The Works of the English Poets: Virgil, trans. by DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Æneas Æneid againſt alfo alſo amongst arms becauſe befides beſt betwixt breaſt Cæfar Cafaubon caufe death defign defire Engliſh Ennius Ev'n eyes fafely faid fame fate fatire fatyrs fays fear feems fenfe fent feveral fhall fhew fhould fide field fight fince fire firft firſt flain flave foes fome foul ftands ftill fubject fuch fufficient fword give gods Grecians hand heaven himſelf honour Horace houſes huſband Juturna Juvenal laft laſt Latin leaſt lefs Livius Andronicus loft lord Lordship Lucilius mafter Menippus moft moſt muſt myſelf noble numbers o'er obfcure occafion Pacuvius Perfius perfons philofophy pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry praiſe prefent purſue Quintilian raiſe reafon reft rife Roman Rome Rutulians ſay Scaliger Sejanus ſhall ſhe ſky ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou Trojan Turnus uſe Varro verfe verſe vices Virgil whofe whoſe wife words
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Page 128 - I had intended to have put in practice (though far unable for the attempt of such a poem) ; and to have left the stage, to which my genius never much inclined me, for a work which would have taken up my life in the performance of it. This, too, I had intended chiefly for the honour of my native country, to which a poet is particularly obliged.
Page 281 - Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it pursue.
Page 299 - Intrust thy fortune to the powers above ; Leave them to manage for thee, and to grant What their unerring wisdom sees thee want : * In goodness, as in greatness, they excel ; Ah, that we loved ourselves but half so well...
Page 84 - Within the space, an olive tree had stood, A sacred shade, a venerable wood, For vows to Faunus paid, the Latins
Page 194 - Neither is it true, that this fineness of raillery is offensive. A witty man is tickled while he is hurt in this manner, and a fool feels it not.
Page 193 - How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms!
Page 282 - The beggar sings, ev'n when he sees the place Beset with thieves, and never mends his pace. Of all the vows, the first and chief request Of each is to be richer than the rest: And yet no doubts the poor man's draught control, He dreads no poison in his homely bowl; Then fear the deadly drug, when gems divine Enchase the cup and sparkle in the wine.
Page 52 - He tries his goring horns against a tree, And meditates his absent enemy; He pushes at the winds; he digs the strand With his black hoofs, and spurns the yellow sand Nor less the Trojan, in his Lemnian arms...
Page 284 - Add now the imperial eagle raised on high, With golden beak, the mark of majesty ; Trumpets before, and on the left and right A cavalcade of nobles, all in white : In their own natures false and flattering tribes, But made his friends by places and by bribes.
Page 351 - Be wise and free, by heaven's consent and mine. But thou, who lately of the common strain Wert one of us, if still...