The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 491790 |
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... king's unjust ? Prevent this evil , and your country fave : Small thought retrieves the spirits of the brave . Think , and fubdue ! on daftards dead to fame I waste no anger , for they feel no shame : But you , the pride , the flower of ...
... king's unjust ? Prevent this evil , and your country fave : Small thought retrieves the spirits of the brave . Think , and fubdue ! on daftards dead to fame I waste no anger , for they feel no shame : But you , the pride , the flower of ...
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... king : On Greece no blame be thrown , Arms are her trade , and war is all her own . Her hardy heroes from the well - fought plains Nor fear withholds , nor fhameful floth detains . * Amphimachus . Tis Heaven , alas ! and Jove's all ...
... king : On Greece no blame be thrown , Arms are her trade , and war is all her own . Her hardy heroes from the well - fought plains Nor fear withholds , nor fhameful floth detains . * Amphimachus . Tis Heaven , alas ! and Jove's all ...
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... king returns : From thence , two javelins glittering in his hand , 315 And clad in arms that lighten'd all the strand , Fierce on the foe th ' impetuous hero drove ; Like lightning bursting from the arm of Jove , Which to pale man the ...
... king returns : From thence , two javelins glittering in his hand , 315 And clad in arms that lighten'd all the strand , Fierce on the foe th ' impetuous hero drove ; Like lightning bursting from the arm of Jove , Which to pale man the ...
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... King of Heaven with ftern difdain , And breath'd revenge , and fir'd the Grecian train .. Gods of one fource , of one ethereal race , ( Alike divine , and heaven their native place ; VOL . XLIX . C 445 But But Jove the greater ; firft ...
... King of Heaven with ftern difdain , And breath'd revenge , and fir'd the Grecian train .. Gods of one fource , of one ethereal race , ( Alike divine , and heaven their native place ; VOL . XLIX . C 445 But But Jove the greater ; firft ...
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... king confented , by his vaunts abus'd ; The king confented , but the Fates refus'd . Proud of himself , and of th ' imagin'd bride , The field he meafur'd with a larger ftride . Him , as he stalk'd , the Cretan javelin found ; Vain was ...
... king confented , by his vaunts abus'd ; The king confented , but the Fates refus'd . Proud of himself , and of th ' imagin'd bride , The field he meafur'd with a larger ftride . Him , as he stalk'd , the Cretan javelin found ; Vain was ...
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Achilles Æneas Againſt Ajax Antilochus arms Atrides Automedon blood bofom bold brave breaſt breath chariot chief corpfe courfers courſe dart dead death defcends divine dreadful duft Euphorbus Ev'n eyes facred faid fall fame fate fhades fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fire firft firſt fkies flain flame flaughter flew flies fome forrows foul fpear fpoke ftands fteeds ftern ftill fuch fury glory god-like Goddeſs Gods gore Grecian Greece Greeks hand Heaven Hector hero hoft honours Idomeneus Ilion javelin Jove Jove's laft lance laſt Lycian Merion mortal muſt Neptune o'er Patroclus Peleus Pelides pierc'd plain Polydamas Priam prize race rage refound rifing round Scamander ſhakes ſhall ſhore Simoïs ſkies ſpear ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſteeds ſtood Teucer thee thefe theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thunder trembling Trojan Troy urg'd vafe warriour whofe whoſe wound youth
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Page 4 - This having reach'd, his brass-hoof'd steeds he reins, Fleet as the winds, and deck'd with golden manes. Refulgent arms his mighty limbs infold, Immortal arms of adamant and gold. He mounts the car, the golden scourge applies, He sits superior, and the chariot flies : His whirling wheels the glassy surface sweep ; The...
Page 271 - Shall he whose vengeance forms The forky bolt, and blackens heaven with storms, Shall he prolong one Trojan's forfeit breath ? A man, a mortal, pre-ordain'd to death ! And will no murmurs fill the courts above ? No gods indignant blame their partial Jove)' ' Go then (return'd the sire) without delay, Exert thy will : I give the fates their way.
Page 232 - And stretch'd the servant o'er his dying lord. As when a flame the winding valley fills, And runs on crackling shrubs between the hills; Then o'er the stubble up the mountain flies, Fires the high woods, and blazes to the skies, This way, and that, the spreading torrent roars : So sweeps the hero through the wasted shores...
Page 347 - Nineteen one mother bore — Dead, all are dead! How oft, alas ! has wretched Priam bled ! Still one was left, their loss to recompense; His father's hope, his country's last defence.
Page 336 - Lo! the sad father, frantic with his pain, Around him furious drives his menial train: In vain each slave with duteous care attends, Each office hurts him, and each face offends. "What make ye here, officious crowds!
Page 141 - ... plains, And give Achilles all that yet remains Of his and our Patroclus—" This, no more The time allow'd: Troy thicken'd on the shore.
Page 220 - In hope the realms of Priam to enjoy, And prove his merits to the throne of Troy? Grant that beneath thy lance Achilles dies, The partial monarch may refuse the prize; Sons he has many; those thy pride may quell: And 'tis his fault to love those sons too well.
Page 274 - Nor oath nor pact Achilles plights with thee : Such pacts as lambs and rabid wolves combine, Such leagues as men and furious lions join, To such I...
Page 326 - Helen, with the solemnities of the funeral. The time of twelve days is employed in this book, while the body of Hector lies in the tent of Achilles. And as many more are spent in the truce allowed for his interment. The scene is partly in Achilles
Page 230 - Mean intercourse of obloquy and pride! I know thy force to mine superior far; But heaven alone confers success in war: Mean as I am, the gods may guide my dart, And give it entrance in a braver heart." Then parts the lance: but Pallas...