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Page xi
... Cato . A Tragedy Verses to the Author Prologue , by Mr. Pope 139 154 162 • ib . 170 · Epilogue , by Dr. Garth 226 To Her Royal Highness , the Princess of Wales To Sir Godfrey Kneller 227 • 229 PAGE POEMATA 231 • Pax Gulielmi Auspiciis ...
... Cato . A Tragedy Verses to the Author Prologue , by Mr. Pope 139 154 162 • ib . 170 · Epilogue , by Dr. Garth 226 To Her Royal Highness , the Princess of Wales To Sir Godfrey Kneller 227 • 229 PAGE POEMATA 231 • Pax Gulielmi Auspiciis ...
Page xiv
... Cato rehearsed . Cato performed , vi . 715 . Publishes Trial of Count Tariff , iv . 364 . Returned M. P. for Malmesbury ( the second time ) . Last Number of the Guardian published , v . 411 . Publishes the Reader , No. 3 . Ditto , No. 4 ...
... Cato rehearsed . Cato performed , vi . 715 . Publishes Trial of Count Tariff , iv . 364 . Returned M. P. for Malmesbury ( the second time ) . Last Number of the Guardian published , v . 411 . Publishes the Reader , No. 3 . Ditto , No. 4 ...
Page xvii
... Cato appeared in public in the year 1713 , when the greatest part of the last act was added by the au thor to the foregoing , which he had kept by him for many years . He took up a design vriting a play upon this subject , when he was ...
... Cato appeared in public in the year 1713 , when the greatest part of the last act was added by the au thor to the foregoing , which he had kept by him for many years . He took up a design vriting a play upon this subject , when he was ...
Page xvii
... Cato there : If pensive to the rural shades I rove , His shape o'ertakes me in the lonely grove : ' Twas there of Just and Good he reasoned strong , Cleared some great truth , or raised some serious song ; There patient showed us the ...
... Cato there : If pensive to the rural shades I rove , His shape o'ertakes me in the lonely grove : ' Twas there of Just and Good he reasoned strong , Cleared some great truth , or raised some serious song ; There patient showed us the ...
Page 162
... CATO WHILE you the fierce divided Britons awe , And Cato with an equal virtue draw ; While envy is itself in wonder lost , And factions strive who shall applaud you most ; Forgive the fond ambition of a friend , Who hopes himself , not ...
... CATO WHILE you the fierce divided Britons awe , And Cato with an equal virtue draw ; While envy is itself in wonder lost , And factions strive who shall applaud you most ; Forgive the fond ambition of a friend , Who hopes himself , not ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.