The Way to the Temple of True Honor and Fame by the Paths of Heroic Virtue;: Exemplified in the Most Entertaining Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of Both Sexes; On the Plan Laid Down by Sir William Temple in His Essay of Heroic Virtue. In Four Volumes, Volume 2T. Burrough, bookseller; sold also by L. Davis, over against Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holbourn, London., 1773 |
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Pagina 34 - My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. In dewy damps my limbs were chill'd ; My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away.
Pagina 31 - Thou once didst leave almighty Jove, And all the golden roofs above : The car thy wanton sparrows drew...
Pagina 79 - Nitocris, with orders, at an appointed time, to break down the great bank which was between the lake and the canal, and to turn the whole current into the lake. At the...
Pagina 29 - One may see by what is left of them that she followed nature in all her thoughts, without descending to those little points, conceits, and turns of wit with which many of our modern lyrics are so miserably infected.
Pagina 78 - This he therefore thought a proper time for furprifing them ; and accordingly fent a ftrong detachment to the head of the canal leading to the great lake, with orders at a certain time, to break down the great bank which was between the lake and the canal, and to turn the whole current into the lake. At the fame time he appointed one body of troops at the place where the river entered the city, and another where it came out ; ordering them to march in by the bed of the river as foon as they Ihoul...
Pagina 78 - ... with a large and deep ditch, reckoning that, if all communication with the country were cut off, the more people there were within the city the fooner they would be obliged to furrender. That...
Pagina 34 - D as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly fits by thee, And hears and fees thee all the while Softly fpeak, and fweetly fmile.
Pagina 31 - Gaily falfe in gentle fmiles, Full of love-perplexing wiles ; O Goddefs, from my heart remove The wafting cares and pains of love.
Pagina 29 - Cacus the son of Vulcan, who breathed out nothing but flame. I do' not know by the character that is given of her works, whether it is not for the benefit...