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Page 14
... falls for tears , and o'er his mournful face " The ruddy drops their tainted paffage trace . « Where - e'er the liquid juices find a way , " There streams of blood , there crimson rivers tray . His mouth and gufhing noftrils pour a ...
... falls for tears , and o'er his mournful face " The ruddy drops their tainted paffage trace . « Where - e'er the liquid juices find a way , " There streams of blood , there crimson rivers tray . His mouth and gufhing noftrils pour a ...
Page 17
... fall they offer up their vows for the righteous caufe , and stand " thunderstruck at so many various turns of fortune ; " nor fhall they read them as things that are already paft , but with that concern as if they were yet to come , and ...
... fall they offer up their vows for the righteous caufe , and stand " thunderstruck at so many various turns of fortune ; " nor fhall they read them as things that are already paft , but with that concern as if they were yet to come , and ...
Page 19
... fall within the compass of his ftory . I am of opinion , that , in his first defign of writing this poem of the civil wars , he refolved to treat the fubject fairly and plainly , and that fable and invention were to have had no fhare in ...
... fall within the compass of his ftory . I am of opinion , that , in his first defign of writing this poem of the civil wars , he refolved to treat the fubject fairly and plainly , and that fable and invention were to have had no fhare in ...
Page 20
... falling- in with a popular error , whether he himself believed it or no , especially when it ferved to enliven and em- bellish his ftory . If it be an error , it is an error all the ancients have fallen into , both Greek and Roman : And ...
... falling- in with a popular error , whether he himself believed it or no , especially when it ferved to enliven and em- bellish his ftory . If it be an error , it is an error all the ancients have fallen into , both Greek and Roman : And ...
Page 46
... fall , And ocean caft abroad o'er - fpread the ball : The moon no more her well - known courfe fhall run , But rife from western waves , and meet the fun ; Ungovern'd shall the quit her ancient way , Herfelf ambitious to supply the day ...
... fall , And ocean caft abroad o'er - fpread the ball : The moon no more her well - known courfe fhall run , But rife from western waves , and meet the fun ; Ungovern'd shall the quit her ancient way , Herfelf ambitious to supply the day ...
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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