The Spectator, Volume 1Tonson, 1767 - 918 pagina's |
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Pagina 319
... Sappho tried the cure , but perished in the experiment . After having given this short account of Sappho , so far as it regards the following Ode , I shall subjoin the translation of it as it was sent me by a friend , whose admirable ...
... Sappho tried the cure , but perished in the experiment . After having given this short account of Sappho , so far as it regards the following Ode , I shall subjoin the translation of it as it was sent me by a friend , whose admirable ...
Pagina 328
... Sappho's amorous flames decay , Her living songs preserve their charming art , Her verse still breathes the passions of her heart . Francis . AMONG the many famous pieces of antiquity which are still to be seen at Rome , there is the ...
... Sappho's amorous flames decay , Her living songs preserve their charming art , Her verse still breathes the passions of her heart . Francis . AMONG the many famous pieces of antiquity which are still to be seen at Rome , there is the ...
Pagina 334
... Sappho , in love with Rhodope the courtesan , having spent his whole estate upon her , was advised by his sister to leap in the beginning of his amour , but would not hearken to her until he was reduced to his last talent ; being ...
... Sappho , in love with Rhodope the courtesan , having spent his whole estate upon her , was advised by his sister to leap in the beginning of his amour , but would not hearken to her until he was reduced to his last talent ; being ...
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