The Works of the English Poets1779 |
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... Æneid ; for if they allow him not the honour to be on the fame foot with Homer or Virgil , they must do him the justice at least , as not to try him by laws founded on their model . The Pharfalia is properly an Hiftorical Heroic Poem ...
... Æneid ; for if they allow him not the honour to be on the fame foot with Homer or Virgil , they must do him the justice at least , as not to try him by laws founded on their model . The Pharfalia is properly an Hiftorical Heroic Poem ...
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... Æneid , when compared with this of the Pharfalia ! And what a defpicable figure does Aga- memnon , Homer's King of Kings , make , when com- pared with chiefs , who , by faying only , " be thou a King , " made far greater kings than him ...
... Æneid , when compared with this of the Pharfalia ! And what a defpicable figure does Aga- memnon , Homer's King of Kings , make , when com- pared with chiefs , who , by faying only , " be thou a King , " made far greater kings than him ...
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... Æneid and that of the Pharfalia , that we find one fingle Roman , Craffus , mafter of more flaves on his estate , than Virgil's hero had fubjects . In fine , it may be faid , nothing can excufe him for his choice , but that he defigned ...
... Æneid and that of the Pharfalia , that we find one fingle Roman , Craffus , mafter of more flaves on his estate , than Virgil's hero had fubjects . In fine , it may be faid , nothing can excufe him for his choice , but that he defigned ...
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... Æneid ; but I must say with St. Evremont , that for what purely regards the elevation of thought , Pompey , Cæfar , Cato , and Labienus , fhine much more in Lucan , than Jupiter , Mercury , Juno , or Venus , do in Virgil . The ideas ...
... Æneid ; but I must say with St. Evremont , that for what purely regards the elevation of thought , Pompey , Cæfar , Cato , and Labienus , fhine much more in Lucan , than Jupiter , Mercury , Juno , or Venus , do in Virgil . The ideas ...
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Æneid againſt amidſt arms Behold beneath blood bold breaſt Cæfar camp caufe cauſe chief cloſe command courſe croud Dæmon death diftant dreadful earth ev'n facred fafe faid fame fatal fate fcorn fear feas fecret feek feems feen fhade fhall fhore fhould fide field fierce fight firft firſt fkies flain flames flaughter fled flood foldier fome foon forfook fortune foul ftand ftill ftream ftrong fuccefs fuch fure fwelling fword Gaul gods hafte hand head heaven himſelf hoftile horrid impious labours laft laſt Latian lefs length loft looſe Lucan mighty moſt Nero numbers o'er paffage paſt peace Pharfalia Phocis plain Pompey Pompey's purpoſe rage reft rife rofe Roman Rome Scythian ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood Sulpitius Verulanus ſupplies ſwift taſk thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand trembling vaft vanquish'd Virgil whofe winds yield