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Yet , fince the gods had destin'd him to die , At least he led the way to victory : Firft for his friends he won the fatal fhore , And fent whole herds of flaughter'd foes before : A death too great , too glorious to deplore .
Yet , fince the gods had destin'd him to die , At least he led the way to victory : Firft for his friends he won the fatal fhore , And fent whole herds of flaughter'd foes before : A death too great , too glorious to deplore .
Page 11
... 3013 Whole herds of offer'd bulls about the fire , And bristled boars , and woolly fheep expire .. I 280 284 299 2954 Around the piles a careful troop attends , To watch the wasting flames , and weep their burning friends .
... 3013 Whole herds of offer'd bulls about the fire , And bristled boars , and woolly fheep expire .. I 280 284 299 2954 Around the piles a careful troop attends , To watch the wasting flames , and weep their burning friends .
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... ftarting from his ambush , up he rose , And threw , but first to heaven addrefs'd his O patron of Soractes ' high abodes , Phoebus , the ruling power among the gods ; Whom first we serve , whole woods of unctuous pine Are fell'd for ...
... ftarting from his ambush , up he rose , And threw , but first to heaven addrefs'd his O patron of Soractes ' high abodes , Phoebus , the ruling power among the gods ; Whom first we serve , whole woods of unctuous pine Are fell'd for ...
Page 98
The whole faculty has always been ready to oblige me : and the only one of them , who endeavoured to defame me , had it not in his Rower * .. * Sir Richard Blackmore . TRANSTRANSLATIONS FROM JUVENAL . òî òí Å RIGHT HONOURABLE CHAR LE 98 ...
The whole faculty has always been ready to oblige me : and the only one of them , who endeavoured to defame me , had it not in his Rower * .. * Sir Richard Blackmore . TRANSTRANSLATIONS FROM JUVENAL . òî òí Å RIGHT HONOURABLE CHAR LE 98 ...
Page 106
Some few touches of your Lordship , fome fecret graces which I have endeavoured to exprefs after your manner , have made whole poems of mine to pafs with approbation : but take your verfes altogether , and they are 9-1 ...
Some few touches of your Lordship , fome fecret graces which I have endeavoured to exprefs after your manner , have made whole poems of mine to pafs with approbation : but take your verfes altogether , and they are 9-1 ...
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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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