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... fate commands , And nothing great to long duration stands ; Afpiring Rome had risen too much in height , And funk beneath her own unwieldy weight . So fhall one hour at last this globe controul , Break up the vast machine , diffolve the ...
... fate commands , And nothing great to long duration stands ; Afpiring Rome had risen too much in height , And funk beneath her own unwieldy weight . So fhall one hour at last this globe controul , Break up the vast machine , diffolve the ...
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... and annals feen ; But ' twas a valour , reftlefs , unconfin'd , Which no fuccefs could fate , nor limits bind ; € 2.50 } 256 260 265 270 ~~ 275 ' Twas ' Twas shame , a foldier's fhame untaught to yield 50 % ROWE'S POEM S.
... and annals feen ; But ' twas a valour , reftlefs , unconfin'd , Which no fuccefs could fate , nor limits bind ; € 2.50 } 256 260 265 270 ~~ 275 ' Twas ' Twas shame , a foldier's fhame untaught to yield 50 % ROWE'S POEM S.
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... fate and war the great event decide . He fpoke ; and , on the dreadful task intent , Speedy to near Ariminum he bent ; To him the Balearic fling is flow , And the fhaft loiters from the Parthian bow . With eager marches fwift he reach'd ...
... fate and war the great event decide . He fpoke ; and , on the dreadful task intent , Speedy to near Ariminum he bent ; To him the Balearic fling is flow , And the fhaft loiters from the Parthian bow . With eager marches fwift he reach'd ...
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... fate we rather had been plac'd Upon the confines of the utmost east ! 450 The frozen north much better might we know , Mountains of ice , and everlasting ( now . Better with wandering Scythians choose to roam , Than fix in fruitful ...
... fate we rather had been plac'd Upon the confines of the utmost east ! 450 The frozen north much better might we know , Mountains of ice , and everlasting ( now . Better with wandering Scythians choose to roam , Than fix in fruitful ...
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... fate , impatient of delay , Force every foft relenting thought away . A lucky chance a fair pretence supplies , And juftice in his favour feems to rife . New accidents new ftings to rage fuggeft , And fiercer fires inflame the warrior's ...
... fate , impatient of delay , Force every foft relenting thought away . A lucky chance a fair pretence supplies , And juftice in his favour feems to rife . New accidents new ftings to rage fuggeft , And fiercer fires inflame the warrior's ...
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