Miscellaneous Works: In Verse and Prose, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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Page 16
... lived among the Greeks , might have had his face ftampt upon their Coins . But thefe were the wife ancients , who had more esteem for a Milo than a Homer , and heapt up greater Ho- nours on Pindar's Jockies , than on the Poet him ...
... lived among the Greeks , might have had his face ftampt upon their Coins . But thefe were the wife ancients , who had more esteem for a Milo than a Homer , and heapt up greater Ho- nours on Pindar's Jockies , than on the Poet him ...
Page 65
... lived about an age before Claudian , and I believe we fhall find that it is not the only piece of antique fculpture that this Poet has copied out in his descriptions . cum totis exurgens ardua pennis Ipfa duci facras Victoria panderet ...
... lived about an age before Claudian , and I believe we fhall find that it is not the only piece of antique fculpture that this Poet has copied out in his descriptions . cum totis exurgens ardua pennis Ipfa duci facras Victoria panderet ...
Page 77
... lived before them , and had generally given it three forks as in the prefent figure . Virgil infifts on the number three in its defcription , and feems to hint at the wings we fee on it . He has worked up fuch a noife and terror in the ...
... lived before them , and had generally given it three forks as in the prefent figure . Virgil infifts on the number three in its defcription , and feems to hint at the wings we fee on it . He has worked up fuch a noife and terror in the ...
Page 114
... lived very near one ano- ther , were acquainted with the fame cuftoms , converfant with the fame objects , and bred up to the fame relifh for wit and fancy . But who are . the Ladies that we are next to examine ? Thefe are , fays ...
... lived very near one ano- ther , were acquainted with the fame cuftoms , converfant with the fame objects , and bred up to the fame relifh for wit and fancy . But who are . the Ladies that we are next to examine ? Thefe are , fays ...
Page 130
... lived Lily . Neu vivax apium , nec breve lilium . Lib . 4. Od . 36 . Let fading Lilies and the Rofe Their beauty and their smell disclose ; Let long - liv'd Parfly grace the feast , And gently cool the heated gueft . Mr. Creech ...
... lived Lily . Neu vivax apium , nec breve lilium . Lib . 4. Od . 36 . Let fading Lilies and the Rofe Their beauty and their smell disclose ; Let long - liv'd Parfly grace the feast , And gently cool the heated gueft . Mr. Creech ...
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