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... bold invader's prey ; 440 445 Oh , that by fate we rather had been plac'd Upon the confines of the utmost east ! 450 The frozen north much better might we know , Mountains of ice , and everlasting ( now . Better with wandering Scythians ...
... bold invader's prey ; 440 445 Oh , that by fate we rather had been plac'd Upon the confines of the utmost east ! 450 The frozen north much better might we know , Mountains of ice , and everlasting ( now . Better with wandering Scythians ...
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... bold voice proclaim'd aloud their grief . O'er all one deep , one horrid filence reigns ; As when the rigour of the winter's chains , All nature , heaven , and earth at once conftrains ; The tuneful feather'd kind forget their lays ...
... bold voice proclaim'd aloud their grief . O'er all one deep , one horrid filence reigns ; As when the rigour of the winter's chains , All nature , heaven , and earth at once conftrains ; The tuneful feather'd kind forget their lays ...
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Samuel Johnson. Curio , a speaker turbulent and bold , Of venal eloquence , that ferv'd for gold , And principles that might be bought and fold . A tribune once himself , in loud debate , He ftrove for public freedom and the ftate ...
Samuel Johnson. Curio , a speaker turbulent and bold , Of venal eloquence , that ferv'd for gold , And principles that might be bought and fold . A tribune once himself , in loud debate , He ftrove for public freedom and the ftate ...
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... bold foldier , juftice to defy , In the mid Forum rear'd his enfigns high ; bac When glittering fwords the pale assembly scar'd , When all for death and slaughter stood prepar'd , And Pompey's arms were guilty Milo's guard ? And now ...
... bold foldier , juftice to defy , In the mid Forum rear'd his enfigns high ; bac When glittering fwords the pale assembly scar'd , When all for death and slaughter stood prepar'd , And Pompey's arms were guilty Milo's guard ? And now ...
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... bold , 61 640 645 What lingering patience does thy arms withhold ? 650 Canft thou diftrust our faith so often try`d , In thy long wars not fhrinking from thy fide ? While in my veins this vital torrent flows , This heaving breath within ...
... bold , 61 640 645 What lingering patience does thy arms withhold ? 650 Canft thou diftrust our faith so often try`d , In thy long wars not fhrinking from thy fide ? While in my veins this vital torrent flows , This heaving breath within ...
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Æneid againſt amidſt arms Behold beneath blood bold breaſt Cæfar camp caufe cauſe chief cloſe command courſe croud Dæmon death diftant dreadful earth ev'n facred fafe faid fame fatal fate fcorn fear feas fecret feek feems feen fhade fhall fhore fhould fide field fierce fight firft firſt fkies flain flames flaughter fled flood foldier fome foon forfook fortune foul ftand ftill ftream ftrong fuccefs fuch fure fwelling fword Gaul gods hafte hand head heaven himſelf hoftile horrid impious labours laft laſt Latian lefs length loft looſe Lucan mighty moſt Nero numbers o'er paffage paſt peace Pharfalia Phocis plain Pompey Pompey's purpoſe rage reft rife rofe Roman Rome Scythian ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood Sulpitius Verulanus ſupplies ſwift taſk thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand trembling vaft vanquish'd Virgil whofe winds yield