The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 |
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Page 106
... Theocritus : The Geftare of the Giver , and the pretty Circumftance of gathering the Apples from the Place where the ap- pointed him , being both omitted , and the Poverty of the Shepherd only added . But how vaftly has Fletcher improv ...
... Theocritus : The Geftare of the Giver , and the pretty Circumftance of gathering the Apples from the Place where the ap- pointed him , being both omitted , and the Poverty of the Shepherd only added . But how vaftly has Fletcher improv ...
Page 107
... Theocritus , Eif . d . . Οὐ θέμις , ὦ ποιμὴν , τὸ μεσαμβρινὸν , ο θέμις ἄμμιν Συρίσδεν · τὸν Πᾶνα δεδοίκαμες , ἢ γὰρ ἀπ ̓ ἄγρας Τανίκα κεκμακῶς ἀμπαύεται · ἐντί γε πικρός , Καί οι δεί δριμενα χολὰ ποτὶ ρινὶ κάθηται . " Shepherd ...
... Theocritus , Eif . d . . Οὐ θέμις , ὦ ποιμὴν , τὸ μεσαμβρινὸν , ο θέμις ἄμμιν Συρίσδεν · τὸν Πᾶνα δεδοίκαμες , ἢ γὰρ ἀπ ̓ ἄγρας Τανίκα κεκμακῶς ἀμπαύεται · ἐντί γε πικρός , Καί οι δεί δριμενα χολὰ ποτὶ ρινὶ κάθηται . " Shepherd ...
Page 118
... Theocritus and Virgil ; but I cannot fay , that he does it with his usual Spirit . Tho ' there are fome ad- ditional Beauties , yet more are omitted than added . Καὶ γ πω εδ ' εδ ἔχω κακὸν , ὡς με λέγοντι . Η γδ προν ἐς πόνον ἐσέβλεπον ...
... Theocritus and Virgil ; but I cannot fay , that he does it with his usual Spirit . Tho ' there are fome ad- ditional Beauties , yet more are omitted than added . Καὶ γ πω εδ ' εδ ἔχω κακὸν , ὡς με λέγοντι . Η γδ προν ἐς πόνον ἐσέβλεπον ...
Page 119
... Theocritus and Virgil . In the latter part he has greatly improv'd a hint taken from the third Idyllium of the former relating to Endimion ; and the beginning is a direct Imitation of the two following Paffages . Τέλω δρύες , ὧδε ...
... Theocritus and Virgil . In the latter part he has greatly improv'd a hint taken from the third Idyllium of the former relating to Endimion ; and the beginning is a direct Imitation of the two following Paffages . Τέλω δρύες , ὧδε ...
Page 122
... Theocritus . ( 18 ) Of this World's goodness : ] Mr. Sympfon would read goodes , the old way of fpelling goods , making it two Syllables , which is com- mon in all the old Poets . Thus in this Play , A & I. Scene I. awhen the cool wind ...
... Theocritus . ( 18 ) Of this World's goodness : ] Mr. Sympfon would read goodes , the old way of fpelling goods , making it two Syllables , which is com- mon in all the old Poets . Thus in this Play , A & I. Scene I. awhen the cool wind ...
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