The Thebaid of Statius: Translated Into English Verse, with Notes and Observations, and a Dissertation Upon the Whole by Way of Preface, Volume 1T. Becket, 1773 - Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) |
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Admetus Adraftus Æneid Amphiaraus Argive Argos arife Arms beneath Blood Book Breaft Breath Capaneus Caufe Cauſe Chief Courſe Death decreed defcends defcribed Defcription diftant E'en Eneid Eriphyle Eteocles ev'ry Eyes facred faid Fame fatal Fate fays Fears feek feems fhall fhines fhone fhould fhun Fight firft firſt flain Flame fome foon ftands fuch fudden fuperior Fury fwell Gods Grief Grove Hand Heav'n himſelf Hippodamus Hippomedon hoftile Homer Honours Horror Iliad impious Jove Jupiter King laft Laius Lemnian Lemnos loft Love Lucan Lycurgus mourn muſt Nemea Night o'er obferved Oenomaus Omen Paffage Phabus Phlegyas Plain Poet Polynices Pow'r prefent Race Rage reft Reign rifing ruſhing ſcarce Shade ſhall ſhe Shore Sire Skies ſtand Statius Steeds ſtood Thebaid Theban Thebes thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou Thracian thro Toils Tranflator Tydeus Vengeance Verfe Verſe Virgil Warrior whence whofe Whoſe wiſh Woes Wound Youth καὶ
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Page 19 - His Lineaments divine ; the Pair that clad Each Shoulder broad, came mantling o'er his Bread With regal Ornament ; the middle Pair Girt like a ftarry Zone, his Waift and round Skirted his Loins and Thighs, with downy Gold, And Colours dip'd in Heav'n : the third his Feet Shadow'd from either Heel with feather'd Mail,
Page 19 - With regal Ornament ; the middle Pair Girt like a ftarry Zone, his Waift and round Skirted his Loins and Thighs, with downy Gold, And Colours dip'd in Heav'n : the third his Feet Shadow'd from either Heel with
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Page 261 - obedient to the Bender's Will, The Birch for Shafts, the Sallow for the Mill, The Myrrh, fweet bleeding in the bitter Wound, The warlike Beech, the
Page 261 - Funeral, The Laurel, Meed of mighty Conquerors, And Poets Sage : the Fir that weepeth ftill, The Willow, worn of forlorn Paramours, The
Page 235 - Some ftrange Difafter, fome Reverfe of Fate (Ye Gods avert it) threats the Trojan State. Far be the Omen, which my Thoughts
Page xxii - too great, nor the Deviations from the Original too many. In the main Parts of the Poem, fuch as the Fable, Manners and Sentiments,
Page 261 - e le Querce altri percote, Che mille volte rinovar le chiome, E mille volte ad ogni incontro immote L' ire de' venti han rintuzzate, e dome: Ed altri
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Page 178 - founded upon an important Truth of Religion, not unknown to the Pagans, that God only can open the Eyes of Men, and enable them to fee what they cannot difcover by their own Capacity.