The Works of the English Poets1779 |
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... Roman empire . His father was Marcus Annæus Mela , or Mella , a man of a diftinguished merit and intereft in his country , and not the lefs in esteem for being the brother of the great philofopher Seneca . His mother was Acilia the ...
... Roman empire . His father was Marcus Annæus Mela , or Mella , a man of a diftinguished merit and intereft in his country , and not the lefs in esteem for being the brother of the great philofopher Seneca . His mother was Acilia the ...
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... Roman as any that was writ in Nero's time . As he grew up , his parents educated him with a care that became a promifing genius , and the rank of his family . His masters were Rhemmius Polæmon , the grammarian ; then Flavius Virginius ...
... Roman as any that was writ in Nero's time . As he grew up , his parents educated him with a care that became a promifing genius , and the rank of his family . His masters were Rhemmius Polæmon , the grammarian ; then Flavius Virginius ...
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... Roman Senator ; a lady of noble birth , great fortune , and famed beauty ; who , to add to her other excel- dencies , was accomplished in all parts of learning ; infomuch , that the three First Books of the Pharfalia are faid to have ...
... Roman Senator ; a lady of noble birth , great fortune , and famed beauty ; who , to add to her other excel- dencies , was accomplished in all parts of learning ; infomuch , that the three First Books of the Pharfalia are faid to have ...
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... Roman poetry was fomewhat declined from what it had been in the time of Auguftus , yet it was still an art beloved and cultivated . Nero himself was not only fond of it to the highest degree , but , as moft bad poets are , was vain and ...
... Roman poetry was fomewhat declined from what it had been in the time of Auguftus , yet it was still an art beloved and cultivated . Nero himself was not only fond of it to the highest degree , but , as moft bad poets are , was vain and ...
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... Roman bones , the dreadful battle of Pharfalia , and the thundering wars of that great captain , who , by the renown of his arms , merited " to be inrolled among the gods . In that work ( continues Calliope ) thou shalt paint , in never ...
... Roman bones , the dreadful battle of Pharfalia , and the thundering wars of that great captain , who , by the renown of his arms , merited " to be inrolled among the gods . In that work ( continues Calliope ) thou shalt paint , in never ...
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