The Works of the English Poets: Rowe's LucanH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... leave us not altogether in the dark , about the life and works of this extraordinary young man . Marcus Annæus Lucan was of an equeftrian fa- mily of Rome , born at Corduba in Spain , about the year of our Saviour 39 , in the reign of ...
... leave us not altogether in the dark , about the life and works of this extraordinary young man . Marcus Annæus Lucan was of an equeftrian fa- mily of Rome , born at Corduba in Spain , about the year of our Saviour 39 , in the reign of ...
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... arms and legs opened in a hot bath , he fupped chearfully with his friends , and then , taking leave of them with the greatest tranquillity of mind and and the highest contempt of death , went into the ROWE'S LUCAN . 13.
... arms and legs opened in a hot bath , he fupped chearfully with his friends , and then , taking leave of them with the greatest tranquillity of mind and and the highest contempt of death , went into the ROWE'S LUCAN . 13.
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... leave to give in profe , though Mr. Rowe has done it a thousand times better in verfe . " One day ( fays he ) when thefe wars fhall " be spoken - of in ages yet to come , and among na- " tions far remote from this clime , whether from ...
... leave to give in profe , though Mr. Rowe has done it a thousand times better in verfe . " One day ( fays he ) when thefe wars fhall " be spoken - of in ages yet to come , and among na- " tions far remote from this clime , whether from ...
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... leave to tell these gentlemen , that Lucan is not to be tried by those rules of an Epic Poem , which they have drawn from the Iliad or Æneid ; for if they allow him not the honour to be on the fame foot with Homer or Virgil , they muft ...
... leave to tell these gentlemen , that Lucan is not to be tried by those rules of an Epic Poem , which they have drawn from the Iliad or Æneid ; for if they allow him not the honour to be on the fame foot with Homer or Virgil , they muft ...
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... leaves a more lafting impreffion on my mind , for being true . If Lucan therefore wants thefe ornaments , he might have borrowed from Helicon , or his own invention ; he has made us more than ample amends , by the great and true events ...
... leaves a more lafting impreffion on my mind , for being true . If Lucan therefore wants thefe ornaments , he might have borrowed from Helicon , or his own invention ; he has made us more than ample amends , by the great and true events ...
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Ægypt Æneid againſt amidſt arms behold beneath blood bold breaſt Cæfar caufe cauſe chief command courſe croud Dæmon daring death diftant dreadful earth ev'n facred fafe faid fame fatal fate fcorn fear feas fecret fecure feek feems fhade fhall fhore fhould fide field fierce fight firft firſt fix'd fkies flain flames flaughter flies flood foldier fome foon fortune fought foul ftand ftill ftreams fuccefs fuch fupplies fwelling fword Gaul gods hafte hand head heaven himſelf hoftile horrid impious Jove juſt labours laft land laſt Latian length loft Lucan mighty mournful numbers o'er Parthian paſt peace Pharfalia plain Pompey Pompey's Pothinus proud Ptolemy purſue rage rife riſe Roman Rome Scythian ſea ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood ſword taſk thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand vanquish'd victor waſte whofe winds yield
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