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... of , and described , happened about 1251 Years before the Birth of our Saviour , and 42 before the Destruction of Troy . The Purport of the History is this , Sketch of the Sub- LAIUS , King of Thebes , LAIUS , PREFACES Six.
... of , and described , happened about 1251 Years before the Birth of our Saviour , and 42 before the Destruction of Troy . The Purport of the History is this , Sketch of the Sub- LAIUS , King of Thebes , LAIUS , PREFACES Six.
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Publius Papinius Statius. Sketch of the Sub- LAIUS , King of Thebes , despairing of ject . having any Children by his Wife ... King of Argos , and five other Heroes . Thefe were all flain in Battle , except Adraftus : and the two Brothers ...
Publius Papinius Statius. Sketch of the Sub- LAIUS , King of Thebes , despairing of ject . having any Children by his Wife ... King of Argos , and five other Heroes . Thefe were all flain in Battle , except Adraftus : and the two Brothers ...
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... King , and pious Prieft ; and the two latter difplay great Mag- . nanimity , and Nobleness of Heart in volun- tarily taking Part with the injured at the Expence of their Lives and Fortunes . The female Characters are likewife ...
... King , and pious Prieft ; and the two latter difplay great Mag- . nanimity , and Nobleness of Heart in volun- tarily taking Part with the injured at the Expence of their Lives and Fortunes . The female Characters are likewife ...
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Publius Papinius Statius. THE ARGUMENT . TEOCLES and Polynices having dethroned their Father Oedipus King of Thebes , agree to reign alternately . Oedipus invokes the Fury Tifiphone to punish them ; fhe fows Diffention between them ...
Publius Papinius Statius. THE ARGUMENT . TEOCLES and Polynices having dethroned their Father Oedipus King of Thebes , agree to reign alternately . Oedipus invokes the Fury Tifiphone to punish them ; fhe fows Diffention between them ...
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... King appears , Free from Competitors , and void of Fears ! What threat'ning Looks he wears , as if again He fcorn'd to yield his temporary Reign . Yet none before was eafier of Accefs , More affable , or prone to give Redrefs . Nor ...
... King appears , Free from Competitors , and void of Fears ! What threat'ning Looks he wears , as if again He fcorn'd to yield his temporary Reign . Yet none before was eafier of Accefs , More affable , or prone to give Redrefs . Nor ...
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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...