Homer's Batrachomyomachia, hymns and epigrams; Hesiod's Works and days; Musæus' Hero and Leander; Juvenal's fifth satire. Tr. by G. Chapman, with intr. and notes by R. Hooper1858 |
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
Abydus affect amongst Anchises Apollo Batrachomyomachia bear birth blest born bosom breast bright call'd cast Ceres counsels crown'd CUMA dear death Deities divine doth earth eternal fair fame fane fate fear feast feet fiery fire flame flew flow'r force Frogs gainst gave GEORGE CHAPMAN GEORGICS give Goddess Gods grace hand hast hath heaven Hermes Hero HERO AND LEANDER HESIOD hill Homer honour HYMN Iliad Immortals Jove Jove's King labour Latona Leander lest light likewise live lute maid men's Mice mind mortal Muse never night nuptials Nymphs Odyssey Onchestus oxen pain periphrasis Phoebus Piers Ploughman pow'r praise Pylos rais'd rich sacred seed Sestus shame ship shore sight signifying sing song soul straight strook sweet thee thine things thou took translation turn'd Venus vex'd virgin Virro weeds wine wish'd words
Δημοφιλή αποσπάσματα
Σελίδα 148 - Were asked of thy discoveries ; they must say, To the Greek coast thine only knew the way. Such passage hast thou found, such returns made, As now of all men it is called thy trade, And who make thither else, rob or invade.
Σελίδα 258 - The Vision of Piers Ploughman' is one of the most precious and interesting monuments of the English Language and Literature, and also of the social and political condition of the country during the fourteenth century. . . . Its author is not certainly known, but its time of composition can, by internal evidence, be fixed at about tbe year 1362.
Σελίδα 257 - The edition deserves well of the public ; it is carefully printed, and the annotations, although neither numerous nor extensive, supply ample explanations upon a variety of interesting points. If Mr. Halliwell had done no more than collect these plays, he would have conferred a boon upon all lovers of our old dramatic poetry."— L iterary Gazette.
Σελίδα 258 - Its author is not certainly known, but its time of composition can, by internal evidence, be fixed at about the year 1362. On this and on all matters bearing upon the origin and object of the Poem, Mr. Wright's historical introduction gives ample information. . .... In the thirteen years that have passed since the first edition of the present text was published by the late Mr. Pickering, our old literature and history have been more studied, and we trust that a large circle of readers will be prepared...
Σελίδα 258 - Its merits had not escaped the notice of Dr. Johnson, though in politics opposed to much it inculcates, for in reply to an observation of Boswell, in praise of the French Ana, he said, ' A few of them are good, but we have one book of the kind better than any of them — Selden's Table Talk.