The Works of George Chapman ...Chatto and Windus, 1875 |
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Page xi
... flame perceptible than struggles here through the fume and fog of a Cimmerian style . The dialect of Chapman's poems is undoubtedly portentous in its general barbarism ; and that study of purer writers , which might in another case have ...
... flame perceptible than struggles here through the fume and fog of a Cimmerian style . The dialect of Chapman's poems is undoubtedly portentous in its general barbarism ; and that study of purer writers , which might in another case have ...
Page 16
... flames of Cupid's god- head . To this end let thy beams ' divinities For ever shine upon their sparkling eyes , And be as quench to those pestiferent fires , That through their eyes impoison their desires . Thou never yet wouldst stoop ...
... flames of Cupid's god- head . To this end let thy beams ' divinities For ever shine upon their sparkling eyes , And be as quench to those pestiferent fires , That through their eyes impoison their desires . Thou never yet wouldst stoop ...
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... flame Of her rich hair did threaten new access Of venturous Phaeton to scorch the fields ; And thus to bathing came our poet's goddess , Her handmaids bearing all things plea- sure yields To such a service ; odours most delighted , And ...
... flame Of her rich hair did threaten new access Of venturous Phaeton to scorch the fields ; And thus to bathing came our poet's goddess , Her handmaids bearing all things plea- sure yields To such a service ; odours most delighted , And ...
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... • Striking him to the heart with ecstasy ; As do the sunbeams ' gainst the earth prorected , With their reverberate vigour mount in flames , And burn much more than where they were directed , 28 OVID'S BANQUET OF SENSE .
... • Striking him to the heart with ecstasy ; As do the sunbeams ' gainst the earth prorected , With their reverberate vigour mount in flames , And burn much more than where they were directed , 28 OVID'S BANQUET OF SENSE .
Page 31
... flame , To taste and touch , one kiss may work the I must through hell adventure to displease , same : If more will come , more then much more I will ; Each natural agent doth his action frame , To render that he works on like him still ...
... flame , To taste and touch , one kiss may work the I must through hell adventure to displease , same : If more will come , more then much more I will ; Each natural agent doth his action frame , To render that he works on like him still ...
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Page 57 - It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by Fate. When two are stripped, long ere the course begin We wish that one should lose, the other win; And one especially do we affect Of two gold ingots, like in each respect. The reason no man knows; let it suffice. What we behold is censured by our eyes.