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Page 40
... labour and ap- plication ; the other to nature and practice : one lulls the foul with the sweetness and mufic of his verfe , the other raises it by his fire and rapture . Virgil is fedate , happy in his conceptions , free from faults ...
... labour and ap- plication ; the other to nature and practice : one lulls the foul with the sweetness and mufic of his verfe , the other raises it by his fire and rapture . Virgil is fedate , happy in his conceptions , free from faults ...
Page 49
... labours paft incite , Thy ufe of war , and custom of the fight ; While bold ambition prompts thee in the race , And bids thy courage fcorn a fecond place . Superior power , fierce faction's dearest care , One could not brook , and one ...
... labours paft incite , Thy ufe of war , and custom of the fight ; While bold ambition prompts thee in the race , And bids thy courage fcorn a fecond place . Superior power , fierce faction's dearest care , One could not brook , and one ...
Page 58
... When fair occafion calls , ' tis fatal to delay . If twice five years the ftubborn Gaul withheld , And fet thee hard in many a well - fought field ; 5 510 515 A ; A nobler labour now before thee lies , The ROWE'S POEM S.
... When fair occafion calls , ' tis fatal to delay . If twice five years the ftubborn Gaul withheld , And fet thee hard in many a well - fought field ; 5 510 515 A ; A nobler labour now before thee lies , The ROWE'S POEM S.
Page 59
Samuel Johnson. ; A nobler labour now before thee lies , The hazard lefs , yet greater far the prize : A province that , and portion of the whole This the vaft head that does mankind control . Succefs fhall fure attend thee , boldly go ...
Samuel Johnson. ; A nobler labour now before thee lies , The hazard lefs , yet greater far the prize : A province that , and portion of the whole This the vaft head that does mankind control . Succefs fhall fure attend thee , boldly go ...
Page 62
... labours lose their just reward , Yet let the fenate these my friends regard ; Whate'er my lot , my brave victorious bands Deserve to triumph , whofoe'er commands . Where fhall my weary veteran rest ? · Oh where Shall virtue worn with ...
... labours lose their just reward , Yet let the fenate these my friends regard ; Whate'er my lot , my brave victorious bands Deserve to triumph , whofoe'er commands . Where fhall my weary veteran rest ? · Oh where Shall virtue worn with ...
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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