The Works of the English Poets1779 |
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... it , by the honour which he proposed to himself of dedicating it to your facred Majefty . This defign , which had given him fo much pleasure for fome years , out - lafted his abilities to put it in execution for , when his life was ...
... it , by the honour which he proposed to himself of dedicating it to your facred Majefty . This defign , which had given him fo much pleasure for fome years , out - lafted his abilities to put it in execution for , when his life was ...
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... it was from his grandfather that he took the name of Lucan . The story that is told of Hefiod and Homer , of a swarm of bees hovering about them in their cradle , is likewise told of Lucan , and probably with equal truth : but whether ...
... it was from his grandfather that he took the name of Lucan . The story that is told of Hefiod and Homer , of a swarm of bees hovering about them in their cradle , is likewise told of Lucan , and probably with equal truth : but whether ...
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... it took a tincture from the place of his birth ; nor can I be brought to think otherwise , than that the language he ... It was in the courfe of these ftudies he contracted ansintimate friendship with Aulus Perfius , the fatirift . It is ...
... it took a tincture from the place of his birth ; nor can I be brought to think otherwise , than that the language he ... It was in the courfe of these ftudies he contracted ansintimate friendship with Aulus Perfius , the fatirift . It is ...
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... it is obfervable , that he has interspersed a great many orations in the Pharfalia , and these are acknowledged by all to be very fhining parts of the Poem . Whence it is that Quintilian ... it ; it is not to be imagined , that a PREFACE TO.
... it is obfervable , that he has interspersed a great many orations in the Pharfalia , and these are acknowledged by all to be very fhining parts of the Poem . Whence it is that Quintilian ... it ; it is not to be imagined , that a PREFACE TO.
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... it feems to me plain to be in the greatest earnest : and it is more than probable , that if Nero had been as wicked at that time as he became afterwards , Lucanis life had paid for his irony . Now it is agreed on by all writers , that ...
... it feems to me plain to be in the greatest earnest : and it is more than probable , that if Nero had been as wicked at that time as he became afterwards , Lucanis life had paid for his irony . Now it is agreed on by all writers , that ...
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