Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volume 21771 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 39
Page 12
... head . : You , magiftrates , who facred laws dispense , On you I call to punish this offence . The word thus giv'n , within a little space , The mob came roaring out , and throng'd the place . All in a trice they caft the cart to ground ...
... head . : You , magiftrates , who facred laws dispense , On you I call to punish this offence . The word thus giv'n , within a little space , The mob came roaring out , and throng'd the place . All in a trice they caft the cart to ground ...
Page 20
... head ; There fculk'd till afternoon , and watch'd his time , ( As murd❜rers ufe ) to perpetrate his crime . O hypocrite , ingenious to destroy , O traitor . worse than Sinon was to Troy ; O vile fubverter of the Gallic reign , More ...
... head ; There fculk'd till afternoon , and watch'd his time , ( As murd❜rers ufe ) to perpetrate his crime . O hypocrite , ingenious to destroy , O traitor . worse than Sinon was to Troy ; O vile fubverter of the Gallic reign , More ...
Page 27
... head , With greater ease than others feek their bed . Not more aghast the matrons of renown , When tyrant Nero burn'd th ' imperial town , Shriek'd for the downfal in a doleful cry , For which their guiltless lords were doom'd to die ...
... head , With greater ease than others feek their bed . Not more aghast the matrons of renown , When tyrant Nero burn'd th ' imperial town , Shriek'd for the downfal in a doleful cry , For which their guiltless lords were doom'd to die ...
Page 35
... head , And his ears tinckled , and his colour fled . Nature was in alarm ; fome danger nigh Seem'd threaten'd , though unfeen to mortal eye : Unus'd to fear , he fummon'd all his foul And food collected in himself , and whole ; Not long ...
... head , And his ears tinckled , and his colour fled . Nature was in alarm ; fome danger nigh Seem'd threaten'd , though unfeen to mortal eye : Unus'd to fear , he fummon'd all his foul And food collected in himself , and whole ; Not long ...
Page 36
... head . As Theodore was born of noble kind , The brutal action rous'd his manly mind : Mov'd with unworthy ufage of the maid , He , though unarm❜d , refolv'd to give her aid . A faplin pine he wrench'd from out the ground , The readiest ...
... head . As Theodore was born of noble kind , The brutal action rous'd his manly mind : Mov'd with unworthy ufage of the maid , He , though unarm❜d , refolv'd to give her aid . A faplin pine he wrench'd from out the ground , The readiest ...
Common terms and phrases
Achilles againſt Ajax ANDREW FOULIS arms becauſe beſt betwixt blood breaſt Caeneus caft call'd caſt cauſe Centaur Ceyx chanticleer cloſe Corythus cou'd crown'd cry'd Cymon Daedalion dame death defcended defire deſpair dream durft Eurytus ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas feaſt feek feem'd feen feiz'd fent fhall fide fight fince fire firſt flain fleep fome foon forc'd fought foul freſh ftill fuch fword gueſt hand heav'n himſelf Hippodame houſe huſband join'd juſt laft laſt lefs loft look'd lov'd maid mind mix'd moſt muſt night pleaſe pleaſure pow'r prefs'd prey Priam purfu'd purſue rais'd receiv'd refolv'd reft reſt Reynard rifing ſaid ſcarce ſeen ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhield ſhip ſhore ſhould ſide ſkies ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſtrength ſweet thee thefe theſe thoſe thou try'd turn'd Twas waves whoſe wife winds wou'd wound
Popular passages
Page 65 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Page 153 - Smear'd over with an Oil of wond'rous Might, That adds new Pinions to their airy Flight But this by fure Experiment we know, That living Creatures from Corruption grow: Hide in a hollow Pit a flaughter'd Steer, Bees from his putrid Bowels will appear ; Who like their Parents haunt the Fields, and bring Their Hony-Harveft home, and hope another Spring.
Page 61 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus...
Page 60 - Joys inspire. The Song began from Jove ; Who left his blissful Seats above, (Such is the Pow'r of mighty Love.) A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd the God : Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode, When He to fair Olympia...
Page 167 - Her limbs were form'd with such harmonious grace : So faultless was the frame, as if the whole Had been an emanation of the soul...
Page 34 - He cheer'd the dogs to follow her who fled, And vow'd revenge on her devoted head. As Theodore was born of noble kind, The brutal...
Page 3 - And two Ghosts join their Packs to hunt her o'er the Plain. This dreadful Image so possess'd her Mind, That desp'rate any Succour else to find, She ceas'd all farther hope; and now began To make reflection on th...
Page 62 - And welt'ring in his blood ; Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed : On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes.