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... fierce , the fearlefs , and the brave : And durft he , as he ought , refent that wrong , This mighty tyrant were no tyrant long . Fierce from his feat at this Ulyffes fprings , In generous vengeance of the king of kings ; With ...
... fierce , the fearlefs , and the brave : And durft he , as he ought , refent that wrong , This mighty tyrant were no tyrant long . Fierce from his feat at this Ulyffes fprings , In generous vengeance of the king of kings ; With ...
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... Fierce Ajax led the Locrian fquadrons on , Ajax the lefs , Oileus ' valiant fon ; Skill'd to direct the flying dart aright ; Swift in pursuit , and active in the fight ; Him , as their chief , the chosen troops attend , Which Beffa ...
... Fierce Ajax led the Locrian fquadrons on , Ajax the lefs , Oileus ' valiant fon ; Skill'd to direct the flying dart aright ; Swift in pursuit , and active in the fight ; Him , as their chief , the chosen troops attend , Which Beffa ...
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... fierce encounter fear'd ; Still firft in front the matchlets prince appear'd ; What glorious toils , what wonders they recite , Who view'd him labouring through the ranks of fight ! I faw him once , when , gathering martial power , A ...
... fierce encounter fear'd ; Still firft in front the matchlets prince appear'd ; What glorious toils , what wonders they recite , Who view'd him labouring through the ranks of fight ! I faw him once , when , gathering martial power , A ...
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... fierce Achilles fights no more . } Apollo thus from Ilion's lofty towers Array'd in terrors , rouz'd the Trojan powers : While War's fierce Goddess fires the Grecian foe , And fhouts and thunders in the fields below . Then great Diores ...
... fierce Achilles fights no more . } Apollo thus from Ilion's lofty towers Array'd in terrors , rouz'd the Trojan powers : While War's fierce Goddess fires the Grecian foe , And fhouts and thunders in the fields below . Then great Diores ...
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... fierce effulgence flow'd : Onward the drives him , furious to engage , Where the fight burns , and where the thickeft rage . The fons of Dares firft the combat fought , A wealthy prieft , but rich without a fault ; In Vulcan's fane the ...
... fierce effulgence flow'd : Onward the drives him , furious to engage , Where the fight burns , and where the thickeft rage . The fons of Dares firft the combat fought , A wealthy prieft , but rich without a fault ; In Vulcan's fane the ...
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Page 18 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Page iv - Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil, the better artist. In one we most admire the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty...
Page 329 - ... verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit aut humana parum cavit natura.
Page 34 - Lo, seven are offer'd, and of equal charms. Then hear, Achilles ! be of better mind ; Revere thy roof, and to thy guests be kind ; And know the men, of all the Grecian host, Who honour worth, and prize thy valour most.
Page 94 - But least, the sons of Priam's hateful race. Die then, my friend! what boots it to deplore? The great, the good Patroclus is no more! He, far thy better, was foredoom'd to die, And thou, dost thou bewail mortality?
Page 400 - O'erleaps the fences of the nightly fold, And tears the peaceful flocks: with silent awe Trembling they lie, and pant beneath his paw. Nor with less rage Euryalus employs The wrathful sword, or fewer foes destroys; But on th' ignoble crowd his fury flew; He Fadus, Hebesus, and Rhoetus slew.
Page iv - Homer, what principally strikes us is his invention. It is that which forms the character of each part of his work; and accordingly we find it to have made his fable more...
Page iv - Italian operas, will find more sweetness, variety, and majesty of sound, than in any other language or poetry. The beauty of his numbers is allowed by the critics...
Page 102 - And his eyes stiffen'd at the hand of death; To the dark realm the spirit wings its way (The manly body left a load of clay,) And plaintive glides along the dreary coast, A naked, wandering, melancholy ghost! Achilles, musing as he roll'd his eyes O'er the dead hero, thus (unheard) replies; Die thou the first! When Jove and Heaven ordain, I follow thee...
Page 329 - His words are not only chosen, but the places in which he ranks them for the sound. He who removes them from the station wherein their master set them spoils the harmony. What he says of the Sibyl's prophecies may be as properly applied to every word of his: they must be read in order as they lie; the least breath discomposes them and somewhat of their divinity is lost.