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Page 7
... these ftudies he contracted ansintimate friendship with Aulus Perfius , the fatirift . It is no wonder that two men , whofe geniufes were fo much alike , should unite and become agreeable to one another ; for if we confider Lucan ...
... these ftudies he contracted ansintimate friendship with Aulus Perfius , the fatirift . It is no wonder that two men , whofe geniufes were fo much alike , should unite and become agreeable to one another ; for if we confider Lucan ...
Page 8
... these are acknowledged by all to be very fhining parts of the Poem . Whence it is that Quintilian , the best judge in these matters , reckons him among the rhetoricians , rather than the poets , though he was certainly maker of both ...
... these are acknowledged by all to be very fhining parts of the Poem . Whence it is that Quintilian , the best judge in these matters , reckons him among the rhetoricians , rather than the poets , though he was certainly maker of both ...
Page 12
... these ! He's truly great , and must for ever please ; Not fierce , but awful in his manly page , Bold in his ftrength , but fober in his rage . FRIEND . What poems think you foft ? and to be read- With languishing regards , and bending ...
... these ! He's truly great , and must for ever please ; Not fierce , but awful in his manly page , Bold in his ftrength , but fober in his rage . FRIEND . What poems think you foft ? and to be read- With languishing regards , and bending ...
Page 17
... these wars shall " be spoken - of in ages yet to come , and among na- ❝tions far remote from this clime , whether from the " voice of fame alone , or the real value I have given " them by this my hiftory , thofe that read it shall ...
... these wars shall " be spoken - of in ages yet to come , and among na- ❝tions far remote from this clime , whether from the " voice of fame alone , or the real value I have given " them by this my hiftory , thofe that read it shall ...
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... these gentlemen , that Lucan is not to be tried by thofe rules of an Epic Poem , which they have drawn from the Iliad or Æneid ; for if they allow him not the honour to be on the fame foot with Homer or Virgil , they must do him the ...
... these gentlemen , that Lucan is not to be tried by thofe rules of an Epic Poem , which they have drawn from the Iliad or Æneid ; for if they allow him not the honour to be on the fame foot with Homer or Virgil , they must do him the ...
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