Of the Nature of Things: In Six Books, Հատոր 1G. Sawbridge, 1714 |
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... should fall into the Hands of all forts of Readers ; many of whom , not being capable to judge of the Strength or Weakness of the Arguments they find in them , are often feduc'd into Errours . Such Books are a fort of edg'd Tools , that ...
... should fall into the Hands of all forts of Readers ; many of whom , not being capable to judge of the Strength or Weakness of the Arguments they find in them , are often feduc'd into Errours . Such Books are a fort of edg'd Tools , that ...
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... should have a Mind to do fo . Diocles reports of his Difciples too , that they were fatisfy'd with the meanest and the poorest Fare : They scarce , Says he , ever tafted of Wine ; and Water was their chief Beverage . To confirm this ...
... should have a Mind to do fo . Diocles reports of his Difciples too , that they were fatisfy'd with the meanest and the poorest Fare : They scarce , Says he , ever tafted of Wine ; and Water was their chief Beverage . To confirm this ...
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... should contemn nor neglect Lucretius , a moft elegant and beautiful Poet ? & c . - I return to our great and excellent Poet Lucretius , the most polite , moft antient , and most elegant of all the Latine Writers ; from whom Virgil and ...
... should contemn nor neglect Lucretius , a moft elegant and beautiful Poet ? & c . - I return to our great and excellent Poet Lucretius , the most polite , moft antient , and most elegant of all the Latine Writers ; from whom Virgil and ...
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... Should fome object our Language will not bear , Let them but read thy Book , ' tis anfwer'd there . Thou , above all , feem'ft for this Task defign'd ; Charming thy Pen , and matchlefs is thy Mind ; With all Youth's Fire , and Ages ...
... Should fome object our Language will not bear , Let them but read thy Book , ' tis anfwer'd there . Thou , above all , feem'ft for this Task defign'd ; Charming thy Pen , and matchlefs is thy Mind ; With all Youth's Fire , and Ages ...
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... should be expreft Turns all to womanish Tenderness within ; Whilft that , which Admiration does inspire In other Souls , kindles in mine a Fire . Let them admire thee on whilst I this newer way Pay thee yet more than they , For ! For I ...
... should be expreft Turns all to womanish Tenderness within ; Whilft that , which Admiration does inspire In other Souls , kindles in mine a Fire . Let them admire thee on whilst I this newer way Pay thee yet more than they , For ! For I ...
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Էջ 298 - Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain.
Էջ 270 - As for the dog, the furies, and their snakes, The gloomy caverns, and the burning lakes, And all the vain infernal trumpery, They neither are, nor were, nor e'er can be. But here on earth, the guilty have in view The mighty pains to. mighty mischiefs due; Racks, prisons, poisons, the Tarpeian Rock, Stripes, hangmen, pitch, and suffocating smoke; And last, and most, if these were cast behind, Th...
Էջ 279 - ... with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Էջ 196 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Էջ 98 - The institution has, indeed, continued to our own time ; the garret is still the usual receptacle of the philosopher and poet ; but this, like many ancient customs, is perpetuated only by an accidental imitation, without knowledge of the original reason for which it was established.
Էջ 298 - Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate; Sad Acheron, of sorrow, black and deep; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.
Էջ 272 - Meantime, when thoughts of death disturb thy head, Consider, Ancus, great and good, is dead; Ancus, thy better far, was born to die, And thou, dost thou bewail mortality? So many monarchs with their mighty state, Who ruled the world, were overruled by fate.
Էջ 202 - The next, in place and punishment, are they Who prodigally throw their souls away; Fools, who, repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, suborn'd their fate. With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live; Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the light of heav'n, and breathe the vital air...
Էջ 202 - With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live; Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the light of heav'n, and breathe the vital air : But fate forbids; the Stygian floods oppose, And with nine circling streams the captive souls inclose.
Էջ 136 - 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.