The Works of the English Poets1779 |
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Page 11
... Fame and a Wreath of Laurel ; but in return he lost for ever the favour of his competitor . He foon felt the effects of the emperor's resentment , for the next day he had an order fent him , never more to plead at the bar , nor repeat ...
... Fame and a Wreath of Laurel ; but in return he lost for ever the favour of his competitor . He foon felt the effects of the emperor's resentment , for the next day he had an order fent him , never more to plead at the bar , nor repeat ...
Page 13
... fame . It is certainly the most unlikely thing in the world , con- fidering the whole conduct of his life , and that noble fcheme of philosophy and morals he had imbibed from his infancy , and which fhines in every page of his Pharfalia ...
... fame . It is certainly the most unlikely thing in the world , con- fidering the whole conduct of his life , and that noble fcheme of philosophy and morals he had imbibed from his infancy , and which fhines in every page of his Pharfalia ...
Page 14
... fame grace and accent , with which he used to declaim in public , and immediately expired , in the 27th year of his age , and tenth of Nero . The paffage was that where he de- fcribes a foldier of Cato's dying much after the fame manner ...
... fame grace and accent , with which he used to declaim in public , and immediately expired , in the 27th year of his age , and tenth of Nero . The paffage was that where he de- fcribes a foldier of Cato's dying much after the fame manner ...
Page 15
... fame on was his Pharfalia ; the only one that now remains , and which Nero's cruelty has left us imperfect in refpect of what it would have been , if he had lived to finish it . Statius in his Sylvæ gives us the catalogue of Lucan's ...
... fame on was his Pharfalia ; the only one that now remains , and which Nero's cruelty has left us imperfect in refpect of what it would have been , if he had lived to finish it . Statius in his Sylvæ gives us the catalogue of Lucan's ...
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... fame alone , or the real value I have given " them by this my hiftory , thofe that read it shall " alternately hope and fear for the great events therein " contained . In vain ( continues he ) fall they offer up their vows for the ...
... fame alone , or the real value I have given " them by this my hiftory , thofe that read it shall " alternately hope and fear for the great events therein " contained . In vain ( continues he ) fall they offer up their vows for 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