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, Volumen1John Hughs, 1745 - 174 páginas |
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Página 56
... Almost a God Myself , ( Refin'd , and rais'd by Influence Divine ) Familiar I converfe ! And what the Pow'rs command Above , Will here , Below , in lofty Sounds rehearse ---- No No Man , nor Me of Mortal Race Deem Now 56 POEMS on ...
... Almost a God Myself , ( Refin'd , and rais'd by Influence Divine ) Familiar I converfe ! And what the Pow'rs command Above , Will here , Below , in lofty Sounds rehearse ---- No No Man , nor Me of Mortal Race Deem Now 56 POEMS on ...
Página 105
... almost into Every Part of the Verfe , and often follow'd or preceded by thofe Long and Spondaïc Sounds , which form the One or the Other of thofe Ancient Tonic Movements . We may fee an * Instance in PARADISE LOST , B. III . when the De ...
... almost into Every Part of the Verfe , and often follow'd or preceded by thofe Long and Spondaïc Sounds , which form the One or the Other of thofe Ancient Tonic Movements . We may fee an * Instance in PARADISE LOST , B. III . when the De ...
Página 108
... almost equal to Those which HOMER gave ULYSSES : Yet I am withal per- " fwaded that it may prove much more eafy in the Affay , than it now seems at diftance , and much more illuftrious : howbeit not " more difficult than I imagine ; and ...
... almost equal to Those which HOMER gave ULYSSES : Yet I am withal per- " fwaded that it may prove much more eafy in the Affay , than it now seems at diftance , and much more illuftrious : howbeit not " more difficult than I imagine ; and ...
Página 111
... almost το begin by the Addrels of the Orator : And once more , that , excepting the Princi- pal Words , Thofe I mean , upon which the Thought turns , and which are therefore defervedly fet alone and distinguish'd from the Reft , all the ...
... almost το begin by the Addrels of the Orator : And once more , that , excepting the Princi- pal Words , Thofe I mean , upon which the Thought turns , and which are therefore defervedly fet alone and distinguish'd from the Reft , all the ...
Página 123
... ALMOST thou perfuadeft me to be a Chriftian : With how much of the Orator , as well as of the Gentleman and the Chriftian , does he return his own Word upon him ! " I wou'd to God , that not only THOU , but also ALL that hear me This ...
... ALMOST thou perfuadeft me to be a Chriftian : With how much of the Orator , as well as of the Gentleman and the Chriftian , does he return his own Word upon him ! " I wou'd to God , that not only THOU , but also ALL that hear me This ...
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
Página 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...
Página 112 - Shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength, and His wonderful works that He hath done.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 150 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...