A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Cook's Hesiod. Fawke's Theocritus. Anacreon. Bion. Moschus. Sappho. Musaeus & Apollonius Rhodius. The Rape of Helen. Creech's Lucretius and Grainger's TibullusJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1795 |
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... fhall make the name of Argyll facred to every generation ; nor is it the least part of your character , that the na- tion entertains the higheft opinion of your taste and judgment in the polite arts . You , my Lord , know how the works ...
... fhall make the name of Argyll facred to every generation ; nor is it the least part of your character , that the na- tion entertains the higheft opinion of your taste and judgment in the polite arts . You , my Lord , know how the works ...
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... fhall follow in the fucceeding difcourfe , fo far as relates to the titles of the poems , and the authorities for them . 2. The Theogong . I fhall begin with the Theogony , or Generation of the Gods , which Fabricius puts out of difpute ...
... fhall follow in the fucceeding difcourfe , fo far as relates to the titles of the poems , and the authorities for them . 2. The Theogong . I fhall begin with the Theogony , or Generation of the Gods , which Fabricius puts out of difpute ...
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... fhall find the triumph vain , And read thy folly in fucceeding pain ; Pofterity the fad effect fhall know , When , in pursuit of joy , they grafp their woe . He fpoke , and told to Mulciber his will , And , fmiling , bade him his ...
... fhall find the triumph vain , And read thy folly in fucceeding pain ; Pofterity the fad effect fhall know , When , in pursuit of joy , they grafp their woe . He fpoke , and told to Mulciber his will , And , fmiling , bade him his ...
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... fhall the ties of blood or friendship bind ; Nor fhall the parent , when his fons are nigh , Look with the fondnefs of a parent's eye , Nor to the fire the fon obedience pay , 250 Nor look with rev'rence on the locks of gray , But O ...
... fhall the ties of blood or friendship bind ; Nor fhall the parent , when his fons are nigh , Look with the fondnefs of a parent's eye , Nor to the fire the fon obedience pay , 250 Nor look with rev'rence on the locks of gray , But O ...
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... fhall that man receive ; His houfe's honour daily fhall decline : Fair flourish shall the just from line to line . O ! Perfes , foolish Perfes , bow thine ear To the good counfels of a foul fincere . To wickedness the road is quickly ...
... fhall that man receive ; His houfe's honour daily fhall decline : Fair flourish shall the just from line to line . O ! Perfes , foolish Perfes , bow thine ear To the good counfels of a foul fincere . To wickedness the road is quickly ...
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Æneid afferts Amycus Anacreon ancient Argo atoms beauty becauſe Befides body breaſt called caufe charms Colchian compofed Daphnis defcend defcribed defcription divine earth Eclogues Epicurus EPIGRAM ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fays fecond feeds feems fenfe fhall fhore fhould fhow fignifies fince fing fire firft firſt flain flame foft fome fong foon foul fpread fpring ftill ftreams fubject fuch fuppofed fweet Georgic gods Greek heaven Hefiod Hercules heroes himſelf Homer honour Idyllium Iliad Jafon Jove Jupiter laft lefs likewife Lucretius maid mind moft moſt mufes muft muſt nature nymphs o'er obferves Ovid paffage paftoral Phrixus plain pleaſure Plutarch poem poet pow'r prefent reafon reft rife rofe ſays thee thefe themſelves Theocritus Theogony theſe things thofe thoſe thou Tiphys tranflation Tzetzes uſed Venus verfes verſes Virgil void whofe wind words καὶ