The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12J. D. Cornish, 1779 - 390 pages |
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... Trojan lefs appear Than Mars himself amidst the ftorms of war . Now his fierce eyes with double fury glow , And a new dread attends th ' impending blow : The Daunian chiefs their eager rage abate , And , though unwounded , feem to feel ...
... Trojan lefs appear Than Mars himself amidst the ftorms of war . Now his fierce eyes with double fury glow , And a new dread attends th ' impending blow : The Daunian chiefs their eager rage abate , And , though unwounded , feem to feel ...
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... Trojan fate . But when to ripen'd manhood he shall grow , 45 The greedy sailor shall the feas forego ; No keel fhall cut the waves for foreign ware ; For every foil fhall every product bear . The labouring hind his oxen shall disjoin ...
... Trojan fate . But when to ripen'd manhood he shall grow , 45 The greedy sailor shall the feas forego ; No keel fhall cut the waves for foreign ware ; For every foil fhall every product bear . The labouring hind his oxen shall disjoin ...
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... : honeft in the poct : honourable to the emperor , whom he derives from a divine extraction ; and reflect- ing part of that honour on the Roman people , whom : he derives alfo from the Trojans ; and not Q2 he DEDICATION . 227.
... : honeft in the poct : honourable to the emperor , whom he derives from a divine extraction ; and reflect- ing part of that honour on the Roman people , whom : he derives alfo from the Trojans ; and not Q2 he DEDICATION . 227.
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... Trojans ; and not only profi table , but necessary to the present age ; and likely to be fuch to their pofterity ... Trojan ancestry , is fo undoubted a truth , that I need not prove it . Even the feals which we have re- maining of ...
... Trojans ; and not only profi table , but necessary to the present age ; and likely to be fuch to their pofterity ... Trojan ancestry , is fo undoubted a truth , that I need not prove it . Even the feals which we have re- maining of ...
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... Trojan . Thus the hero of Homer was a Grecian , of Virgil a Roman , of Taffo an Italian . I have tranfgreffed my bounds , and gone farther than the moral leads me . But if your Lordship is not tired , I am fafe enough . Thus far , I ...
... Trojan . Thus the hero of Homer was a Grecian , of Virgil a Roman , of Taffo an Italian . I have tranfgreffed my bounds , and gone farther than the moral leads me . But if your Lordship is not tired , I am fafe enough . Thus far , I ...
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