The Miscellaneous Works: In Verse and Prose, 3. köideW. Strahan, 1777 |
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... feen the proftrate Nile and Rhine : A fmall Euphrates thro ' the piece is roll'd ; And little Eagles wave their wings in Gold . The Medal , faithful to its charge of fame ,. Thro ' climes and ages bears each form and name : In one fhort ...
... feen the proftrate Nile and Rhine : A fmall Euphrates thro ' the piece is roll'd ; And little Eagles wave their wings in Gold . The Medal , faithful to its charge of fame ,. Thro ' climes and ages bears each form and name : In one fhort ...
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... feen a long difcourfe on the figure and na- ture of horn , to fhew it was impoffible to have found out a fitter emblem for plenty than the Cornu - copia . Thefe are a fort of authors who fcorn to take up with appearances , and fancy an ...
... feen a long difcourfe on the figure and na- ture of horn , to fhew it was impoffible to have found out a fitter emblem for plenty than the Cornu - copia . Thefe are a fort of authors who fcorn to take up with appearances , and fancy an ...
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... feen alone ; But Kate's , that female bully of the town , For all the rest is cover'd with a gown . Mr. Creech . That , n Catia eft , fays Cynthio , is a beauty un- known to most of our English Satirifts . Horace knew how to ftab with ...
... feen alone ; But Kate's , that female bully of the town , For all the rest is cover'd with a gown . Mr. Creech . That , n Catia eft , fays Cynthio , is a beauty un- known to most of our English Satirifts . Horace knew how to ftab with ...
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... feen in the Duke of Florence's gallery a beautiful- antique figure of a woman ftanding before an Altar , which fome of the Antiquaries call a Piety , and others a Vestal Virgin . The woman , Altar , and fire burning on it , are feen in ...
... feen in the Duke of Florence's gallery a beautiful- antique figure of a woman ftanding before an Altar , which fome of the Antiquaries call a Piety , and others a Vestal Virgin . The woman , Altar , and fire burning on it , are feen in ...
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... feen at Rome an antique Statue of Time , with a wheel or hoop of marble in his hand , as Seneca de- fcribes him , and not with a ferpent as he is generally reprefented . -properat properat curfu Vita citato , volucrique die . Rota ...
... feen at Rome an antique Statue of Time , with a wheel or hoop of marble in his hand , as Seneca de- fcribes him , and not with a ferpent as he is generally reprefented . -properat properat curfu Vita citato , volucrique die . Rota ...
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Page 74 - Their images, the relics of the wreck, Torn from the naked poop, are tided back By the wild waves, and rudely thrown ashore, Lie impotent ; nor can themselves restore. The vessel sticks, and shows her open'd side, And on her shatter'd mast the mews in triumph ride.
Page 125 - Gauls' approach; th' approaching Gauls, Obscure in night, ascend, and seize the walls. The gold dissembled well their yellow hair, And golden chains on their white necks they wear. Gold are their vests; long Alpine spears they wield, And their left arm sustains a length of shield. Hard by, the leaping Salian priests advance; And naked thro' the streets the mad Luperci dance, In caps of wool; the targets dropp'd from heav'n.
Page 55 - Self-born, begotten by the parent flame In which he burn'd, another, and the same; Who not by corn, or herbs his life sustains, But the sweet essence of Amomum drains : And watches the rich gums Arabia bears, While yet in tender dew they drop their tears. He (his...
Page 55 - When grown to manhood he begins his reign, And with stiff pinions can his flight sustain, He lightens of its load the tree that bore His father's royal sepulchre before, And his own cradle: This (with pious care) Plac'd on his back, he cuts the buxom air, Seeks the Sun's city, and his sacred church. And decently lays down his burden in the porch.
Page 45 - Bounds o'er the glebe, to course the fearful hare, She in her speed does all her safety lay; And he with double speed pursues the prey; O'er-runs her at the...
Page 323 - Father which is in Heaven : But whofoeverit'fhall deny me before Men, him will I alfo deny before my Father which is in Heaven...
Page 88 - High as the Mother of the Gods in place, And proud, like her, of an immortal race. Then, when in pomp she makes the Phrygian round, With golden turrets on her temples crown'd; A hundred gods her sweeping train supply; Her offspring all, and all command the sky.
Page 55 - An infant Phoenix from the former springs. His father's heir, and from his tender wings Shakes off his parent dust ; his method he pursues, And the same lease of life on the same terms renews : When grown to manhood he begins his reign, And with...
Page 67 - That false enfranchisement with ease is found : Slaves are made citizens by turning round. How ! replies one, can any be more free ? Here's Dama, once a groom of low degree...
Page 317 - ... and painful torments that were inflicted on them. I cannot conceive a man placed in the burning iron chair at Lyons, amid the...