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Page 12
... bound , * She led the fpotted Lynx , then Evion rung around , The verfes marked with commas are Nero's , and it is no wonder that men of fo delicate a tafte as Lucan and Perfius could not digeft them , though made by an emperor . About ...
... bound , * She led the fpotted Lynx , then Evion rung around , The verfes marked with commas are Nero's , and it is no wonder that men of fo delicate a tafte as Lucan and Perfius could not digeft them , though made by an emperor . About ...
Page 41
... bound of his province towards Rome , and his march to Ariminum . Thither the Tribunes and Curio , who had been driven out of the city by the oppofite party , come to him , and demand his protection . Then follows his fpeech to his army ...
... bound of his province towards Rome , and his march to Ariminum . Thither the Tribunes and Curio , who had been driven out of the city by the oppofite party , come to him , and demand his protection . Then follows his fpeech to his army ...
Page 53
... bound , And her torn treffes rudely hung around : Her naked arms uplifted ere the spoke , Then groaning , thus the mournful filence broke . Presumptuous men ! oh , whither do you run ? Oh , whither bear you these my ensigns on ? If ...
... bound , And her torn treffes rudely hung around : Her naked arms uplifted ere the spoke , Then groaning , thus the mournful filence broke . Presumptuous men ! oh , whither do you run ? Oh , whither bear you these my ensigns on ? If ...
Page 75
... bound . The fovereign priests the long proceffion lead , Inferior orders in the train fucceed , Aray'd all duly in the Gabine weed . There the chafte head of Vefta's choir appears , A facred fillet binds her reverend hairs ; To her , in ...
... bound . The fovereign priests the long proceffion lead , Inferior orders in the train fucceed , Aray'd all duly in the Gabine weed . There the chafte head of Vefta's choir appears , A facred fillet binds her reverend hairs ; To her , in ...
Page 77
... bound ; 1060 No ufual motion ftirs the panting heart ; The chinky veffels ouze on every part ; The cawl , where wrapt the clofe inteftines lie , Betrays its dark receffes to the eye , One prodigy fuperior threaten'd still , The never ...
... bound ; 1060 No ufual motion ftirs the panting heart ; The chinky veffels ouze on every part ; The cawl , where wrapt the clofe inteftines lie , Betrays its dark receffes to the eye , One prodigy fuperior threaten'd still , The never ...
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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