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... chiefs , who , by faying only , " be thou a King , " made far greater kings than him ! The fcene of the Iliad contained but Greece , fome islands in the gean and Ionian feas , with a very little part of the Leffer Afia : this of the ...
... chiefs , who , by faying only , " be thou a King , " made far greater kings than him ! The fcene of the Iliad contained but Greece , fome islands in the gean and Ionian feas , with a very little part of the Leffer Afia : this of the ...
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... up to that Divinity in Maro ; yet had He not been poffeffed of the chief feat on Parnaffus , our author's claim to it had been indifputable . Feb , 26 , 1718 19 . LUCAN'S LUCAN'S PHARSALIA . BOOK THE I. ARGUMENT . In the PREFACE . O.
... up to that Divinity in Maro ; yet had He not been poffeffed of the chief feat on Parnaffus , our author's claim to it had been indifputable . Feb , 26 , 1718 19 . LUCAN'S LUCAN'S PHARSALIA . BOOK THE I. ARGUMENT . In the PREFACE . O.
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... aukward disagreeing grace . ' Twas not a league by inclination made , But bare agreement , fuch as friends perfuade . 170 180 } 185 Defire of war in either chief was feen , Though Defire LUCAN'S PHARSALIA , Book I. 47 power. ...
... aukward disagreeing grace . ' Twas not a league by inclination made , But bare agreement , fuch as friends perfuade . 170 180 } 185 Defire of war in either chief was feen , Though Defire LUCAN'S PHARSALIA , Book I. 47 power. ...
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Samuel Johnson. Defire of war in either chief was feen , Though interpofing Craffus ftood between . Such in the midft the parting Ifthmus lies , While fwelling feas on either fide arise ; The folid boundaries of earth restrain The fierce ...
Samuel Johnson. Defire of war in either chief was feen , Though interpofing Craffus ftood between . Such in the midft the parting Ifthmus lies , While fwelling feas on either fide arise ; The folid boundaries of earth restrain The fierce ...
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... chiefs infpir'd ; But other thoughts the meaner vulgar fir'd . Thofe fatal feeds luxurious vices fow , 4295 300 Which ever lay a mighty people low . To Rome the vanquish'd earth her tribute paid , And deadly treasures to her view ...
... chiefs infpir'd ; But other thoughts the meaner vulgar fir'd . Thofe fatal feeds luxurious vices fow , 4295 300 Which ever lay a mighty people low . To Rome the vanquish'd earth her tribute paid , And deadly treasures to her view ...
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