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Him did I see snatch up with horrid grasp Two sprawling Greeks , in either hand a
man : I saw him when with huge tempestuous sway He dasht and broke them on
the grundfil edge ; The pavement swam in blood , the walls around Were ...
Him did I see snatch up with horrid grasp Two sprawling Greeks , in either hand a
man : I saw him when with huge tempestuous sway He dasht and broke them on
the grundfil edge ; The pavement swam in blood , the walls around Were ...
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A lion's hide around his loins he wore , The well - pois'd javelin to the field he
bore Inur'd to blood ; the far - destroying dart , And , the best weapon , an
undaunted heart . Soon as the youth approach'd the fatal place , He saw his
servants ...
A lion's hide around his loins he wore , The well - pois'd javelin to the field he
bore Inur'd to blood ; the far - destroying dart , And , the best weapon , an
undaunted heart . Soon as the youth approach'd the fatal place , He saw his
servants ...
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The pointed javelin warded off his rage : Mad with his pains , and furious to
engage , The serpent champs the steel , and bites the spear , Till blood and
venom all the point besmear . But still the hurt he yet receiv'd was slight ; For ,
whilst the ...
The pointed javelin warded off his rage : Mad with his pains , and furious to
engage , The serpent champs the steel , and bites the spear , Till blood and
venom all the point besmear . But still the hurt he yet receiv'd was slight ; For ,
whilst the ...
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When , layish of his boiling blood , to prove The cure of Navish life , and Nighted
love , Brave Marcus new in early death appears , While Cato counts his wounds ,
and not his years ; Who , checking private grief , the public mourns , Commands ...
When , layish of his boiling blood , to prove The cure of Navish life , and Nighted
love , Brave Marcus new in early death appears , While Cato counts his wounds ,
and not his years ; Who , checking private grief , the public mourns , Commands ...
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Should we thus lead them to a field of laughter , Might not th ' impartial world with
reason fay , We lavish'd at our deaths the blood of thousands , To grace our fall ,
and make our ruin glorious ? Lucius , we next would know what's your opinion .
Should we thus lead them to a field of laughter , Might not th ' impartial world with
reason fay , We lavish'd at our deaths the blood of thousands , To grace our fall ,
and make our ruin glorious ? Lucius , we next would know what's your opinion .
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appear arms bear beauty behold blood breaſt bright Cæſar Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe death dreadful earth Enter eyes face fall fate father fear fields fight fire firſt flow force friends give gods grief grow hand head hear heart heaven himſelf Jove JUBA kind laſt length lies light live look LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS mighty moſt muſt nature never nymph o'er once Ovid paſſion pleaſing Poet PORTIUS prince rage reſt riſe Roman Rome round ſaid ſaw ſays ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſome ſon ſoul ſpeak ſtand ſtill ſtood ſtreams ſuch ſword Syphax tears tell thee theſe thing thoſe thou thoughts thunder toils turn verſe virgin virtue voice whole winds woods young youth
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Страница 225 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Страница 329 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Страница 330 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Страница 45 - Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours pray'r.
Страница 153 - Who now appear'd but one continu'd wound. With dropping tears his bitter fate he moans, And fills the mountain with his dying groans. His servants with a piteous look he spies, And turns about his supplicating eyes.
Страница 35 - Through pathless fields, and unfrequented floods, To dens of dragons and enchanted woods. But now the mystic tale, that pleased of yore, Can charm an understanding age no more; The long-spun allegories fulsome grow, While the dull moral lies too plain below.
Страница 100 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Страница 210 - Virgil seems no where so well pleased, as when he is got among his Bees in the Fourth Georgic; and ennobles the actions of so trivial a creature, with metaphors drawn from the most important concerns of mankind. His verses...
Страница 249 - ... storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. While Cato gives his little senate laws...
Страница 278 - Rome will rejoice, and cast its eyes on Cato, As on the second of mankind. CATO. No more! I must not think of life on such conditions. DEC. Caesar is well acquainted with your virtues, And therefore sets this value on your life: Let him but know the price of Cato's friendship, And name your terms.