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... Italy to Spain a confiderable time before , and were invested with feveral dignities and employments in that remote pro- vince of the Roman empire . His father was Marcus Annæus Mela , or Mella , a man of a diftinguished merit and ...
... Italy to Spain a confiderable time before , and were invested with feveral dignities and employments in that remote pro- vince of the Roman empire . His father was Marcus Annæus Mela , or Mella , a man of a diftinguished merit and ...
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... Italy ; and all the empire that immor- tal pen could give him , is but a few miles upon the banks of the Tiber . So vaft a difproportion there is between the importance of the subject of the Æneid and that of the Pharfalia , that we ...
... Italy ; and all the empire that immor- tal pen could give him , is but a few miles upon the banks of the Tiber . So vaft a difproportion there is between the importance of the subject of the Æneid and that of the Pharfalia , that we ...
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... Italy . Cæfar , on the contrary , is reprefented per- fectly fedate , and free from fear . His courage and magnanimity brighten - up as much upon this occasion , as afterwards they did at the battles of Pharfalia and Munda . Courage ...
... Italy . Cæfar , on the contrary , is reprefented per- fectly fedate , and free from fear . His courage and magnanimity brighten - up as much upon this occasion , as afterwards they did at the battles of Pharfalia and Munda . Courage ...
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... Italy , and a compliment to Nero , Lucan gives the principal caufes of the Civil War , together with the characters of Cæfar and Pompey : after that , the ftory properly begins with Cæfar's paffing the Rubicon , which was the bound of ...
... Italy , and a compliment to Nero , Lucan gives the principal caufes of the Civil War , together with the characters of Cæfar and Pompey : after that , the ftory properly begins with Cæfar's paffing the Rubicon , which was the bound of ...
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... Italy's forbidden fhore : Then rearing on the hoftile bank his head , Here farewell peace and injur'd laws ! ( he faid . ) Since faith is broke , and leagues are fet afide , Henceforth thou , goddess Fortune , art my guide ; Let fate ...
... Italy's forbidden fhore : Then rearing on the hoftile bank his head , Here farewell peace and injur'd laws ! ( he faid . ) Since faith is broke , and leagues are fet afide , Henceforth thou , goddess Fortune , art my guide ; Let fate ...
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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