The Thebaid of Statius, Volume 1Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1767 |
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... juftly deserved from the Tranflation of this Paffage , which the Reader may compare with the Beginning of the tenth Æneid . Thro ' Thro ' Heav'n's Expanse a gath'ring Horror rolls , And 12 BOOK I. STATIUS's THEBAID .
... juftly deserved from the Tranflation of this Paffage , which the Reader may compare with the Beginning of the tenth Æneid . Thro ' Thro ' Heav'n's Expanse a gath'ring Horror rolls , And 12 BOOK I. STATIUS's THEBAID .
Page 14
... v , 339. Then Juno ] the Iliad and Æneid . Breast . 335 340 The Juno in Statius is the fame with that of Her fummum bonum is of the negative Kind , and Why urge me thus to Deeds of martial Rage , 14 STATIUS's THEBAID . Book I.
... v , 339. Then Juno ] the Iliad and Æneid . Breast . 335 340 The Juno in Statius is the fame with that of Her fummum bonum is of the negative Kind , and Why urge me thus to Deeds of martial Rage , 14 STATIUS's THEBAID . Book I.
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... Æneid , v . 238 . -Ille patris magni parere parabat Imperio : et primum pedibus talaria necit Aurea quæ fublimem alis , five æquora fupra , Seu terram , rapido pariter cum flamine portant . Tum virgam capit : hac animas ille evocat orco ...
... Æneid , v . 238 . -Ille patris magni parere parabat Imperio : et primum pedibus talaria necit Aurea quæ fublimem alis , five æquora fupra , Seu terram , rapido pariter cum flamine portant . Tum virgam capit : hac animas ille evocat orco ...
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... Æneid , v 522 . Nox erat , & placidum carpebant feffa foporem Corpora per terras , filvæque & fæva quierant Equora ; cum medio volvuntur fidera lapfu , Cum tacet omnis ager : pecudes , pictaque volucres , Quæque lacus late liquidos ...
... Æneid , v 522 . Nox erat , & placidum carpebant feffa foporem Corpora per terras , filvæque & fæva quierant Equora ; cum medio volvuntur fidera lapfu , Cum tacet omnis ager : pecudes , pictaque volucres , Quæque lacus late liquidos ...
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... Æneid . When I fay fuperior , I would not be understood to mean , that this of Statius is better executed : but that it abounds with a greater Va- riety of Matter , and confequently requires lefs Art of the Poet to render it compleat ...
... Æneid . When I fay fuperior , I would not be understood to mean , that this of Statius is better executed : but that it abounds with a greater Va- riety of Matter , and confequently requires lefs Art of the Poet to render it compleat ...
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Adraftus Æneid againſt Amphiaraus Argive Argos Arms Bacchus beneath Blood Book Breaſt Breath Cadmus Capaneus Caufe Cauſe Chief Compariſon Courfers Courſe Creon Dart Death defcends Defcription Eneid erft Eteocles ev'ry Eyes facred faid Fame Fate fays Fear feeks feems feen fhall fhines fhould Fight firft firſt flain Flames fome foon ftands ftern ftill fuch fudden Fury Gods Grecian Grief Groans Hand Heav'n Hero himſelf Hippomedon Hoft hoftile Homer Honours Iliad Jove juft Jupiter King Lactantius laft Laius laſt lefs loft Love Lucan Mars moſt muſt Night o'er obferved Paffage Parthenopeus Phabus Phlegyas Plain Poet Polynices Pow'r Praiſe prefent purſue Rage Reft Reign rife Rites ruſh ſcarce Shade ſhall ſhe Sifter Sire Skies Spear ſtand Statius Steeds ſtood Styx THEBAID Theban Thebes thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou Thracian thro Toils Tydeus Verfe Virgil Warrior whofe whoſe Woes Wound Wrath Youth
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Page 345 - For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 477 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Page 304 - Of his own car, the ruined house that falls And intercepts her lord betwixt the walls; The whole division that to Mars pertains, All trades of death that deal in steel for gains, Were there: the butcher, armourer, and smith, Who forges sharpened fauchions, or the scythe. The scarlet conquest on a tower was placed, With shouts and soldiers' acclamations graced; A pointed sword hung threatening o'er his head, Sustained but by a slender twine of thread.
Page 19 - At once on the eastern cliff of Paradise He lights; and to his proper shape returns A seraph wing'd : six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine ; the pair that clad Each shoulder, broad, came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold, And colours dipt in heaven; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctured grain. Like Maia's son he stood, And shook...
Page 357 - Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her wat'ry labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain.
Page 357 - 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.
Page 500 - Soldan su l'elmo orrido e grande serpe che si dilunga e il collo snoda, su le zampe s'inalza e l'ali spande e piega in arco la forcuta coda. Par che tre lingue vibri e che fuor mande livida spuma, e che 'l suo fischio s'oda.
Page 249 - Aspen good for staves, the Cypress funeral. The Laurel, meed of mighty conquerors And poets sage, the Fir that weepeth still, The Willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The Yew obedient to the bender's will, The Birch for shafts, the Sallow for the mill, The Myrrh sweet bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike Beech, the Ash for nothing ill, The fruitful Olive, and the Plantain round, The carver Holme, the Maple seldom inward sound...
Page 256 - And hissing flames receive, and hungry lick the food. Then thrice the mounted squadrons ride around The fire, and Arcite's name they thrice resound: Hail, and farewell!
Page 249 - The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors And poets sage; the fir that weepeth still; The willow, worn of forlorn paramours; The yew, obedient to the bender's will; The birch for shafts; the sallow for the mill; The...