A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope's Iliad & Odyssey. West's Pindar. Dryden's Virgil. Persius & Juvenal. Pitt's Aeneid. Rowe's LucanJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1792 |
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... Soul of Poetry , ” was first breathed into it by Homer . I thall be- gin with confidering him in this part , as it is na- turally the firft ; and I speak of it both as it means the defign of a poem , and as it is a ij.
... Soul of Poetry , ” was first breathed into it by Homer . I thall be- gin with confidering him in this part , as it is na- turally the firft ; and I speak of it both as it means the defign of a poem , and as it is a ij.
Page 85
... souls ex- cite : Thefe gaping wounds withhold us from the fight . Than the monarch : That our army bends , That Triumphant our high fleet afcends , And that the rampart , late our fureft truft , And bet defence , lies fmoking in the ...
... souls ex- cite : Thefe gaping wounds withhold us from the fight . Than the monarch : That our army bends , That Triumphant our high fleet afcends , And that the rampart , late our fureft truft , And bet defence , lies fmoking in the ...
Page 97
... soul enflave , O great in vain ! unprofitably brave ! } ay country lighted in her last distress , [ drefs ? What friend , what man , from thee fhall hope re- VOL . XII No --- men unborn , and ages yet behind , Shall curfe that fierce ...
... soul enflave , O great in vain ! unprofitably brave ! } ay country lighted in her last distress , [ drefs ? What friend , what man , from thee fhall hope re- VOL . XII No --- men unborn , and ages yet behind , Shall curfe that fierce ...
Page 249
... Souls like that in thee Ill fuit fuch forms of grace and dignity . Nor will that hand to utmost need afford The fmalleft portion of a wafteful board , Whole luxury whole patrimonies fweeps ; Yet ftarving Want , amidft the riot , weeps ...
... Souls like that in thee Ill fuit fuch forms of grace and dignity . Nor will that hand to utmost need afford The fmalleft portion of a wafteful board , Whole luxury whole patrimonies fweeps ; Yet ftarving Want , amidft the riot , weeps ...
Page 266
... souls , and thus began ! Thofe vows the Gods accord : behold the man ! Your own Ulyffes ! twice ten years detain'd By woes and wanderings from this hapless land ! At length he comes ; but comes defpis'd , known , And finding faithful ...
... souls , and thus began ! Thofe vows the Gods accord : behold the man ! Your own Ulyffes ! twice ten years detain'd By woes and wanderings from this hapless land ! At length he comes ; but comes defpis'd , known , And finding faithful ...
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