Homer's Batrachomyomachia, hymns and epigrams; Hesiod's Works and days; Musæus' Hero and Leander; Juvenal's fifth satire. Tr. by G. Chapman, with intr. and notes by R. Hooper1858 |
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Zadetki 1–5 od 47
Stran xix
... OR , The Battaile of Frogs and Mise . HIS HYMNES AND EPIGRAMS . Tranflated according to ye Originall By George Chapman . London : Printed by Iohn Bill , his MAIESTIE'S Printer . HONOURED LORD , THE EARL OF SOMERSET , & c.
... OR , The Battaile of Frogs and Mise . HIS HYMNES AND EPIGRAMS . Tranflated according to ye Originall By George Chapman . London : Printed by Iohn Bill , his MAIESTIE'S Printer . HONOURED LORD , THE EARL OF SOMERSET , & c.
Stran xxi
Homerus Richard Hooper. HONOURED LORD , THE EARL OF SOMERSET , & c . OT forc'd by fortune , but since your free mind ( Made by affliction ) rests in choice re- sign'd To calm retreat , laid quite beneath the wind Of grace and glory , I ...
Homerus Richard Hooper. HONOURED LORD , THE EARL OF SOMERSET , & c . OT forc'd by fortune , but since your free mind ( Made by affliction ) rests in choice re- sign'd To calm retreat , laid quite beneath the wind Of grace and glory , I ...
Stran xxvii
... honour of the Gods , in Hymns resounding all their peculiar titles , jurisdictions , and dignities ; which he illustrates at all parts , as he had been continually conversant amongst them ; and whatsoever authentic Poesy he omitted in ...
... honour of the Gods , in Hymns resounding all their peculiar titles , jurisdictions , and dignities ; which he illustrates at all parts , as he had been continually conversant amongst them ; and whatsoever authentic Poesy he omitted in ...
Stran xxviii
Homerus Richard Hooper. Hymns and Epigrams . All his observance and honour of the Gods , rather moved their envies against him , than their rewards , or respects of his endeavours . And so like a man verecundi ingenii ( which he ...
Homerus Richard Hooper. Hymns and Epigrams . All his observance and honour of the Gods , rather moved their envies against him , than their rewards , or respects of his endeavours . And so like a man verecundi ingenii ( which he ...
Stran 21
... honour'd with the greatest then . Yet this I fear , nor will conceal from thee : Your son , some say , will author misery In many kinds , as being to sustain A mighty empire over Gods and men , Upon the holy - gift - giver the Earth ...
... honour'd with the greatest then . Yet this I fear , nor will conceal from thee : Your son , some say , will author misery In many kinds , as being to sustain A mighty empire over Gods and men , Upon the holy - gift - giver the Earth ...
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Abydus affect amongst Anchises Apollo Batrachomyomachia bear birth blest born bosom breast bright call'd cast Ceres counsels crown'd CUMA dear death Deities divine doth earth eternal fair fame fane fate fear feast feet fiery fire flame flew flow'r force Frogs gainst gave GEORGE CHAPMAN GEORGICS give Goddess Gods grace hand hast hath heaven Hermes Hero HERO AND LEANDER HESIOD hill Homer honour HYMN Iliad Immortals Jove Jove's King labour Latona Leander lest light likewise live lute maid men's Mice mind mortal Muse never night nuptials Nymphs Odyssey Onchestus oxen pain periphrasis Phoebus Piers Ploughman pow'r praise Pylos rais'd rich sacred seed Sestus shame ship shore sight signifying sing song soul straight strook sweet thee thine things thou took translation turn'd Venus vex'd virgin Virro weeds wine wish'd words
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Stran 148 - Were asked of thy discoveries ; they must say, To the Greek coast thine only knew the way. Such passage hast thou found, such returns made, As now of all men it is called thy trade, And who make thither else, rob or invade.
Stran 258 - The Vision of Piers Ploughman' is one of the most precious and interesting monuments of the English Language and Literature, and also of the social and political condition of the country during the fourteenth century. . . . Its author is not certainly known, but its time of composition can, by internal evidence, be fixed at about tbe year 1362.
Stran 257 - The edition deserves well of the public ; it is carefully printed, and the annotations, although neither numerous nor extensive, supply ample explanations upon a variety of interesting points. If Mr. Halliwell had done no more than collect these plays, he would have conferred a boon upon all lovers of our old dramatic poetry."— L iterary Gazette.
Stran 258 - Its author is not certainly known, but its time of composition can, by internal evidence, be fixed at about the year 1362. On this and on all matters bearing upon the origin and object of the Poem, Mr. Wright's historical introduction gives ample information. . .... In the thirteen years that have passed since the first edition of the present text was published by the late Mr. Pickering, our old literature and history have been more studied, and we trust that a large circle of readers will be prepared...
Stran 258 - Its merits had not escaped the notice of Dr. Johnson, though in politics opposed to much it inculcates, for in reply to an observation of Boswell, in praise of the French Ana, he said, ' A few of them are good, but we have one book of the kind better than any of them — Selden's Table Talk.