 | Virgil - 1721 - 456 pages
...you to the Streights : Where proud Pelorus opes a wider Way, ' fiy Tack to the Larboard, and (land off to Sea : Veer Star-board Sea and Land. Th' Italian Shore, And fair Sicilia's Coaft were one, before An Earthquake caus'd the Flaw, the roaring Tides '"\ The Paflage broke, that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 372 pages
...530 > iiing ocean rides. J IS Veer ftarboard fea and land. Th' Italian more, And fair Sicilia's coaft were one, before An earthquake caus'd the flaw, the roaring tides The paffage broke, that land from land divides And where the lands retir'd, the rufhing ocean rid Diftinguifh'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...wondered, how Mr. Dryden cculd translate a passage out of Virgil after the following manner : Tack tr, the larboard, and stand off to sea, Veer starboard sea and land. Milton ma'^es use of lirtoerj in the same manner. Wten he is upon building, he mentions Doric pillars,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 pages
...larboard, and ftand off to fea : Veer ftarboard fea and land. Th' Italian fhore, And fair Sicilia's coaft were one, before An earthquake caus'd the flaw, the roaring tides ~\ The partage broke, that land from land divides, f And where the lands retir'd, the rufhing ocean f rides.... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 pages
...composing, is the in judicious introduction of technical words and phrases, as in the following passage : Tack to the larboard, and stand off to sea, Veer starboard sea and land— — *. * Dry den's ^Eneid. »• Of perspicuity. What an absurd profusion, in an epic poem too, of... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 pages
...in. • judicious introduction of technical words and phrases, as in the following passage : Tacjc to the larboard, and stand off to sea, Veer starboard sea and land ---- *. * Dryden's B 3 Of perspicuity. What an absurd profusion, in an epic poem too, of terms which... | |
 | 1803 - 372 pages
...often wondered how Mr. Dryden could translate a passage out of Virgil, after the following manner : " Tack to the larboard, and stand off to sea, Veer starboard sea and land.".... ........*... Milton makes use of larboard in the same manner. When he is upon building he mentions... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...have often wondered how Mr. Dryden could translate a passage out of Virgil after the following manner. Tack to the larboard, and stand off to sea, Veer starboard sea and land. Milton makes use of larboard in the same manner. When he is upon building, he mentions Doric Pillars,... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 378 pages
...prond I'elorus opes a wider way, 525 ' Tack to the larhoard, and stand off to sea : ' Veer starhoard sea and land. Th' Italian shore, ' And fair Sicilia's coast were one, hefore ' An earthquake caus'd the flaw, the roaring tides -v ' The passage hroke, that land from land... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 pages
...wind, that ready wait* For Sicily, shall bear you to the straits, Where proud Pelorus opes a wider way, Tack to the larboard, and stand off to sea : Veer starboard sea and land. The Italian shore, And fair Sicilia's coast, were one, before An earthquake caused the flaw : the roaring... | |
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When, parted hence, the wind, that ready waits For Sicily, shall bear you to the straits Where proud Pelorus opes a wider way, Tack to the larboard, and stand off to sea: Veer starboard sea and land. Th... 
