Roman Portraits, a Poem, in Heroick Verse; with Historical Remarks and Illustrations: by Robert Jephson, EsqHenry Baldwin, 1794 - 275 páginas |
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... appear tolerable , but the anarchy by which it was succeeded ; yet even this they attempt impudently to varnish over by false names , and perverted examples . good Brutus ! we have heard thy virtuous spirit , thy mild genius , appealed ...
... appear tolerable , but the anarchy by which it was succeeded ; yet even this they attempt impudently to varnish over by false names , and perverted examples . good Brutus ! we have heard thy virtuous spirit , thy mild genius , appealed ...
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... appear objectionable ; and this a good taste only can regulate . Rhymes , which al- most constitute the essence of French poetry , in ours are but an adjunct ; and yet to what shifts , what poor expedients , to what identity of sounds ...
... appear objectionable ; and this a good taste only can regulate . Rhymes , which al- most constitute the essence of French poetry , in ours are but an adjunct ; and yet to what shifts , what poor expedients , to what identity of sounds ...
Página xix
... appears to me to be irrefragable . He is always considered as a good reciter of rhymes , who in his recitation hardly suffers the hearer to perceive them . Why it should be requisite for the poet to produce what it is a merit in the ...
... appears to me to be irrefragable . He is always considered as a good reciter of rhymes , who in his recitation hardly suffers the hearer to perceive them . Why it should be requisite for the poet to produce what it is a merit in the ...
Página xxv
... appears hardly credible , yet is true , that Dr. Edward Ryan , au- thor of " The History of the Effects of Religion on Mankind , ” ( a work abounding with erudition , entertainment , and instruction , ) was obliged lately to publish it ...
... appears hardly credible , yet is true , that Dr. Edward Ryan , au- thor of " The History of the Effects of Religion on Mankind , ” ( a work abounding with erudition , entertainment , and instruction , ) was obliged lately to publish it ...
Página xxvi
... appears among us , ( when too the course of study and the discipline in our University are excellent , ) must be ascribed to the truely patriotick attention with which the gentle- men of North Britain cherish and expand every bud of ...
... appears among us , ( when too the course of study and the discipline in our University are excellent , ) must be ascribed to the truely patriotick attention with which the gentle- men of North Britain cherish and expand every bud of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
admirable Æneid ancient Antony appear arms atque Augustus bade blood boast bold bosom breast Brutus CASS Catiline Cato character charms Cicero Coriolanus crimes cruel cruelty dæmon death DION Dion Cassius display'd emperor Engraved Ennius Epist erat etiam eyes fame favourite fierce FLOR foes form'd France genius Georgicks grace heart heaven honour horrour human Julius Cæsar king laws Lepidus less liberty Livy lord lov'd LUCAN Mæcenas mankind Marius ment mind Montesquieu muse nature nature's NUMA POMPILIUS numbers o'er Octavius once OVID pass'd passions perhaps person Plebeian Plutarch poet Pompey Pompey's pride proud publick quæ quam quod rage republick ROBERT JEPHSON Roman Rome Rome's Sallust Scipio SCIPIO AFRICANUS senate shame shews soft soul spirit SUET sword Sylla tears Tiberius Tibullus toil tongue Tully Tully's tyrant verse Virgil virtue wise youth δε και μεν τε τοις
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Página 136 - Bene et composite C. Caesar paulo ante in hoc ordine de vita et morte disseruit, credo, falsa existumans quae de inferis memorantur, divorso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra, inculta, foeda atque formidulosa habere. Itaque censuit pecunias eorum publicandas, ipsos per municipia in custodiis habendos...
Página 257 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Página xxiv - For my own part, I used to think myself in company as much above me, when I was with Mr. Addison and Mr. Pope, as if I had been with all the Princes in Europe.
Página vii - They are such as render negotiation useless, and must entirely deprive of stability any peace which could be concluded in such circumstances. Where is our security for the performance of a treaty where we have neither the good faith of a nation, nor the responsibility of a monarch ? The moment that the mob of Paris becomes under the influence of a new leader, mature deliberations are reversed, the most solemn engagements are retracted, our free will is altogether controlled by force.
Página x - The country be shut up, lured by the scent, On church-yards drear (inhuman to relate!) The disappointed prowlers fall, and dig The shrouded body from the grave; o'er which, Mix'd with foul shades, and frighted ghosts, they howl.
Página 129 - Caesar cedere, aitque eum elegantem, splendidam quoque atque etiam magnificam et generosam quodam modo rationem dicendi tenere ; et ad Cornelium Nepotem 2 de eodem ita scripsit : " Quid ? oratorem quem huic antepones eorum, qui nihil aliud egerunt ? Quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior ? Quis verbis aut ornatior aut elegantior?
Página vi - What could be the effect of any negociation for peace in the present moment ? It is not merely to the character of Marat, with whom we would have to treat, that I object; it is not to the horror of those crimes which have stained their legislators, crimes in every stage rising above another in point of enormity ; but I object to the consequences of that character, to the effect of those crimes.
Página 168 - Triumviratum rei p. constituendae per decem annos administravit ; in quo restitit quidem aliquamdiu collegis ne qua fieret proscriptio, sed inceptam utroque acerbius exercuit. Namque illis in multorum saepe personam per gratiam et preces exorabilibus solus magno opere contendit ne cui parceretur, proscripsitque etiam C. Toranium tutorem suum, eundem collegam patris sui Octavi in...
Página 130 - Phoenissis habebat, quos dicam, ut potero ; incondite fortasse, sed tamen, ut res possit intelligi : " Nam si violandum est jus, regnandi gratia Violandum est : aliis rebus pietatem colas.
Página 23 - ... primum ultimumque illud supplicium apud Romanos exempli parum memoris legum humanarum fuit, in aliis gloriari licet, nulli gentium mitiores placuisse poenas.