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... thou art scarce past the age of childhood " ( fays Calliope to Lucan ) thou shalt play with the ❝ valour * valour of Achilles , and Hector's skill in driving ROWE'S LUCA N. 15.
... thou art scarce past the age of childhood " ( fays Calliope to Lucan ) thou shalt play with the ❝ valour * valour of Achilles , and Hector's skill in driving ROWE'S LUCA N. 15.
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... Thou fhalt relate ( continues Calliope ) that flame which " the execrable tyrant kindled , to lay in ashes the " mistress of the world ; nor fhalt thou be filent in " the praises that are justly due to thy beloved wife ; and when thou ...
... Thou fhalt relate ( continues Calliope ) that flame which " the execrable tyrant kindled , to lay in ashes the " mistress of the world ; nor fhalt thou be filent in " the praises that are justly due to thy beloved wife ; and when thou ...
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... thou " not through envy the funeral monuments of these << great patriots , that fell here facrifices to thy1ambi- ❝tion . If there may be allowed any renown to a “ Roman Muse , while Homer's verses shall be " thought worthy of praife ...
... thou " not through envy the funeral monuments of these << great patriots , that fell here facrifices to thy1ambi- ❝tion . If there may be allowed any renown to a “ Roman Muse , while Homer's verses shall be " thought worthy of praife ...
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... thou a King , " made far greater kings than him ! The fcene of the Iliad contained but Greece , fome islands in the gean and Ionian feas , with a very little part of the Leffer Afia : this of the civil war of Rome drew after it almost ...
... thou a King , " made far greater kings than him ! The fcene of the Iliad contained but Greece , fome islands in the gean and Ionian feas , with a very little part of the Leffer Afia : this of the civil war of Rome drew after it almost ...
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... thou stirrest out of this circle , or " the Roman people are no more thy friends . " Antiochus , after a fhort paufe , told him with the lowest fubmiffion , he would obey the fenate's com- mands . Upon which , Popilius gives him his ...
... thou stirrest out of this circle , or " the Roman people are no more thy friends . " Antiochus , after a fhort paufe , told him with the lowest fubmiffion , he would obey the fenate's com- mands . Upon which , Popilius gives him his ...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volumen 1 Samuel Johnson Vista completa - 1810 |
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