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, Volume 1 |
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... or Ornament , yet the Accents still refting natural- ly on Those Words which are defign'd to be Empha- tical . But where HORACE is Harmonious , the Transla- A 2 tor tor happily imitates him , being not unmindful of the.
... or Ornament , yet the Accents still refting natural- ly on Those Words which are defign'd to be Empha- tical . But where HORACE is Harmonious , the Transla- A 2 tor tor happily imitates him , being not unmindful of the.
Page 97
... Idéas of their Own Minds into the * The Reafon why the Accents are pear in the Sequel of this Effay . mark'd on Some of the Syllables will ap- + Curiofa Felicitas . Minds Minds of their * Readers , and transport ' em ( 97 )
... Idéas of their Own Minds into the * The Reafon why the Accents are pear in the Sequel of this Effay . mark'd on Some of the Syllables will ap- + Curiofa Felicitas . Minds Minds of their * Readers , and transport ' em ( 97 )
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... Accents , in which VIR- GIL gives us fo ftrong an Image of all the Disorder and Emotion of Mind which NIsus feels , when , to divert the fatal Stroke from his Beloved EURY ALUS , He cries out thro ' the Shades to VOLSCENS , Me - Me ...
... Accents , in which VIR- GIL gives us fo ftrong an Image of all the Disorder and Emotion of Mind which NIsus feels , when , to divert the fatal Stroke from his Beloved EURY ALUS , He cries out thro ' the Shades to VOLSCENS , Me - Me ...
Page 101
... Syllables with one perpetual Tenor of the Voice , unchang'd alike in Time or in Accent : Be | what You | wil | sō | You | bē | still | the | same , and and they will appear like Surd and Unmeaning Sounds ; ESSAY the FIRST . ΙΟΙ.
... Syllables with one perpetual Tenor of the Voice , unchang'd alike in Time or in Accent : Be | what You | wil | sō | You | bē | still | the | same , and and they will appear like Surd and Unmeaning Sounds ; ESSAY the FIRST . ΙΟΙ.
Page 102
... Accent . The Third and Fourth are both equally Short and Unaccented ; but the Laft receives Half a Time by the Comma , a Pause of the Voice after it , and therefore is mark'd with a Prick of Perfection as they call it . And by This ...
... Accent . The Third and Fourth are both equally Short and Unaccented ; but the Laft receives Half a Time by the Comma , a Pause of the Voice after it , and therefore is mark'd with a Prick of Perfection as they call it . And by This ...
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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
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Page 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...
Page 112 - Shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength, and His wonderful works that He hath done.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 150 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...