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Page 25
... camp , where they are not fubfervient to the rela- tion of fome great and important event , had better be fpared than inferted in a work of that kind . In a profe writer , thefe perhaps ought , or at least may be pro- perly and ...
... camp , where they are not fubfervient to the rela- tion of fome great and important event , had better be fpared than inferted in a work of that kind . In a profe writer , thefe perhaps ought , or at least may be pro- perly and ...
Page 31
... of any thing we find in Homer or Virgil . In the Fourth Book , there are a great many charm- ing incidents , and among the reft , that of the foldiers running running out of their camp to meet and embrace one ROWE'S LUCAN . 31.
... of any thing we find in Homer or Virgil . In the Fourth Book , there are a great many charm- ing incidents , and among the reft , that of the foldiers running running out of their camp to meet and embrace one ROWE'S LUCAN . 31.
Page 32
... camp near Pla- centia , in his manner of paffing the Adriatic in a fmall boat , amidst the ftorm I hinted at , he has given us the nobleft and best image of that great man . But what affects me above all , is the parting of Pompey and ...
... camp near Pla- centia , in his manner of paffing the Adriatic in a fmall boat , amidst the ftorm I hinted at , he has given us the nobleft and best image of that great man . But what affects me above all , is the parting of Pompey and ...
Page 57
... , as for redress their course they sped To Cæfar's camp , the bufy Curio fled ; 485 Curio , a speaker turbulent and bold , Of venal Curios LUCAN'S PHARSALIA , BOOK I. 57 Through these the Cimbrians laid Hefperia waste; ...
... , as for redress their course they sped To Cæfar's camp , the bufy Curio fled ; 485 Curio , a speaker turbulent and bold , Of venal Curios LUCAN'S PHARSALIA , BOOK I. 57 Through these the Cimbrians laid Hefperia waste; ...
Page 60
... camps , for Alpine fnow , And all the deaths the brave can undergo . See ! the tumultuous city is alarm'd , As if another Hannibal were arm'd : The lufty youth are cull'd to fill the bands , 555 And each tall grove falls by the ...
... camps , for Alpine fnow , And all the deaths the brave can undergo . See ! the tumultuous city is alarm'd , As if another Hannibal were arm'd : The lufty youth are cull'd to fill the bands , 555 And each tall grove falls by the ...
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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