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... shall find in him a strong bent towards Satire . His man- ner , it is true , is more declamatory and diffuse than Perfius but Satire is ftill in his view , and the whole Pharfalia appears to me a continued invective against ambition and ...
... shall find in him a strong bent towards Satire . His man- ner , it is true , is more declamatory and diffuse than Perfius but Satire is ftill in his view , and the whole Pharfalia appears to me a continued invective against ambition and ...
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... shall " alternately hope and fear for the great events therein " contained . In vain ( continues he ) fall they ... shall be " thought worthy of praife , they that shall live after C ( us , us , fhall read his and mine together : My ...
... shall " alternately hope and fear for the great events therein " contained . In vain ( continues he ) fall they ... shall be " thought worthy of praife , they that shall live after C ( us , us , fhall read his and mine together : My ...
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... Shall we wonder then , that the Roman people , fmarting under the lashes of Nero's tyranny , thould exclaim in the bittereft terms against the memory of Julius Cæfar , fince it was from him that Nero de- rived that power to use mankind ...
... Shall we wonder then , that the Roman people , fmarting under the lashes of Nero's tyranny , thould exclaim in the bittereft terms against the memory of Julius Cæfar , fince it was from him that Nero de- rived that power to use mankind ...
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... shall only take notice of one in- ftance , and that is , the different colouring of Virgil's hero , and Lucan's Cæfar , in a storm . Æneas is drawn weeping , and in the greatest confufion and defpair , though he had affurance from the ...
... shall only take notice of one in- ftance , and that is , the different colouring of Virgil's hero , and Lucan's Cæfar , in a storm . Æneas is drawn weeping , and in the greatest confufion and defpair , though he had affurance from the ...
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... shall only hint at some of the most remarkable . With what dignity , and justness of character , are the two great rivals , Pompey and Cæfar , introduced in the First Book ; and how beautifully , and with what a masterly art , are they ...
... shall only hint at some of the most remarkable . With what dignity , and justness of character , are the two great rivals , Pompey and Cæfar , introduced in the First Book ; and how beautifully , and with what a masterly art , are they ...
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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