The Works of the English Poets1779 |
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... wars shall " be spoken - of in ages yet to come , and among na- ❝tions far remote from this clime , whether from the " voice of fame alone , or the real value I have given " them by this my hiftory , thofe that read it shall ...
... wars shall " be spoken - of in ages yet to come , and among na- ❝tions far remote from this clime , whether from the " voice of fame alone , or the real value I have given " them by this my hiftory , thofe that read it shall ...
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... wars , he refolved to treat the fubject fairly and plainly , and that fable and invention were to have had no fhare ... war , and the fate of Rome ; may be answered , that perhaps the ftory was true , or at leaft it was commonly believed ...
... wars , he refolved to treat the fubject fairly and plainly , and that fable and invention were to have had no fhare ... war , and the fate of Rome ; may be answered , that perhaps the ftory was true , or at leaft it was commonly believed ...
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... wars of his country , and intermixt in it the ftory of the ghoft of the duke of Buckingham's father . In general , all the actions that Lucan relates in the courfe of his history are true ; nor is it any impeachment of his veracity ...
... wars of his country , and intermixt in it the ftory of the ghoft of the duke of Buckingham's father . In general , all the actions that Lucan relates in the courfe of his history are true ; nor is it any impeachment of his veracity ...
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... wars of Rome . If now and then he differs from them in leffer inci- dents or circumstances , let the critics in hiftory de- cide the question : for my part , I am willing to take them for anecdotes firft difcovered and published by ...
... wars of Rome . If now and then he differs from them in leffer inci- dents or circumstances , let the critics in hiftory de- cide the question : for my part , I am willing to take them for anecdotes firft difcovered and published by ...
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Samuel Johnson. 1 in the art of war , and the power and grace of his eloquence , are all fet forth in the best light , upon every proper occafion . He never makes him speak , but it is with all the ftrength of argument , and all the ...
Samuel Johnson. 1 in the art of war , and the power and grace of his eloquence , are all fet forth in the best light , upon every proper occafion . He never makes him speak , but it is with all the ftrength of argument , and all the ...
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