The works of Richard Hurd, Volume 1T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1811 |
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... give £ .200 to the charity : and in the evening attended a concert in the College Hall for the benefit of the Stewards . On Saturday morning , Aug. 9th , the Aug. 9 King and Queen , & c . returned to Chelten- ham . During their ...
... give £ .200 to the charity : and in the evening attended a concert in the College Hall for the benefit of the Stewards . On Saturday morning , Aug. 9th , the Aug. 9 King and Queen , & c . returned to Chelten- ham . During their ...
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... give you a right to think meanly of its author . Your extreme delicacy allows me to say nothing of my obligations , which otherwise would demand my warmest acknowledgments . For your constant favour has followed me in all ways , in which.
... give you a right to think meanly of its author . Your extreme delicacy allows me to say nothing of my obligations , which otherwise would demand my warmest acknowledgments . For your constant favour has followed me in all ways , in which.
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... give to it ; improved , as I think it is , in some respects , and presented to you in this public way.- I was going to say , how much you benefited by this poet ( the fittest of all others , for the study of a gen- tleman ) in your ...
... give to it ; improved , as I think it is , in some respects , and presented to you in this public way.- I was going to say , how much you benefited by this poet ( the fittest of all others , for the study of a gen- tleman ) in your ...
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... give Lucilius a claim to that high appellation of INVENTOR of this poem . That he was the first , who copied the man- ner of the old comedy in satire , could never be suffi- cient for this purpose . For all , that he derived into it ...
... give Lucilius a claim to that high appellation of INVENTOR of this poem . That he was the first , who copied the man- ner of the old comedy in satire , could never be suffi- cient for this purpose . For all , that he derived into it ...
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... give that variety , may be inserted in improper places ; and then the absurdity is as great , as that of the painter , who , according to the illustration of v . 19 , 20 , should introduce a cypress into a sea - piece , or , according ...
... give that variety , may be inserted in improper places ; and then the absurdity is as great , as that of the painter , who , according to the illustration of v . 19 , 20 , should introduce a cypress into a sea - piece , or , according ...
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Page 56 - Natura fieret laudabile carmen an arte Quaesitum est : ego nee Studium sine divite vena Nee rude quid possit video ingenium ; alterius sic 410 Altera poscit opem res et conjurat amice.
Page 76 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water.
Page 31 - Inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter 15 assuitur pannus, cum lucus et ara Dianae et properantis aquae per amoenos ambitus agros, aut flumen Rhenum aut pluvius describitur arcus. sed nunc non erat his locus. et fortasse cupressum scis simulare.
Page 33 - Sumite materiam vestris , qui scribitis , aequam Viribus, et versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant humeri. Cui lecta potenter erit res , «> Nee facundia deseret hunc, nee lucidus ordo.
Page 51 - Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo ; Unde parentur opes ; quid alat formetque poetam ; Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error.
Page 34 - Dixeris egregie notum si callida verbum Reddiderit junctura novum. Si forte necesse est Indiciis monstrare recentibus abdita rerum, Fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis 50 Continget, dabiturque licentia sumpta pudenter ; Et nova fictaque nuper habebunt verba fidem si Qraeco fonte cadent, parce detorta.
Page 41 - Trojanum orditur ab ovo ; Semper ad eventum festinat, et in medias res Non secus ac notas auditorem rapit, et, quae Desperat tractata nitescere posse, relinquit, 150 Atque ita mentitur, sic veris falsa remiscet, Primo ne medium, medio ne discrepet imum.
Page 35 - Ut silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos, Prima cadunt ; ita verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque.
Page 295 - Dicitur Afrani toga convenisse Menandro ; Plautus ad exemplar Siculi properare Epicharmi ; Vincere Caecilius gravitate, Terentius arte. Hos ediscit, et hos arto stipata theatro Spectat Roma potens ; habet hos numeratque poetas Ad nostrum tempus, Livi scriptoris ab aevo.
Page 46 - Carmine qui tragico vilem certavit ob hircum, 220 Mox etiam agrestes Satyros nudavit et asper Incolumi gravitate jocum tentavit eo, quod Illecebris erat et grata novitate morandus Spectator functusque sacris et potus et exlex.