The works of Horace, Volume 1W. Flexney, Mess. Johnson, and T. Caslon, 1767 |
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Page xii
... God , by which a Genius is impowered to throw an emphafis upon a word or fentence in fuch wife , that it cannot efcape any reader of sheer good fenfe , and true critical fagacity . This power will fometimes keep it up thro the medium of ...
... God , by which a Genius is impowered to throw an emphafis upon a word or fentence in fuch wife , that it cannot efcape any reader of sheer good fenfe , and true critical fagacity . This power will fometimes keep it up thro the medium of ...
Page xiii
... God , belov'd too dear ! For whom array'd the hoft of ftorms appear ; At whose command the elements give fire , And at whofe dread alarm obedient winds confpire ! Genius is certainly that great witness , which God never fuffered himself ...
... God , belov'd too dear ! For whom array'd the hoft of ftorms appear ; At whose command the elements give fire , And at whofe dread alarm obedient winds confpire ! Genius is certainly that great witness , which God never fuffered himself ...
Page xiv
... Gods their Poets feed and bless . " Who hears a modern ? Homer left behind " Enough for every age , and all mankind . ” It is impoffible to keep citing fuch paffages as these without delighting one's felf ; the reader therefore will the ...
... Gods their Poets feed and bless . " Who hears a modern ? Homer left behind " Enough for every age , and all mankind . ” It is impoffible to keep citing fuch paffages as these without delighting one's felf ; the reader therefore will the ...
Page xxiv
... her every where ? And that your marks of love the feas might bear , You wifh'd for wings to flutter o'er the main , And did your wish from yeilding Gods obtain ? Yet Yet left your voice , contriv'd to charm the ear xxiv PREFACE .
... her every where ? And that your marks of love the feas might bear , You wifh'd for wings to flutter o'er the main , And did your wish from yeilding Gods obtain ? Yet Yet left your voice , contriv'd to charm the ear xxiv PREFACE .
Page xxv
... Gods to affift his undertaking , for they themselves per- formed all those wonders - nam vos mutaftis & illas . And as for the fplendid patch - work , it means the whole chain of Rhapsodies , from one end of the book to the other.- -But ...
... Gods to affift his undertaking , for they themselves per- formed all those wonders - nam vos mutaftis & illas . And as for the fplendid patch - work , it means the whole chain of Rhapsodies , from one end of the book to the other.- -But ...
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