say , without derogating from those wonderfui performances , that there is an unquestionable ...
... Virgil's simile of the top , and many other of the same kind in the Iliad , as liable to any censure in this parti- cular ; but I think we may say , without derogating from those wonderfui performances , that there is an unquestionable ...
67. oldal
... Virgil have shewn their principal art in this particular ; the action of the Iliad , and that of the Æneid , were in themselves exceeding short , but are so beautifully extended and diversified by the invention of episodes , and the ...
... Virgil have shewn their principal art in this particular ; the action of the Iliad , and that of the Æneid , were in themselves exceeding short , but are so beautifully extended and diversified by the invention of episodes , and the ...
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236. oldal - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
242. oldal - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
238. oldal - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
242. oldal - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
276. oldal - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good, Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons and hydras, and chimeras dire.
179. oldal - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
184. oldal - So spake the cherub; and his grave rebuke, Severe in youthful beauty, added grace Invincible: abash'd the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined His loss: but chiefly to find here observed His lustre visibly impair'd; yet seem'd Undaunted. If I must contend...
242. oldal - Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and, hardening in his strength, Glories...
240. oldal - ... rises. Something like this we saw actually come to pass; for the water was stained to a surprising redness; and as we observed in travelling, had discoloured the sea a great way into a reddish hue; occasioned doubtless by a sort of minium, or red earth, washed into the river by the violence of the rain, and not by any stain from Adonis's blood.
238. oldal - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.