The Works of the English Poets1779 |
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... , was accomplished in all parts of learning ; infomuch , that the three First Books of the Pharfalia are faid to have been revised and corrected by her in his life - time . : * How How he came to decline in Nero's favour , we ROWE'S LUCAN .
... , was accomplished in all parts of learning ; infomuch , that the three First Books of the Pharfalia are faid to have been revised and corrected by her in his life - time . : * How How he came to decline in Nero's favour , we ROWE'S LUCAN .
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... faid , he wrote before he had attained eleven years of age . The reft were , The Descent of Orpheus into Hell ; The burning of Rome , in which he is faid not to have fpared Nero that fet it on fire ; and a Poem in Praise of his Wife ...
... faid , he wrote before he had attained eleven years of age . The reft were , The Descent of Orpheus into Hell ; The burning of Rome , in which he is faid not to have fpared Nero that fet it on fire ; and a Poem in Praise of his Wife ...
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... faid on this head , I cannot but in some measure call in question fome parts of Cæfar's character as drawn by Lucan ; which feem to me not altogether agreeable to truth , nor to the univerfal con- fent of history . I wish I could ...
... faid on this head , I cannot but in some measure call in question fome parts of Cæfar's character as drawn by Lucan ; which feem to me not altogether agreeable to truth , nor to the univerfal con- fent of history . I wish I could ...
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... faid for Lucan , when he reprefents him riding in triumph over the field of Pharfalia , the day after the battle , taking delight in that horrid landfkip of Slaughter and Blood , and for- bidding the bodies of fo many brave Romans to be ...
... faid for Lucan , when he reprefents him riding in triumph over the field of Pharfalia , the day after the battle , taking delight in that horrid landfkip of Slaughter and Blood , and for- bidding the bodies of fo many brave Romans to be ...
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... faid , nothing can excufe him for his choice , but that he defigned his . hero for the ancestor of Rome , and the Julian race .. I cannot leave this parallel , without taking notice ,. to what a height of power the Roman empire was then ...
... faid , nothing can excufe him for his choice , but that he defigned his . hero for the ancestor of Rome , and the Julian race .. I cannot leave this parallel , without taking notice ,. to what a height of power the Roman empire was then ...
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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