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Ev'n thou , O Turnus , hadst a trophy stood , Whofe mighty trunk had better grac'd the wood . If Pallas had arriv'd , with equal length 265 Of years , to match thy bulk with equal strength .
Ev'n thou , O Turnus , hadst a trophy stood , Whofe mighty trunk had better grac'd the wood . If Pallas had arriv'd , with equal length 265 Of years , to match thy bulk with equal strength .
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460 The murmur ceas'd : then from his lofty throne The king invok'd the gods , and thus bēgun : I wish , ye Latins , what we now debate Had been refolv'd before it was too late : Much better had it been for you and me , Unforc'd by this ...
460 The murmur ceas'd : then from his lofty throne The king invok'd the gods , and thus bēgun : I wish , ye Latins , what we now debate Had been refolv'd before it was too late : Much better had it been for you and me , Unforc'd by this ...
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Prieft Chorinæus arm'd his better hand , From his own altar , with a blazing brand : And , as Ebufus with a thundering pace , Advanc'd to battle , dash'd it on his face : .450 His briftly beard shines out with sudden fires , The His ...
Prieft Chorinæus arm'd his better hand , From his own altar , with a blazing brand : And , as Ebufus with a thundering pace , Advanc'd to battle , dash'd it on his face : .450 His briftly beard shines out with sudden fires , The His ...
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... whofe language and poetry would be more esteemed abroad , if they were better understood . Somewhat ( give me leave to fay ) I have added to both of them , in the choice of words , and harmony of numbers , which were wanting ...
... whofe language and poetry would be more esteemed abroad , if they were better understood . Somewhat ( give me leave to fay ) I have added to both of them , in the choice of words , and harmony of numbers , which were wanting ...
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... without any living mafter to inftruct me in it ; an art which had been better praifed than ftudied here in England , wherein Shakespeare , who created the stage among us , had rather written happily , than knowingly and justly : and ...
... without any living mafter to inftruct me in it ; an art which had been better praifed than ftudied here in England , wherein Shakespeare , who created the stage among us , had rather written happily , than knowingly and justly : and ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11 |
| Author | John Dryden |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) |
| Publisher | J. Rivington, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 366 pages |
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