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... fate of many a great genius , that while they have conferred immortality on others , they have wanted themselves fome friend to embalm their names to pofterity . This has been the fate of Lucan , and perhaps may be that of Mr. Rowe ...
... fate of many a great genius , that while they have conferred immortality on others , they have wanted themselves fome friend to embalm their names to pofterity . This has been the fate of Lucan , and perhaps may be that of Mr. Rowe ...
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... Fate of Priam ; to which fome have added the Panegyric to Calphurnius Pifo , yet extant , which I can hardly believe is his , but of a later age . But the Book he ftaked his fame on was his Pharfalia ; the only one that now remains ...
... Fate of Priam ; to which fome have added the Panegyric to Calphurnius Pifo , yet extant , which I can hardly believe is his , but of a later age . But the Book he ftaked his fame on was his Pharfalia ; the only one that now remains ...
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... civil war , and the fate of Rome ; may be answered , that perhaps the ftory was true , or at leaft it was commonly believed to be fo in his it C 2 time , time , which is a fufficient excufe for Lucan to ROWE'S LUGAN .
... civil war , and the fate of Rome ; may be answered , that perhaps the ftory was true , or at leaft it was commonly believed to be fo in his it C 2 time , time , which is a fufficient excufe for Lucan to ROWE'S LUGAN .
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... fate of Rome . It is fo related , that the reader may rather think himself a spectator of , or even engaged in , the battle , than fo remote from the age in which it was fought . There is , towards the end of this Book , a noble ...
... fate of Rome . It is fo related , that the reader may rather think himself a spectator of , or even engaged in , the battle , than fo remote from the age in which it was fought . There is , towards the end of this Book , a noble ...
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... fate ? Wars , where no triumphs on the victor wait ! While Babylon's proud fpires yet rise fo high , And rich in Roman fpoils invade the sky ; While yet no vengeance is to Craffus paid , But unaton'd repines the wandering fhade ! ད 5 IO ...
... fate ? Wars , where no triumphs on the victor wait ! While Babylon's proud fpires yet rise fo high , And rich in Roman fpoils invade the sky ; While yet no vengeance is to Craffus paid , But unaton'd repines the wandering fhade ! ད 5 IO ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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