“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
“Then let him swear he ne'er the lady knew,
And did with her as men with women do.”
Book XIX
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)
“The Gods most pleasure in od numbers take.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
Book V
Homer His Odysses Translated (1665)
“Arcadians both, in youth both flourishing,
Both match'd to sing, to answer both prepar'd.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
“Begin, sweet Babe, with smiles thy Mother know.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
“Ascanius did embrace
My hand, and follow'd with no equal pace.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Small Help may bring great Aid.”
Fab. IX: Of the Lyon and the Mouse, Moral
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“What dares not impious man for cursed Gold!”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“At last a pleasant river's mouth he finds,
Free from rough clifts, safe from disturbing winds.”
Book V
Homer His Odysses Translated (1665)
“Come, let us arm with speed; and let us two
Try, what our forces may united do.”
Book XIII
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)
“He that loves Gold, starves more, the more he's fed.”
Fab. II: Of the Dog and Shadow, Moral
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“Like a burnt stake, half stuck upon his shield;
The other half lay broken in the field.”
Book XIII
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)