The Works of the English Poets1779 |
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... leave us not altogether in the dark , about the life and works of this extraordinary young man . Marcus Annæus Lucan was of an equeftrian fa- mily of Rome , born at Corduba in Spain , about the year of our Saviour 39 , in the reign of ...
... leave us not altogether in the dark , about the life and works of this extraordinary young man . Marcus Annæus Lucan was of an equeftrian fa- mily of Rome , born at Corduba in Spain , about the year of our Saviour 39 , in the reign of ...
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... arms and legs opened in a hot bath , he fupped chearfully with his friends , and then , taking leave of them with the greatest tranquillity of mind and and the higheft contempt of death , went into the ROWE'S LUCA N.
... arms and legs opened in a hot bath , he fupped chearfully with his friends , and then , taking leave of them with the greatest tranquillity of mind and and the higheft contempt of death , went into the ROWE'S LUCA N.
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... leave to give in profe , though Mr. Rowe has done it a thousand times better in verfe . " One day ( fays he ) when these wars shall " be spoken - of in ages yet to come , and among na- ❝tions far remote from this clime , whether from ...
... leave to give in profe , though Mr. Rowe has done it a thousand times better in verfe . " One day ( fays he ) when these wars shall " be spoken - of in ages yet to come , and among na- ❝tions far remote from this clime , whether from ...
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... leave to tell these gentlemen , that Lucan is not to be tried by thofe rules of an Epic Poem , which they have drawn from the Iliad or Æneid ; for if they allow him not the honour to be on the fame foot with Homer or Virgil , they must ...
... leave to tell these gentlemen , that Lucan is not to be tried by thofe rules of an Epic Poem , which they have drawn from the Iliad or Æneid ; for if they allow him not the honour to be on the fame foot with Homer or Virgil , they must ...
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... leaves a more lasting impression on my mind , for being true . If Lucan therefore wants thefe ornaments , he might have borrowed from Helicon , or his own invention ; he has made us more than ample amends , by the great and true events ...
... leaves a more lasting impression on my mind , for being true . If Lucan therefore wants thefe ornaments , he might have borrowed from Helicon , or his own invention ; he has made us more than ample amends , by the great and true events ...
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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