Poems on Several Occasions: And Two Critical Essays; Viz., the First, on the Harmony, Variety, and Power of Numbers Whether in Prose Or Verse, the Second, on the Numbers of Paradise Lost, Volume 1 |
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... Purpose I mean of the Present Enquiry , is but another Word for ORDER and PROPOR- TION ; the Source of HARMONY and GRACE , whether in SOUNDS OF MOVEMENTS , or whatever Work of Genius or of art . But , in the Language of Poëts and ...
... Purpose I mean of the Present Enquiry , is but another Word for ORDER and PROPOR- TION ; the Source of HARMONY and GRACE , whether in SOUNDS OF MOVEMENTS , or whatever Work of Genius or of art . But , in the Language of Poëts and ...
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... purpose , from Virgil and Horace ; Reftitit Eneas --- clarâque in luce refulfit , Os humerofque Deo Similis --- namque Ipfa decoram Cæfariem Nato genitrix , lumenque juventæ Purpureum , et lætos oculis afflárat honores . ANEID . i . 592 ...
... purpose , from Virgil and Horace ; Reftitit Eneas --- clarâque in luce refulfit , Os humerofque Deo Similis --- namque Ipfa decoram Cæfariem Nato genitrix , lumenque juventæ Purpureum , et lætos oculis afflárat honores . ANEID . i . 592 ...
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... or by Accident only , that the Same Mutes are employ'd by Both thefe Poëts to the Same Purpose with the Paffage cited from the Orator . " receive } receive with Delight , and retain forever the Truths ESSAY the FIRST . 113.
... or by Accident only , that the Same Mutes are employ'd by Both thefe Poëts to the Same Purpose with the Paffage cited from the Orator . " receive } receive with Delight , and retain forever the Truths ESSAY the FIRST . 113.
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... purpose you may obferve , that wherever , in any Sentence , feveral others , and lefs principal , lead you on to ONE SINGLE VERB , in which all the Reft Do centre and terminate ; This Verb is diftinguished from all that precede it , if ...
... purpose you may obferve , that wherever , in any Sentence , feveral others , and lefs principal , lead you on to ONE SINGLE VERB , in which all the Reft Do centre and terminate ; This Verb is diftinguished from all that precede it , if ...
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... Purposes NUMBERS and RHYTH- MUS are to be carefully distinguish'd , which are frequently us'd as e- quivalent Expreffions . And in no other Senfe can I conceive the SMOOTHER OVID to give to HORACE the Praise of a NUMEROUS Writer , Sæpe ...
... Purposes NUMBERS and RHYTH- MUS are to be carefully distinguish'd , which are frequently us'd as e- quivalent Expreffions . And in no other Senfe can I conceive the SMOOTHER OVID to give to HORACE the Praise of a NUMEROUS Writer , Sæpe ...
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१ १ Accent ÆNEID agreeable alfo almoſt Ancients Anſwer Attorney at Law AURENG-ZEBE Beauty becauſe BELPHOEBE Books Breaſt call'd CICERO clofe Cloſe Compofitions confifts Dactyle Defign Defire Eaſe exprefs faid fame fays feems feen fhall fhew fhould firft Firſt fome fometimes foon ftand ftill fuch give Grace Happineſs Harmony Heaven himſelf HORACE Iambic Idéas ILIAD Inftance Ipfwich itſelf John Juft juſtly Laft leaſt Lines Love mány Meaſure MILTON Mind moſt Movements Mufic Muſe muſt myſelf obferve Occafion Paffage Paffion PARADISE LOST PARADISE REGAIN'D Paufes pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure Poëm Poët Power of Numbers Praiſe Profe Propriety Purpoſe Pyrrichius QUINTILIAN raiſe Reader Reaſon reft REGAIN'D reſt rife Rime Samuel ſeem Senfe Sentence ſhall Soul Sounds Spondee Syllables Tämbics Thee Thefe themſelves Theſe Thofe Thoſe Thou Thoughts Thouſand thro Tranflations Trochee utmoſt Variety Verfe Verſe vext Voice whofe Words
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Page 126 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 112 - Shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength, and His wonderful works that He hath done.
Page 104 - Of night's extended shade, from eastern point Of Libra to the fleecy star that bears Andromeda far off Atlantic seas. Beyond the horizon : then from pole to pole He views in breadth, and without longer pause Down right into the world's first region throws His flight precipitant, and winds with ease Through the pure marble air his oblique way Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Stars distant, but nigh hand seem'd other worlds ; Or other worlds they seem'd, or happy isles...
Page 149 - Hesperides, that seem'd Fairer than feign'd of old or fabled since Of faery damsels, met in forest wide By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, Lancelot, or Pelleas, or Pellenore.
Page 150 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Page 133 - What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair creature, is thyself; With thee it came and goes: but follow me, And I will bring thee where no shadow stays Thy coming, and thy soft embraces; he Whose image thou art, him thou shalt enjoy Inseparably thine, to him shalt bear Multitudes like thyself, and thence be called Mother of human race.
Page 97 - By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines where daylight and truth meet us with a clear dawn, representing to our view, though at a far distance, true colours and shapes.
Page 101 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Page 148 - And Tiresias and Phineus prophets old. Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 170 - AND it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God...