The Works of Virgil: In Latin & English. The Aeneid, Volume 4J. Dodsley, 1778 |
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... . His prayer to Diana , before he throws his fpear , is affecting , and fuitable to his circum- tances . Si qua tuis umquam pro me pater Hyrtacus aris Dena D 4 Book 9 . 39 THE ENEID OF VIRGIL . Hither, incumber'd with his gaudy prize, ...
... . His prayer to Diana , before he throws his fpear , is affecting , and fuitable to his circum- tances . Si qua tuis umquam pro me pater Hyrtacus aris Dena D 4 Book 9 . 39 THE ENEID OF VIRGIL . Hither, incumber'd with his gaudy prize, ...
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... fpear he threw ; 555 Swift thro ' the parting fhade the weapon flew . In Sulmo's back the point all - quiv'ring ftood , And pierc'd his heart , but left the broken wood . He pour❜d a purple flood , as prone he lay ; While in thick sobs ...
... fpear he threw ; 555 Swift thro ' the parting fhade the weapon flew . In Sulmo's back the point all - quiv'ring ftood , And pierc'd his heart , but left the broken wood . He pour❜d a purple flood , as prone he lay ; While in thick sobs ...
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... fpear , Emathion sped ; Afylas ' fhaft laid Chorinæus dead . 780 Ortygius bleeds by Caneus ' fatal fteel , But by great Turnus ' hand the victor fell Clonius with him , and Dioxippus falls , And hapless Idas , while he guards the walls ...
... fpear , Emathion sped ; Afylas ' fhaft laid Chorinæus dead . 780 Ortygius bleeds by Caneus ' fatal fteel , But by great Turnus ' hand the victor fell Clonius with him , and Dioxippus falls , And hapless Idas , while he guards the walls ...
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... world ; he breaketh the bow , and knappeth the fpear afunder , and burn- eth the chariots in the fire . " Pfalm xlvi . ver . 9 . 655 Oppetiiffe tuis . primam hanc tibi magnus Apollo 666 Book 9 . 63 THE ENEID OF VIRGIL .
... world ; he breaketh the bow , and knappeth the fpear afunder , and burn- eth the chariots in the fire . " Pfalm xlvi . ver . 9 . 655 Oppetiiffe tuis . primam hanc tibi magnus Apollo 666 Book 9 . 63 THE ENEID OF VIRGIL .
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... fpear that roar'd . ] Catrou renders phalarica , pertui- fane , a kind of halberd . Servius tells us , it is a vast dart , with a turned handle ; its iron is a cubit long , above which is a kind of ball plated with lead ; this fometimes ...
... fpear that roar'd . ] Catrou renders phalarica , pertui- fane , a kind of halberd . Servius tells us , it is a vast dart , with a turned handle ; its iron is a cubit long , above which is a kind of ball plated with lead ; this fometimes ...
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Aeneas Æneid aequis aethera Afcanius againſt arma armis arms atque brave breaſt cafus Camilla Catrou chief circumftances cloſe dart death deûm dextra Dido Drances Eneas Ennius equos Euryalus ev'ry facred faid fame fate fays feems fhall fhould fide field fierce fight fimile fimul fire firft fkies flain flew fome fpear friends ftill fubject fuch fuper furious fword goddeſs haec Haud Heav'n hero himſelf hoft Homer Iapis Iapyx Iliad inglorius interea ipfe jav'lin Juno Jupiter Juturna laft laſt Latian Latini Latinus Laufus manu Meffapus Mezentius mihi moenia moſt multa muros neque Nifus nunc o'er obferves omnis paffage Pallas pater plain poem poet pow'rs prince pugnae quae Quid quod rage rife Rutuli Rutulians ſhall ſkies ſky ſpear ſteeds tela Teucri thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tow'rs Trojan Troy Turnus uſed Virgil warrior wound
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Page 211 - Then, crush'd by rules, and weaken'd as refin'd, For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
Page 320 - Ascanium fusis circum complectitur armis summaque per galeam delibans oscula fatur : " disce, puer, virtutem ex me verumque laborem, 435 fortunam ex aliis. nunc te mea dextera bello defensum dabit et magna inter praemia ducet : tu facito, mox cum matura adoleverit aetas, sis memor et te animo repetentem exempla tuorum et pater Aeneas et avunculus excitet Hector.
Page 36 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Page 375 - The unity of the epic action, as well as the unity of the fable, does not consist either in the unity of the hero or in the unity of time; three things, I suppose, are necessary to it. The first is to make use of no episode but what arises...
Page 382 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Page 346 - ... venator cursu canis et latratibus instat; ille autem, insidiis et ripa territus alta, mille fugit refugitque vias; at vividus Umber haeret hians, iam iamque tenet, similisque tenenti increpuit malis, morsuque elusus inani est.
Page 345 - In counterpoise, now ponders all events, Battles and realms: In these he put two weights, The sequel each of parting and of fight: The latter quick up flew, and kick'd the beam ; Which Gabriel spying, thus bespake the Fiend.
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Page 349 - Hector, and making signs to the troops not to dart at him. But all this does not appear when we read the poem ; for what is wonderful is always agreeable, and as a proof of it, we find that they who relate anything usually add something to the truth, that it may the better please those who hear it.
Page 209 - No man man delights in furrows and ftumbling-blocks : and let our love to antiquity be ever fo great, a fine ruin is one thing, and a heap of rubbifh another. The imitators of Milton, like moft other imitators, are not copies, but caricaturas of their original ; they are a hundred times more obfolete and cramp than he, (and equally fo in all places ; whereas it mould have been obferved of Milton, that he is not lavifh of his exotic words and phrafes every where alike, but employs...