The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
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The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
“This cruel Prince that made his Will a Law.”
Fab. XII: Of the Frogs desiring a King
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“But who art thou? that Voyce, and beauteous Face,
Not Mortal is; thou art of Heavenly Race.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Britany, from all the World disjoyn'd.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
John Ogilby Quotes about love
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
“Bacchus loves the Sunny hills.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
“Love Conquers all, let us submit to Love.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
“The Queen neglected Fame for Love.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
John Ogilby Quotes about God
“The Gods most pleasure in od numbers take.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
“Dear Friends, for we have many Dangers past,
And greater, God these too will end at last.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
Fab. IX: Of the Lyon and the Mouse, Moral
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
Book I, opening lines
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)
“If Men, and Mortal Powers you not regard,
Yet know, the Gods both Right and Wrong record.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
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“Suffer thou with patience this delay.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“They say the Deity
Is mix'd through Earth, the Sea, and lofty Skie.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
“Robber of Man, who now shall give thee ayd?”
Fab. VI: The Battel of the Frog and Mouse, line 136
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
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“Pray for wet Summers, Winters wanting Rain.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
“But them I'm not so foolish to believe.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
“Fury our Judgement charms,
And we conceive it brave to dye in Arms.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Taught by my Woes, to succour the distrest.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Having drown'd her sparkling Eyes in tears.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“And could'st thou hope, perfidious, to deceive
Me thus? and secretly our Kingdom leave?”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“None can Protect themselves with their own Shade.
None for themselves are born.”
Fab. XLVII: Of the Rebellion of the Hands and Feet
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“No Beast is half so False as Man.”
Fab. XLIX: Of the Fox and the Cock
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“Mean time the Queen wounded with deep desire,
Bleeds inward, and consumes in hidden Fire.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Ah! who may hope, when Heaven hath Help deni'd!”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
Book I. Compare Pope's translation:
: The spear receiving from her hand, he plac'd
Against a column, fair with sculpture grac'd;
Where seemly rang'd in peaceful order stood
Ulysses' arms, now long disus'd to blood.
Homer His Odysses Translated (1665)
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Various Arts by study might be wrought
Up to their height.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
“May you live happy, you whose Woes are done.
Stern Fates, to Fates more cruel, us constrain.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Great things to compare with Small.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
Variant: If I may great things compare with Small.
“Happy is he that hidden causes knowes.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
“Sweet Youth, in Colour no such trust repose.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
“How could my Son so highly thee incense
What was the wasted Trojans great offence?”
Compare John Dryden's translation:
How could my pious son thy pow'r incense?
Or what, alas! is vanish'd Troy's offense?
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Now fields are green, and trees bear silver buds.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
“O Divine Poet, me thy Verses please
More than soft slumber laid in quiet ease.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
“Here sweet Meads, cool Fountains be,
Here Groves where I could spend my Age with thee.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
“They that have Power to do, may, when they will,
Pick Quarrels, and, pretending Justice, kill.”
Fab. XIV: Of the Wolf and the Lamb
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“Vanquisht men's safety is to hope for none.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Fear speaks degenerate minds.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“When they and Venus to his cottage came,
For lust-rewards prefer'd the Cyprian dame.”
Book XXIV; the Judgement of Paris.
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)
“He must hoyst Sail, and fly.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Those that can Help, to Hurt may find a way.”
Fab. LVI: Of the Eagle and the Beetle
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“Trojans beware, within some Mischief lyes;
Be what it will, Greeks bringing Gifts I fear.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“This, think'st thou Dust intomb'd, or Ghosts regard?”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Go, raise great Troy by prowess to the Skies.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Singing let's go, the way shall better please.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
Book XX
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)
“Who Weapons put into a Mad-Man's Hands,
May be the first the Error understands.”
Fab. XXXVI: Of the Husband-man and the Wood
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“Farewell, farewel, Night shades my Body o're,
Stretching my hands, t'embrace thee, thine no more.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
“One good Art's better than a thousand bad.”
Fab. LVII: Of the Fox and the Cat
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“Whence Men, a hard Race, sprung.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“But Ajax now no longer thought it good
To keep his post, and stand where others stood.”
Book XV
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)
“Nor is there place for Death.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
Fab. LIII: Of the Tortoise and the Frogs, Moral
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“So great the Task to raise the Roman State!”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
Book X
Homer His Odysses Translated (1665)
“Yet I a way to raise my self have found,
Shall make my Name through all the World renown'd.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
“Speechless I was, upright did stand my Hair.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Fortune assists the Bold, the Valiant Man
Oft Conqueror proves, because he thinks he can.”
Fab. LII: Of the Forrester, the Skinner, and a Bear, Moral
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
