The Poems of Caius Valerius Catullus, Volume 1J. Murray, 1821 |
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Pagina xix
... Virgil's tale of Troy deduces down Th ' entire descent of Britain's female crown † ; Such directions might suit the age of Lord Coke . The rules however contained in the beautiful imitation by Sir William Jones will be found more ...
... Virgil's tale of Troy deduces down Th ' entire descent of Britain's female crown † ; Such directions might suit the age of Lord Coke . The rules however contained in the beautiful imitation by Sir William Jones will be found more ...
Pagina xxvii
... Virgil to his own native town . The parentage of Catullus , though pro- bably not splendid , could not have been low , as we learn from Suetonius , that Cesar was often his father's guest . He contracted an early friendship with Manlius ...
... Virgil to his own native town . The parentage of Catullus , though pro- bably not splendid , could not have been low , as we learn from Suetonius , that Cesar was often his father's guest . He contracted an early friendship with Manlius ...
Pagina xxix
... Virgil , yet a youth , was pursuing his studies at Cremona * . * This date has been disputed on the authority of an Epigram by Martial , Lib . 4. Ep . 14. which seems to make the writings of Catullus contemporary with those of Virgil ...
... Virgil , yet a youth , was pursuing his studies at Cremona * . * This date has been disputed on the authority of an Epigram by Martial , Lib . 4. Ep . 14. which seems to make the writings of Catullus contemporary with those of Virgil ...
Pagina xxx
... Virgil could not have been above eighteen at the time of his death . At that age Virgil could not have merited the epithet " magnus ; " [ translated mighty ] or , even if he had been much older , and Catullus had known him as a poet ...
... Virgil could not have been above eighteen at the time of his death . At that age Virgil could not have merited the epithet " magnus ; " [ translated mighty ] or , even if he had been much older , and Catullus had known him as a poet ...
Pagina xxxi
... Virgil * ; and in all as a poet not inferior to his prototype . Pliny also states that Silius honoured the statue of Virgil , celebrated his birthday yearly , continually visited his tomb , and there performed rites to his memory . Lib ...
... Virgil * ; and in all as a poet not inferior to his prototype . Pliny also states that Silius honoured the statue of Virgil , celebrated his birthday yearly , continually visited his tomb , and there performed rites to his memory . Lib ...
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Pagina 164 - Acme, enflam'd with what he said, Rear'd her gently-bending head, And her purple mouth with joy Stretching to the delicious boy, Twice (and twice could scarce suffice) She...
Pagina 158 - ... only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down ; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
Pagina 142 - For, if men will impartially, and not asquint, look toward the offices and function of a poet, they will easily conclude to themselves the impossibility 'of any man's being the good poet, without first being a good man.
Pagina xxiv - Moderns have publish'd upon this Subject. The Occasions upon which the Poems of the former are written, are such as happen to every Man almost that is in Love; and the Thoughts such, as are natural for every Man in Love to think. The Moderns, on the other hand, have sought out for Occasions that none meet with...
Pagina 99 - When Venus claim'd the golden prize, And bless'd the Phrygian shepherd's eyes; No brighter charms his judgment sway'd Than those that grace this mortal maid ; And every sigh and omen fair The nuptials hail, and greet the pair. " Propitiate here the maiden's vows, And lead her fondly to her spouse; And firm as ivy clinging holds The tree it grasps in mazy folds, Let virtuous love as firmly bind The tender passions of her mind. "Ye virgins, whom a day like this Awaits to greet with equal bliss, Oh...
Pagina 12 - Love, my Lesbia, while we live; Value all the cross advice That the surly greybeards give At a single farthing's price. Suns that set again may rise; We, when once our fleeting light, Once our day in darkness dies, Sleep in one eternal night. Give me kisses thousand-fold, Add to them a hundred more; Other thousands still be told Other hundreds o'er and o'er. But, with thousands when we burn, Mix, confuse the sums at last, That we may not blushing learn All that have between us past.
Pagina 107 - Manlius' love thy days await; These all thy youth shall proudly cheer, And these shall nurse thy latest year. Hail, Hymen ! god of faithful pairs 1 Hall, Hymen ! who hast heard our prayers.
Pagina lxi - I any where offered such violence to his sense, as to make it seem mine, and not his. Where my expressions are not so full as his, either our Language, or my Art were defective (but I rather suspect my self ; ) but where mine are fuller than his, they are but the impressions which the often reading of him, hath left upon my thoughts; so that if they are not his own Conceptions, they are at least the results of them...
Pagina 111 - Manlius' features in his brow; That those, who know him not, may trace The knowledge of his noble race; And by his lineal brow declare His lovely mother chaste as fair. "Now close the doors, ye maiden friends; Our sports, our rite, our service ends. With you let virtue still reside, O bridegroom brave, and gentle bride, And youth its lusty hours employ In constant love and ardent joy.
Pagina 98 - When Venus claim'd the golden prize. And bless'd the Phrygian shepherd's eyes ; No brighter charms his judgment sway'd Than those that grace this mortal maid ; And every sigh and omen fair The nuptials hail, and greet the pair. " Propitiate here the maiden's vows. And lead her fondly to her spouse ; And firm as ivy clinging holds The tree It grasps in mazy folds, Let virtuous love as firmly bind The tender passions of her mind. " Ye virgins, whom a day like this Awaits...