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Noble his mother was , and near the throne , But what his father's parentage , unknown . He rofe , and took th ' advantage of the times , To load young Turnus with invidious crimes . Such truths , O king , faid he , your words contain ...
Noble his mother was , and near the throne , But what his father's parentage , unknown . He rofe , and took th ' advantage of the times , To load young Turnus with invidious crimes . Such truths , O king , faid he , your words contain ...
Page 47
... fair , of noble families . Now let me fpeak , and you with patience hear , Things which perhaps may grate a lover's ear : land : 30 35 40 ' But But found advice , proceeding from a heart Sincerely yours ENEIS . Book XII . 47.
... fair , of noble families . Now let me fpeak , and you with patience hear , Things which perhaps may grate a lover's ear : land : 30 35 40 ' But But found advice , proceeding from a heart Sincerely yours ENEIS . Book XII . 47.
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With gentle touches he performs his part , This way and that , foliciting the dart , And exercises all his heavenly art . All foftening fimples , known of sovereign use , He preffes out , and pours their noble juice ; These first ...
With gentle touches he performs his part , This way and that , foliciting the dart , And exercises all his heavenly art . All foftening fimples , known of sovereign use , He preffes out , and pours their noble juice ; These first ...
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Neither am I to forget the noble present which was made me by Gilbert Dolben , Efq ; the worthy fon of the late archbishop of York ; who , when I began this work , enriched me with all the feveral editions of Virgil , and all the ...
Neither am I to forget the noble present which was made me by Gilbert Dolben , Efq ; the worthy fon of the late archbishop of York ; who , when I began this work , enriched me with all the feveral editions of Virgil , and all the ...
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... has read them in the country , together with , my friend . This noble perfon having been pleafed to give them a commendation , which I prefume not to VOL . VII . infert ; H infert ; has made me vain enough to boast of POST SCRIPT . 97.
... has read them in the country , together with , my friend . This noble perfon having been pleafed to give them a commendation , which I prefume not to VOL . VII . infert ; H infert ; has made me vain enough to boast of POST SCRIPT . 97.
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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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