The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12J. D. Cornish, 1779 - 390 pages |
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... 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 their fate . Long the rude ...
... 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 their fate . Long the rude ...
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... himself from state - affairs , yet in the fhort time of his administration he fhone fo powerfully upon me , that , like the heat of a Ruffian summer , he ripened the fruits of poetry in a cold climate ; and gave me wherewithal to ...
... himself from state - affairs , yet in the fhort time of his administration he fhone fo powerfully upon me , that , like the heat of a Ruffian summer , he ripened the fruits of poetry in a cold climate ; and gave me wherewithal to ...
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... himself above that humble ftyle in which Pastoral de- lights , and which I must confefs is proper to the edu- cation ... himself within his bounds ; but addreffing to Pollio , his great Patron , and himself no vulgar Poet , he no longer ...
... himself above that humble ftyle in which Pastoral de- lights , and which I must confefs is proper to the edu- cation ... himself within his bounds ; but addreffing to Pollio , his great Patron , and himself no vulgar Poet , he no longer ...
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... to reprefent our poet betwixt a farmer and a courtier , when he left Mantua for Rome , and dreffed himself in his best habit to appear before his Patron : Patron : fomewhat too fine for the place from whence 16 DEDICATION .
... to reprefent our poet betwixt a farmer and a courtier , when he left Mantua for Rome , and dreffed himself in his best habit to appear before his Patron : Patron : fomewhat too fine for the place from whence 16 DEDICATION .
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... Virgil , who modeftly contents himself with the fecond place , and glories only in being the first who tranfplanted Pastoral into his own country ; and brought VOL . V. C brought it there to bear as happily as the cherry DEDICATION . 17.
... Virgil , who modeftly contents himself with the fecond place , and glories only in being the first who tranfplanted Pastoral into his own country ; and brought VOL . V. C brought it there to bear as happily as the cherry DEDICATION . 17.
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