The Works of the English Poets1779 |
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... firft years of his reign , either really was , or pretended to be , endowed with all the amiable qualities that became an emperor and a phi- lofopher . It must have been in this ftage of Nero's life , that Lucan has offered up to him ...
... firft years of his reign , either really was , or pretended to be , endowed with all the amiable qualities that became an emperor and a phi- lofopher . It must have been in this ftage of Nero's life , that Lucan has offered up to him ...
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... firft Satire , where he brings - in his friend and himself repeating them . I believe a fample of them may not be unacceptable to the reader , as tranflated thus by Mr. Dryden : FRIEND . But to raw numbers and unfinish'd verse , Sweet ...
... firft Satire , where he brings - in his friend and himself repeating them . I believe a fample of them may not be unacceptable to the reader , as tranflated thus by Mr. Dryden : FRIEND . But to raw numbers and unfinish'd verse , Sweet ...
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... at length feveral of the firft rank , headed by Piso , formed ma confpiracy to rid the world of that abandoned wretch , Lucan hated him upon a double score ; as his his country's enemy and his own , and went heartily 42 PREFACE TO.
... at length feveral of the firft rank , headed by Piso , formed ma confpiracy to rid the world of that abandoned wretch , Lucan hated him upon a double score ; as his his country's enemy and his own , and went heartily 42 PREFACE TO.
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... firft we are told he wrote , was a Poem on the Combat between Achilles and Hector , and Priam's redeeming his Son's Body , which , it is faid , he wrote before he had attained eleven years of age . The reft were , The Descent of Orpheus ...
... firft we are told he wrote , was a Poem on the Combat between Achilles and Hector , and Priam's redeeming his Son's Body , which , it is faid , he wrote before he had attained eleven years of age . The reft were , The Descent of Orpheus ...
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... firft difcovered and published by Lucan , which may at least conciliate to him the favour of our late admirers of Secret Hiftory . After all I have faid on this head , I cannot but in some measure call in question fome parts of Cæfar's ...
... firft difcovered and published by Lucan , which may at least conciliate to him the favour of our late admirers of Secret Hiftory . After all I have faid on this head , I cannot but in some measure call in question fome parts of Cæfar's ...
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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