 | Lucan - 1722 - 370 pages
...Alps and diftant Rhine. He draws the fierce Barbarians from their Home, With Rage furpaffing their* he feems to come, And urge them on to fpoil devoted...Rome. Thus Fear does half the Work of lying Fame, 846 And Cowards -thus their own Misfortunes frame ; By their own feigning Fancies are betray'd, .'.-..... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 358 pages
...fnowy Alps and diftant Rhine. He draws the fierce barbarians from their home, With rage furpaffing theirs he feems to come, And urge them on to fpoil...fame, And cowards thus their own misfortunes frame j By their own feigning fancies are betray 'd, And groan beneath thofe ills themfelves have made. Nor... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 294 pages
...their home, With rage surpassing theirs he seems to come, And urge them on to spoil-devoted liome. Thus Fear does half the work of lying Fame, And cowards...misfortunes frame; By their own feigning fancies are betray'd, And groan beneath those ills themselves have Nor these alarms the crowd alone infest, [made.... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1864 - 594 pages
...and bravely scorn To spare that life which must so soon return. COWARDS. i. 484. Sic quisque pavendo Thus fear does half the work of lying fame, And cowards...misfortunes frame ; By their own feigning fancies are betray'd, And groan beneath those ills themselves have made. CHANGEABLENESS OF FORTUNE. i. 510. O faciles... | |
 | John Cornelius O'Callaghan - 1870 - 728 pages
...Highlanders." Among the English, as among the Romane, in a period of civil war, it might be remarked, " Cowards thus their own misfortunes frame ; By their own feigning fancies are betray'd, And groan beneath those ills themselves have made." EOWE'S LUC<VN'S Pharsalia, I., 847-Я... | |
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Thus Fear does half the work of lying Fame, And cowards thus their own misfortunes frame; By their own feigning fancies are betray'd, And groan beneath those ills themselves have Nor these alarms the crowd alone infest, [made. 