The works of Horace, Volume 1W. Flexney, Mess. Johnson, and T. Caslon, 1767 |
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... facred writtings . אשריך וטוב לך O well is thee , and happy fhalt thou be ! דרכיה דרכי נעם וכל נתיבתיה שלום Her ways are ways of pleafantnefs , and all her paths are peace . And this charming paffage of Zachariah מה טובו זמה יפיו How ...
... facred writtings . אשריך וטוב לך O well is thee , and happy fhalt thou be ! דרכיה דרכי נעם וכל נתיבתיה שלום Her ways are ways of pleafantnefs , and all her paths are peace . And this charming paffage of Zachariah מה טובו זמה יפיו How ...
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Horace. But to defcend from facred to profane authors , which ( tho ' a very mean tranfition ) is never the lefs more home to our prefent purpose . Adfis , O Cytherea , tuus te , Cæfar , Olympo , Et Surrentini littoris ora vocat ! Behold ...
Horace. But to defcend from facred to profane authors , which ( tho ' a very mean tranfition ) is never the lefs more home to our prefent purpose . Adfis , O Cytherea , tuus te , Cæfar , Olympo , Et Surrentini littoris ora vocat ! Behold ...
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... it means the whole chain of Rhapsodies , from one end of the book to the other.- -But to go on- As when the fane and facred wood Of Dian , or meandring flood In In pleasant fields or copious flow Of Rhine , or PREFACE . XXV.
... it means the whole chain of Rhapsodies , from one end of the book to the other.- -But to go on- As when the fane and facred wood Of Dian , or meandring flood In In pleasant fields or copious flow Of Rhine , or PREFACE . XXV.
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... facred wood of Dian , & c . alludes to the following lines in the VII . book of the Metamorphofes ; Ibat ad antiquas Hecates Perfeidos aras Quas nemus umbrofum , fecretaque fylva tegebant . She now retreats where Hecate's altar stood ...
... facred wood of Dian , & c . alludes to the following lines in the VII . book of the Metamorphofes ; Ibat ad antiquas Hecates Perfeidos aras Quas nemus umbrofum , fecretaque fylva tegebant . She now retreats where Hecate's altar stood ...
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... facred fountain laid . Many are for the martial ftrife , And love the trumpet and the fife , That mingle in the din of war , Which all the pious dames abhor : The sportsman , heedless of his fair , With patience braves the wintry air ...
... facred fountain laid . Many are for the martial ftrife , And love the trumpet and the fife , That mingle in the din of war , Which all the pious dames abhor : The sportsman , heedless of his fair , With patience braves the wintry air ...
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